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Santiago JS, Cerro RL, Scholz C. A robust affinity chromatography system based on ceramic monoliths coated with poly(amino acid)‐based polymeric constructs. POLYM INT 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.6142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Javier Sánchez Santiago
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville AL USA
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville AL USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville AL USA
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Rasines Mazo A, Allison-Logan S, Karimi F, Chan NJA, Qiu W, Duan W, O’Brien-Simpson NM, Qiao GG. Ring opening polymerization of α-amino acids: advances in synthesis, architecture and applications of polypeptides and their hybrids. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:4737-4834. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cs00738e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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This review provides a comprehensive overview of the latest advances in the synthesis, architectural design and biomedical applications of polypeptides and their hybrids.
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- Alicia Rasines Mazo
- Polymer Science Group
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Polymer Science Group
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Polymer Science Group
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Polymer Science Group
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Polymer Science Group
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- School of Medicine
- Deakin University
- Geelong
- Australia
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- Centre for Oral Health Research
- Melbourne Dental School and the Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology
- University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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- Polymer Science Group
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- University of Melbourne
- Parkville
- Australia
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Ulkoski D, Scholz C. Impact of Cationic Charge Density and PEGylated Poly(amino acid) Tercopolymer Architecture on Their Use as Gene Delivery Vehicles. Part 1: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and DNA Complexation. Macromol Biosci 2018; 18:e1800108. [PMID: 29896863 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201800108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Revised: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The interaction of PEGylated poly(amino acid)s with their biological targets depends on their chemical nature and spatial arrangement of their building blocks. The synthesis, self-assembly, and DNA complexation of ABC terblock copolymers consisting of poly(ethylene glycol), (PEG), poly(l-lysine), and poly(l-leucine), are reported. Block copolymers are produced by a metal-free, living ring-opening polymerization of respective amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides using amino-terminated PEG as macroinitiator: (PEG-b-p(l-Lys)x -b-p(l-Leu)y , PEG-b-p(l-Leu)x -b-p(l-Lys)y , and PEG-b-p((l-Lys)x -co-p(l-Leu)y ). Sizes of self-assembled nanoparticles depend on the formation method. The nanoprecipitation method proves useful for copolymers with the poly(l-lysine) block protected as trifluoroacetate, effective diameters range between 92 and 132 nm, while direct dissolution in distilled water is suitable for the deprotected copolymers, yielding effective diameters between 52 and 173 nm. Critical micelle concentration (CMC) analyses corroborate particle size analyses and show a distinct impact of the molecular architecture; the lowest CMC (8 µg mL-1 ) is observed when the poly(l-leucine) segment forms the C-block and the hydrophilic, disassembly driving poly(l-lysine) segment is short. DNA complexation, evaluated by gel motility and RiboGreen analyses, depends strongly on the molecular architecture. A more efficient DNA complexation is observed when poly(l-lysine) and poly(l-leucine) form individual blocks as opposed to them forming a copolymer.
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- David Ulkoski
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35899, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35899, USA
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Synthesis and Application of Aurophilic Poly(Cysteine) and Poly(Cysteine)-Containing Copolymers. Polymers (Basel) 2017; 9:polym9100500. [PMID: 30965803 PMCID: PMC6418574 DOI: 10.3390/polym9100500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Revised: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The redox capacity, as well as the aurophilicity of the terminal thiol side groups, in poly(Cysteine) lend a unique characteristic to this poly(amino acid) or polypeptide. There are two major application fields for this polymer: (i) biomedical applications in drug delivery and surface modification of biomedical devices and (ii) as coating for electrodes to enhance their electrochemical sensitivity. The intended application determines the synthetic route for p(Cysteine). Polymers to be used in biomedical applications are typically polymerized from the cysteine N-carboxyanhydride by a ring-opening polymerization, where the thiol group needs to be protected during the polymerization. Advances in this methodology have led to conditions under which the polymerization progresses as living polymerization, which allows for a strict control of the molecular architecture, molecular weight and polydispersity and the formation of block copolymers, which eventually could display polyphilic properties. Poly(Cysteine) used as electrode coating is typically polymerized onto the electrode by cyclic voltammetry, which actually produces a continuous, pinhole-free film on the electrode via the formation of covalent bonds between the amino group of Cysteine and the carbon of the electrode. This resulting coating is chemically very different from the well-defined poly(Cysteine) obtained by ring-opening polymerizations. Based on the structure of cysteine a significant degree of cross-linking within the coating deposited by cyclic voltammetry can be assumed. This manuscript provides a detailed discussion of the ring-opening polymerization of cysteine, a brief consideration of the role of glutathione, a key cysteine-containing tripeptide, and examples for the utilization of poly(Cysteine) and poly(Cysteine)-containing copolymers, in both, the biomedical as well as electrochemical realm.
