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Xie C, Chen Y, Wang L, Liao K, Xue B, Han Y, Li L, Jiang Q. Recent research of peptide-based hydrogel in nervous regeneration. Bioact Mater 2024; 40:503-523. [PMID: 39040568 PMCID: PMC11261279 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2024.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2024] [Revised: 06/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024] Open
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Neurological disorders exert significantly affect the quality of life for patients, necessitating effective strategies for nerve regeneration. Both traditional autologous nerve transplantation and emerging therapeutic approaches encounter scientific challenges due to the complex nature of the nervous system and the unsuitability of the surrounding environment for cell transplantation. Tissue engineering techniques offer a promising path for neurotherapy. Successful neural tissue engineering relies on modulating cell differentiation behavior and tissue repair by developing biomaterials that mimic the natural extracellular matrix (ECM) and establish a three-dimensional microenvironment. Peptide-based hydrogels have emerged as a potent option among these biomaterials due to their ability to replicate the structure and complexity of the ECM. This review aims to explore the diverse range of peptide-based hydrogels used in nerve regeneration with a specific focus on dipeptide hydrogels, tripeptide hydrogels, oligopeptide hydrogels, multidomain peptides (MDPs), and amphiphilic peptide hydrogels (PAs). Peptide-based hydrogels offer numerous advantages, including biocompatibility, structural diversity, adjustable mechanical properties, and degradation without adverse effects. Notably, hydrogels formed from self-assembled polypeptide nanofibers, derived from amino acids, show promising potential in engineering neural tissues, outperforming conventional materials like alginate, poly(ε-caprolactone), and polyaniline. Additionally, the simple design and cost-effectiveness of dipeptide-based hydrogels have enabled the creation of various functional supramolecular structures, with significant implications for nervous system regeneration. These hydrogels are expected to play a crucial role in future neural tissue engineering research. This review aims to highlight the benefits and potential applications of peptide-based hydrogels, contributing to the advancement of neural tissue engineering.
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- Chunmei Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
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- Advanced Digital and Additive Manufacturing Center, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Po Box 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control of Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Division of Sports Medicine and Adult Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for 3D Bioprinting, Nanjing, China
- Institute of Medical 3D Printing, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Division of Sports Medicine and Adult Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for 3D Bioprinting, Nanjing, China
- Institute of Medical 3D Printing, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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Rijns L, Rutten MGTA, Vrehen AF, Aldana AA, Baker MB, Dankers PYW. Mimicking the extracellular world: from natural to fully synthetic matrices utilizing supramolecular biomaterials. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:16290-16312. [PMID: 39161293 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr02088j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/21/2024]
Abstract
The extracellular matrix (ECM) has evolved around complex covalent and non-covalent interactions to create impressive function-from cellular signaling to constant remodeling. A major challenge in the biomedical field is the de novo design and control of synthetic ECMs for applications ranging from tissue engineering to neuromodulation to bioelectronics. As we move towards recreating the ECM's complexity in hydrogels, the field has taken several approaches to recapitulate the main important features of the native ECM (i.e. mechanical, bioactive and dynamic properties). In this review, we first describe the wide variety of hydrogel systems that are currently used, ranging from fully natural to completely synthetic to hybrid versions, highlighting the advantages and limitations of each class. Then, we shift towards supramolecular hydrogels that show great potential for their use as ECM mimics due to their biomimetic hierarchical structure, inherent (controllable) dynamic properties and their modular design, allowing for precise control over their mechanical and biochemical properties. In order to make the next step in the complexity of synthetic ECM-mimetic hydrogels, we must leverage the supramolecular self-assembly seen in the native ECM; we therefore propose to use supramolecular monomers to create larger, hierarchical, co-assembled hydrogels with complex and synergistic mechanical, bioactive and dynamic features.
