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Tiwari OS, Rencus-Lazar S, Gazit E. Peptide- and Metabolite-Based Hydrogels: Minimalistic Approach for the Identification and Characterization of Gelating Building Blocks. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:10330. [PMID: 37373477 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241210330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Minimalistic peptide- and metabolite-based supramolecular hydrogels have great potential relative to traditional polymeric hydrogels in various biomedical and technological applications. Advantages such as remarkable biodegradability, high water content, favorable mechanical properties, biocompatibility, self-healing, synthetic feasibility, low cost, easy design, biological function, remarkable injectability, and multi-responsiveness to external stimuli make supramolecular hydrogels promising candidates for drug delivery, tissue engineering, tissue regeneration, and wound healing. Non-covalent interactions such as hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic interactions, electrostatic interactions, and π-π stacking interactions play key roles in the formation of peptide- and metabolite-containing low-molecular-weight hydrogels. Peptide- and metabolite-based hydrogels display shear-thinning and immediate recovery behavior due to the involvement of weak non-covalent interactions, making them supreme models for the delivery of drug molecules. In the areas of regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, pre-clinical evaluation, and numerous other biomedical applications, peptide- and metabolite-based hydrogelators with rationally designed architectures have intriguing uses. In this review, we summarize the recent advancements in the field of peptide- and metabolite-based hydrogels, including their modifications using a minimalistic building-blocks approach for various applications.
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- Om Shanker Tiwari
- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
- Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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Zhao D, Rong Y, Li D, He C, Chen X. Thermo-induced physically crosslinked polypeptide-based block copolymer hydrogels for biomedical applications. Regen Biomater 2023; 10:rbad039. [PMID: 37265604 PMCID: PMC10229375 DOI: 10.1093/rb/rbad039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Stimuli-responsive synthetic polypeptide-containing block copolymers have received considerable attention in recent years. Especially, unique thermo-induced sol-gel phase transitions were observed for elaborately-designed amphiphilic diblock copolypeptides and a range of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-polypeptide block copolymers. The thermo-induced gelation mechanisms involve the evolution of secondary conformation, enhanced intramolecular interactions, as well as reduced hydration and increased chain entanglement of PEG blocks. The physical parameters, including polymer concentrations, sol-gel transition temperatures and storage moduli, were investigated. The polypeptide hydrogels exhibited good biocompatibility in vitro and in vivo, and displayed biodegradation periods ranging from 1 to 5 weeks. The unique thermo-induced sol-gel phase transitions offer the feasibility of minimal-invasive injection of the precursor aqueous solutions into body, followed by in situ hydrogel formation driven by physiological temperature. These advantages make polypeptide hydrogels interesting candidates for diverse biomedical applications, especially as injectable scaffolds for 3D cell culture and tissue regeneration as well as depots for local drug delivery. This review focuses on recent advances in the design and preparation of injectable, thermo-induced physically crosslinked polypeptide hydrogels. The influence of composition, secondary structure and chirality of polypeptide segments on the physical properties and biodegradation of the hydrogels are emphasized. Moreover, the studies on biomedical applications of the hydrogels are intensively discussed. Finally, the major challenges in the further development of polypeptide hydrogels for practical applications are proposed.