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Rosu C, Cueto R, Russo PS. Poly(colloid)s: "Polymerization" of Poly(l-tyrosine)-silica Composite Particles through the Photoinduced Cross-Linking of Unmodified Proteins Method. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:8392-8402. [PMID: 27504929 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Photoinduced cross-linking of unmodified proteins, PICUP, was extended to core-shell silica-polypeptide composite particles to produce poly(colloid)s. Silica particles coated with poly(l-tyrosine), PTYR-SiO2, served as the monomer units. The PICUP reaction accomplished the formation of dityrosil linkages between the tyrosine units by illumination of photo-oxidizing ruthenium(II) bipyridyl catalyst under physiological conditions. The PICUP method was compared with an enzymatic route intermediated by horseradish peroxidase as catalyst. The PTYR-SiO2 particles feature high PTYR content in the shell, which facilitated the formation of heavily cross-linked but unstructured aggregates. After magnetic alignment of superparamagnetic PTYR-SiO2-cobalt composite particles, only the PICUP approach enabled the preparation of isolated chain-like poly(colloid)s. The cross-linking products were confirmed by FTIR. The native secondary structure of poly(l-tyrosine) is preserved in these poly(colloid)s. Because the PICUP reaction does not require the modification of the polypeptide structure, the cross-linked PTYR will retain its characteristic functions as a poly(amino acid). The PICUP method opens the door to a variety of PTYR-based poly(colloid) architectures.
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- Cornelia Rosu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Macromolecular Studies Group, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
- Georgia Tech Polymer Network, GTPN, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Macromolecular Studies Group, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Macromolecular Studies Group, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
- Georgia Tech Polymer Network, GTPN, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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Iijima M, Ulkoski D, Sakuma S, Matsukuma D, Nishiyama N, Otsuka H, Scholz C. Synthesis of PEGylated poly(amino acid) pentablock copolymers and their self-assembly. POLYM INT 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.5159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Michihiro Iijima
- Department of Materials Chemistry and Bioengineering, National Institute of Technology; Oyama College; Nakakuki Oyama 323-0806 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Alabama in Huntsville; Huntsville AL 35899 USA
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- Department of Materials Chemistry and Bioengineering, National Institute of Technology; Oyama College; Nakakuki Oyama 323-0806 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science; Tokyo University of Science; 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-8601 Japan
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- Polymer Chemistry Division, Chemical Resources Laboratory; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Kanagawa 226-8503 Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science; Tokyo University of Science; 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-8601 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Alabama in Huntsville; Huntsville AL 35899 USA
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Li Z, Yuan D, Jin G, Tan BH, He C. Facile Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly toward Enantiomeric Poly(lactide) Stereocomplex Coated Magnetite Nanocarrier for Highly Tunable Drug Deliveries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:1842-53. [PMID: 26717323 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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A highly tunable nanoparticle (NP) system with multifunctionalities was developed as drug nanocarrier via a facile layer-by-layer (LbL) stereocomplex (SC) self-assembly of enantiomeric poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) and poly(d-lactic acid) (PDLA) in solution using silica-coated magnetite (Fe3O4@SiO2) as template. The poly(lactide) (PLA) SC coated NPs (Fe3O4@SiO2@-SC) were further endowed with different stimuli-responsiveness by controlling the outermost layer coatings with respective pH-sensitive poly(lactic acid)-poly(2-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) (PLA-D) and temperature-sensitive poly(lactic acid)-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PLA-N) diblock copolymers to yield Fe3O4@SiO2@SC-D and Fe3O4@SiO2@SC-N NPs, respectively, while the superparamagnetic properties of Fe3O4 were maintained. TEM images show a clearly resolved core-shell structure with a silica layer and sequential PLA SC co/polymer coating layers in the respective NPs. The well-designed NPs possess a size distribution in a range of 220-270 nm and high magnetization of 70.8-72.1 emu/g [Fe3O4]. More importantly, a drug release study from the as-constructed stimuli-responsive NPs exhibited sustained release profiles and the rates of release can be tuned by variation of external environments. Further cytotoxicity and cell culture studies revealed that PLA SC coated NPs possessed good cell biocompatibility and the doxorubicin (DOX)-loaded NPs showed enhanced drug delivery efficiency toward MCF-7 cancer cells. Together with the strong magnetic sensitivity, the developed hybrid NPs demonstrate a great potential of control over the drug release at a targeted site. The developed coating method can be further optimized to finely tune the nanocarrier size and operating range of pHs and temperatures for in vivo applications.
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- Zibiao Li
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602, Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore , Singapore 117574, Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602, Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore , Singapore 117574, Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore , Singapore 117574, Singapore
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), 3 Research Link, Singapore 117602, Singapore
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He X, Fan J, Wooley KL. Stimuli-Triggered Sol-Gel Transitions of Polypeptides Derived from α-Amino Acid N
-Carboxyanhydride (NCA) Polymerizations. Chem Asian J 2015; 11:437-47. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201500957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Xun He
- Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering; and Materials Science and Engineering; Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions; Texas A&M University; 3255 TAMU College Station TX 77842 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering; and Materials Science and Engineering; Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions; Texas A&M University; 3255 TAMU College Station TX 77842 USA
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- Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering; and Materials Science and Engineering; Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions; Texas A&M University; 3255 TAMU College Station TX 77842 USA
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