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- Laura Rijns
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Complex Tissue Regeneration, MERLN Institute for Technology Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Complex Tissue Regeneration, MERLN Institute for Technology Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Instructive Biomaterials Engineering, MERLN Institute for Technology Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Arad E, Levi T, Yosefi G, Kass I, Cohen-Erez I, Azoulay Z, Bitton R, Jelinek R, Rapaport H. A Matter of Charge: Electrostatically Tuned Coassembly of Amphiphilic Peptides. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2404324. [PMID: 39155426 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202404324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2024] [Revised: 08/04/2024] [Indexed: 08/20/2024]
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Coassembly of peptide biomaterials offers a compelling avenue to broaden the spectrum of hierarchically ordered supramolecular nanoscale structures that may be relevant for biomedical and biotechnological applications. In this work coassemblies of amphiphilic and oppositely charged, anionic and cationic, β-sheet peptides are studied, which may give rise to a diverse range of coassembled forms. Mixtures of the peptides show significantly lower critical coassembly concentration (CCC) values compared to those of the individual pure peptides. Intriguingly, the highest formation of coassembled fibrils is found to require excess of the cationic peptide whereas equimolar mixtures of the peptides exhibited the maximum folding into β-sheet structures. Mixtures of the peptides coassembled sequentially from solutions at concentrations surpassing each peptide's intrinsic critical assembly concentration (CAC), are also found to require a higher portion of the cationic peptide to stabilize hydrogels. This study illuminates a systematic investigation of oppositely charged β-sheet peptides over a range of concentrations, in solutions and in hydrogels. The results may be relevant to the fundamental understanding of such intricate charge-driven assembly systems and to the formulation of peptide-based nanostructures with diverse functionalities.
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- Elad Arad
- Ilse Katz Institute (IKI) for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Ilse Katz Institute (IKI) for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Ilse Katz Institute (IKI) for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Ilse Katz Institute (IKI) for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Ilse Katz Institute (IKI) for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
- Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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Liu Y, Okesola BO, Osuna de la Peña D, Li W, Lin ML, Trabulo S, Tatari M, Lawlor RT, Scarpa A, Wang W, Knight M, Loessner D, Heeschen C, Mata A, Pearce OMT. A Self-Assembled 3D Model Demonstrates How Stiffness Educates Tumor Cell Phenotypes and Therapy Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer. Adv Healthc Mater 2024; 13:e2301941. [PMID: 38471128 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202301941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
Abstract
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by a dense and stiff extracellular matrix (ECM) associated with tumor progression and therapy resistance. To further the understanding of how stiffening of the tumor microenvironment (TME) contributes to aggressiveness, a three-dimensional (3D) self-assembling hydrogel disease model is developed based on peptide amphiphiles (PAs, PA-E3Y) designed to tailor stiffness. The model displays nanofibrous architectures reminiscent of native TME and enables the study of the invasive behavior of PDAC cells. Enhanced tuneability of stiffness is demonstrated by interacting thermally annealed aqueous solutions of PA-E3Y (PA-E3Yh) with divalent cations to create hydrogels with mechanical properties and ultrastructure similar to native tumor ECM. It is shown that stiffening of PA-E3Yh hydrogels to levels found in PDAC induces ECM deposition, promotes epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), enriches CD133+/CXCR4+ cancer stem cells (CSCs), and subsequently enhances drug resistance. The findings reveal how a stiff 3D environment renders PDAC cells more aggressive and therefore more faithfully recapitulates in vivo tumors.
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- Ying Liu
- Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, 37134, Italy
- ARC-Net, Applied Research on Cancer Centre, University of Verona, Verona, 37134, Italy
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- Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, 37134, Italy
- ARC-Net, Applied Research on Cancer Centre, University of Verona, Verona, 37134, Italy
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- Centre for Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK
- Centre for Predictive in vitro Models, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Pancreatic Cancer Heterogeneity, Candiolo Cancer Institute - FPO - IRCCS, Candiolo (TO), 10060, Italy
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
- Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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Gu S, Liu M, Xu R, Han X, Lou Y, Kong Y, Gao Y, Shang S, Song Z, Song J, Li J. Ecofriendly Controlled-Release Insecticide Carrier: pH-/Temperature-Responsive Rosin-Derived Hydrogels for Avermectin Delivery against Mythimna separata (Walker). LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:10992-11010. [PMID: 38743441 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
Abstract
The exploration of environmentally friendly, less toxic, sustained-release insecticide is increasing with the growing demand for food to meet the requirements of the expanding population. As a sustained-release carrier, the unique, environmentally friendly intelligent responsive hydrogel system is an important factor in improving the efficiency of insecticide utilization and accurate release. In this study, we developed a facile approach for incorporating the natural compound rosin (dehydroabietic acid, DA) and zinc ions (Zn2+) into a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) hydrogel network to construct a controlled-release hydrogel carrier (DA-PNIPAM-Zn2+). Then, the model insecticide avermectin (AVM) was encapsulated in the carrier at a drug loading rate of 36.32% to form AVM@DA-PNIPAM-Zn2+. Surprisingly, the smart controlled carrier exhibited environmental responsiveness, strongly enhanced mechanical properties, self-healing ability, hydrophobicity, and photostability to ensure a balance between environmental friendliness and the precision of the drug release. The release experiments showed that the carboxyl and amide groups in the polymer chains alter the intermolecular forces within the hydrogel meshes and ingredient diffusion by changing temperatures (25 and 40 °C) and pH values (5.8, 7.4, and 8.5), leading to different release behaviors. The insecticidal activity of the AVM@DA-PNIPAM-Zn2+ against oriental armyworms was good, with an effective minimum toxicity toward aquatic animals. Therefore, AVM@DA-PNIPAM-Zn2+ is an effective drug delivery system against oriental armyworms. We anticipate that this ecofriendly, sustainable, smart-response carrier may broaden the utilization rosin and its possible applications in the agricultural sector.