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- Dan Zhao
- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- College of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- College of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- College of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Wang CY, Sun M, Fan Z, Du JZ. Intestine Enzyme-responsive Polysaccharide-based Hydrogel to Open Epithelial Tight Junctions for Oral Delivery of Imatinib against Colon Cancer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-022-2726-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zhang C, Lu H. Helical Nonfouling Polypeptides for Biomedical Applications. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-022-2688-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Open chain pseudopeptides as hydrogelators with reversible and dynamic responsiveness to pH, temperature and sonication as vehicles for controlled drug delivery. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Zhao D, Li D, Quan F, Zhou Y, Zhang Z, Chen X, He C. Rapidly Thermoreversible and Biodegradable Polypeptide Hydrogels with Sol-Gel-Sol Transition Dependent on Subtle Manipulation of Side Groups. Biomacromolecules 2021; 22:3522-3533. [PMID: 34297548 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Thermoreversible hydrogels are attractive materials for biomedical applications, but their applications are still limited by nonbiodegradability and/or slow temperature-dependent gel-to-sol transition rates. In this research, we prepared a range of amphiphilic diblock, triblock, and four-armed star block copolymers composed of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and poly(γ-(2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)ethyl)-l-glutamate) (P(EEO2LG)) segments, which can form rapidly thermoreversible hydrogels at physiological temperature. Intriguingly, the obtained hydrogels can transform from gel to sol within 10-70 s in response to the temperature decrease from 37 to 0 °C. The thermosensitive sol-gel-sol transitions are markedly faster than previously reported thermoreversible PEG-poly(l-glutamate) derivative hydrogels with subtle differences in the side groups and a widely studied poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide)-b-PEG-b-poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA-PEG-PLGA) hydrogel that required a much longer time of 40∼150 min. Further investigation of the relationship between the hydrogel property and polymer structure is performed, and the self-assembly mechanisms of different copolymers are proposed. Cytotoxicity assays and subcutaneous degradation experiments reveal that the PEG/P(EEO2LG) block copolymers are biocompatible and biodegradable. The polypeptide hydrogel can therefore be used as a three-dimensional platform for facile cell culture and collection by regulating the temperature.
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- Dan Zhao
- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, P. R. China.,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, P. R. China.,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, P. R. China.,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, P. R. China.,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, P. R. China.,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, P. R. China.,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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Wang YQ, Dou XY, Wang HF, Wang X, Wu DC. Dendrimer-based Hydrogels with Controlled Drug Delivery Property for Tissue Adhesion. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-021-2584-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Shi Y, Li D, Ding J, He C, Chen X. Physiologically relevant pH- and temperature-responsive polypeptide hydrogels with adhesive properties. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py00290b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Physiologically relevant pH- and temperature-responsive polypeptide hydrogels with adhesive properties were developed and characterized.
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- Yingge Shi
- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials
- Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Changchun
- P. R. China
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Wei J, Sun J, Yang X, Ji S, Wei Y, Li Z. Self-crosslinking assemblies with tunable nanostructures from photoresponsive polypeptoid-based block copolymers. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9py00385a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A series of reversible crosslinking assemblies with tunable morphologies are obtained from a new family of photoresponsive polypeptoid-based diblock copolymers.
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- Jirui Wei
- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials
- Shandong Provincial Education Department
- School of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials
- Shandong Provincial Education Department
- School of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials
- Shandong Provincial Education Department
- School of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials
- Shandong Provincial Education Department
- School of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials
- Shandong Provincial Education Department
- School of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials
- Shandong Provincial Education Department
- School of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology
- Qingdao 266042
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Meng F, Sun J, Li Z. Stimuli‐Responsive Polypeptide‐Based Supramolecular Hydrogels Mediated by Ca
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Ion Cross‐Linking. CHINESE J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201900193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Fandong Meng
- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education Department; School of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao Shandong 266042 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education Department; School of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao Shandong 266042 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education Department; School of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao Shandong 266042 China
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Fu X, Tian J, Li Z, Sun J, Li Z. Dual‐responsive pegylated polypeptoids with tunable cloud point temperatures. Biopolymers 2018; 110:e23243. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.23243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Xiaohui Fu
- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education Department, College of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education Department, College of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education Department, College of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education Department, College of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao China
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- Key Laboratory of Biobased Polymer Materials, Shandong Provincial Education Department, College of Polymer Science and EngineeringQingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao China
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Recent advances on stimuli-responsive macromolecular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents. Sci China Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-018-9291-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Liu R, Shi Z, Sun J, Li Z. Enzyme responsive supramolecular hydrogels assembled from nonionic peptide amphiphiles. Sci China Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-018-9282-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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