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- Shihao Gu
- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Materials, College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Materials, College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Materials, College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Materials, College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Materials, College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Materials, College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, People's Republic of China
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210042, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210042, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, Michigan 48502, United States
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Materials, College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, People's Republic of China
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Bellotto O, Scarel E, Pierri G, Rozhin P, Kralj S, Polentarutti M, Bandiera A, Rossi B, Vargiu AV, Tedesco C, Marchesan S. Supramolecular Hydrogels and Water Channels of Differing Diameters from Dipeptide Isomers. Biomacromolecules 2024; 25:2476-2485. [PMID: 38551400 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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Dipeptides stereoisomers and regioisomers composed of norleucine (Nle) and phenylalanine (Phe) self-assemble into hydrogels under physiological conditions that are suitable for cell culture. The supramolecular behavior, however, differs as the packing modes comprise amphipathic layers or water channels, whose diameter is defined by either four or six dipeptide molecules. A variety of spectroscopy, microscopy, and synchrotron-radiation-based techniques unveil fine details of intermolecular interactions that pinpoint the relationship between the chemical structure and ability to form supramolecular architectures that define soft biomaterials.
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- Ottavia Bellotto
- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Department Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Department Materials Synthesis, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 5, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, S.S. 114 km 163.5, Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Department Physics, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria S.P. 8 km. 0.7, 09042 Monserrato, CA Italy
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- Department Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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Aazmi A, Zhang D, Mazzaglia C, Yu M, Wang Z, Yang H, Huang YYS, Ma L. Biofabrication methods for reconstructing extracellular matrix mimetics. Bioact Mater 2024; 31:475-496. [PMID: 37719085 PMCID: PMC10500422 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2023.08.018] [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: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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In the human body, almost all cells interact with extracellular matrices (ECMs), which have tissue and organ-specific compositions and architectures. These ECMs not only function as cellular scaffolds, providing structural support, but also play a crucial role in dynamically regulating various cellular functions. This comprehensive review delves into the examination of biofabrication strategies used to develop bioactive materials that accurately mimic one or more biophysical and biochemical properties of ECMs. We discuss the potential integration of these ECM-mimics into a range of physiological and pathological in vitro models, enhancing our understanding of cellular behavior and tissue organization. Lastly, we propose future research directions for ECM-mimics in the context of tissue engineering and organ-on-a-chip applications, offering potential advancements in therapeutic approaches and improved patient outcomes.
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- Abdellah Aazmi
- State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 51817, China
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- The Affiliated Stomatologic Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003, China
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- Center for Laboratory Medicine, Allergy Center, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Majkowska A, Inostroza-Brito KE, Gonzalez M, Redondo-Gómez C, Rice A, Rodriguez-Cabello JC, Del Rio Hernandez AE, Mata A. Peptide-Protein Coassemblies into Hierarchical and Bioactive Tubular Membranes. Biomacromolecules 2023; 24:4419-4429. [PMID: 36696687 PMCID: PMC10565817 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Multicomponent self-assembly offers opportunities for the design of complex and functional biomaterials with tunable properties. Here, we demonstrate how minor modifications in the molecular structures of peptide amphiphiles (PAs) and elastin-like recombinamers (ELs) can be used to generate coassembling tubular membranes with distinct structures, properties, and bioactivity. First, by introducing minor modifications in the charge density of PA molecules (PAK2, PAK3, PAK4), different diffusion-reaction processes can be triggered, resulting in distinct membrane microstructures. Second, by combining different types of these PAs prior to their coassembly with ELs, further modifications can be achieved, tuning the structures and properties of the tubular membranes. Finally, by introducing the cell adhesive peptide RGDS in either the PA or EL molecules, it is possible to harness the different diffusion-reaction processes to generate tubular membranes with distinct bioactivities. The study demonstrates the possibility to trigger and achieve minor but crucial differences in coassembling processes and tune material structure and bioactivity. The study demonstrates the possibility to use minor, yet crucial, differences in coassembling processes to tune material structure and bioactivity.
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- Anna Majkowska
- William
Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University
of London, London EC1M 6BQ, U.K.
- Institute
of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University
of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
- School
of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen
Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
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- School
of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen
Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
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- School
of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen
Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
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- Institute
of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University
of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
- School
of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen
Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
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- Department
of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Institute
of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University
of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
- School
of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen
Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
- School
of
Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.
- Biodiscovery
Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.
- Department
of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.
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Nita LE, Croitoriu A, Serban AM, Bercea M, Rusu AG, Ghilan A, Butnaru M, Mititelu-Tartau L, Chiriac AP. New Hydrogels Based on Agarose/Phytagel and Peptides. Macromol Biosci 2023; 23:e2200451. [PMID: 36565479 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202200451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Short aromatic peptide derivatives, i.e., peptides or amino acids modified with aromatic groups, such as 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc), can self-assemble into extracellular matrix-like hydrogels due to their nanofibrillar architecture. Among different types of amino acids, lysine (Lys) and glycine (Gly) are involved in multiple physiological processes, being key factors in the proper growth of cells, carnitine production, and collagen formation. The authors have previously successfully presented the possibility of obtaining supramolecular gels based on Fmoc-Lys-Fmoc and short peptides such as Fmoc-Gly-Gly-Gly in order to use them as a substrate for cell cultures. This paper investigates how the introduction of a gelling polymer can influence the properties of the network as well as the compatibility of the resulting materials with different cell types. A series of hydrogel compositions consisting of combinations of Fmoc-Lys-Fmoc and Fmoc-Gly-Gly-Gly with Agarose and Phytagel are thus obtained. All compositions form structured gels as shown by rheological studies and scanning electron microscopy. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis evidences the formation of H-bonds between the polysaccharides and amino acids or short peptides. Moreover, all gels exhibit good cell viability on fibroblasts as demonstrated by a live-dead staining test and good in vivo biocompatibility, which highlights the great potential of these biomaterials for biomedical applications.
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- Loredana Elena Nita
- ″Petru Poni″ Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41-A Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, Iasi, 700487, Romania
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- ″Petru Poni″ Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41-A Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, Iasi, 700487, Romania
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- ″Petru Poni″ Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41-A Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, Iasi, 700487, Romania
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- ″Petru Poni″ Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41-A Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, Iasi, 700487, Romania
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- ″Petru Poni″ Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41-A Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, Iasi, 700487, Romania
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- ″Petru Poni″ Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41-A Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, Iasi, 700487, Romania
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- ″Grigore T. Popa″ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Strada Universităţii 16, Iasi, 700115, Romania
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- ″Grigore T. Popa″ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Strada Universităţii 16, Iasi, 700115, Romania
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- ″Petru Poni″ Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41-A Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, Iasi, 700487, Romania
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Short Peptide-Based Smart Thixotropic Hydrogels †. Gels 2022; 8:gels8090569. [PMID: 36135280 PMCID: PMC9498505 DOI: 10.3390/gels8090569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Thixotropy is a fascinating feature present in many gel systems that has garnered a lot of attention in the medical field in recent decades. When shear stress is applied, the gel transforms into sol and immediately returns to its original state when resting. The thixotropic nature of the hydrogel has inspired scientists to entrap and release enzymes, therapeutics, and other substances inside the human body, where the gel acts as a drug reservoir and can sustainably release therapeutics. Furthermore, thixotropic hydrogels have been widely used in various therapeutic applications, including drug delivery, cornea regeneration and osteogenesis, to name a few. Because of their inherent biocompatibility and structural diversity, peptides are at the forefront of cutting-edge research in this context. This review will discuss the rational design and self-assembly of peptide-based thixotropic hydrogels with some representative examples, followed by their biomedical applications.
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Biswakarma D, Dey N, Bhattacharya S. Molecular design of amphiphiles for Microenvironment-Sensitive kinetically controlled gelation and their utility in probing alcohol contents. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 615:335-345. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.12.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Revised: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Panja S, Adams DJ. Chemical crosslinking in 'reactive' multicomponent gels. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:5622-5625. [PMID: 35438088 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00919f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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We show that the hydrolysis of EDC can be used to construct a reactive system to trigger permanent covalent crosslinking between the components in multicomponent gels comprising gelators with a carboxylic acid and amine group yielding an amide functionalized gel with enhanced mechanical properties.
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- Santanu Panja
- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
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Redondo-Gómez C, Padilla-Lopátegui S, Mata A, Azevedo HS. Peptide Amphiphile Hydrogels Based on Homoternary Cucurbit[8]uril Host-Guest Complexes. Bioconjug Chem 2022; 33:111-120. [PMID: 34914370 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Supramolecular hydrogels based on peptide amphiphiles (PAs) are promising materials for tissue engineering and model extracellular matrixes for biological studies. While PA hydrogels are conventionally formed via electrostatic screening, new hydrogelation mechanisms might help to improve the design and functionality of these materials. Here, we present a host-guest-mediated PA hydrogelation method that relies on the formation of a host-guest homoternary complex with cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) and aromatic amino-acid-bearing PA nanofibers. As a result of the host-guest cross-linking between PA nanofibers, hierarchical morphologies and increased stiffness were found when host-guest-mediated PA hydrogels were compared to their ion-based equivalents. Additionally, both families of hydrogels exhibited similar biocompatibilities. These results demonstrate that CB[8]-mediated hydrogelation can be used as an alternative cross-linking method to upgrade the design of PA materials and extend their biomedical applications.
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- Carlos Redondo-Gómez
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K
- Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K
- National Nanotechnology Laboratory LANOTEC, National Center for High Technology CeNAT, 1174-1200 Pavas, San José 10109, Costa Rica
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K
- Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K
- Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K
- School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K
- Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K
- Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K
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Sasselli IR, Syrgiannis Z, Sather NA, Palmer LC, Stupp SI. Modeling Interactions within and between Peptide Amphiphile Supramolecular Filaments. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:650-659. [PMID: 35029997 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c09258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Many peptides are able to self-assemble into one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures, such as cylindrical fibers or ribbons of variable widths, but the relationship between the morphology of 1D objects and their molecular structure is not well understood. Here, we use coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CG-MD) simulations to study the nanostructures formed by self-assembly of different peptide amphiphiles (PAs). The results show that ribbons are hierarchical superstructures formed by laterally assembled cylindrical fibers. Simulations starting from bilayer structures demonstrate the formation of filaments, whereas other simulations starting from filaments indicate varying degrees of interaction among them depending on chemical structure. These interactions are verified by observations using atomic force microscopy of the various systems. The interfilament interactions are predicted to be strongest in supramolecular assemblies that display hydrophilic groups on their surfaces, while those with hydrophobic ones are predicted to interact more weakly as confirmed by viscosity measurements. The simulations also suggest that peptide amphiphiles with hydrophobic termini bend to reduce their interfacial energy with water, which may explain why these systems do not collapse into superstructures of bundled filaments. The simulations suggest that future experiments will need to address mechanistic questions about the self-assembly of these systems into hierarchical structures, namely, the preformation of interactive filaments vs equilibration of large assemblies into superstructures.
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- Ivan R Sasselli
- Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology, Northwestern University, 303 East Superior Street, 11th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology, Northwestern University, 303 East Superior Street, 11th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology, Northwestern University, 303 East Superior Street, 11th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology, Northwestern University, 303 East Superior Street, 11th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology, Northwestern University, 303 East Superior Street, 11th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.,Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 N St. Clair, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Exploiting the fundamentals of biological organization for the advancement of biofabrication. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2021; 74:42-54. [PMID: 34798447 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2021.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 09/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The field of biofabrication continues to progress, offering higher levels of spatial control, reproducibility, and functionality. However, we remain far from recapitulating what nature has achieved. Biological systems such as tissues and organs are assembled from the bottom-up through coordinated supramolecular and cellular processes that result in their remarkable structures and functionalities. In this perspective, we propose that incorporating such biological assembling mechanisms within fabrication techniques, offers an opportunity to push the boundaries of biofabrication. We dissect these mechanisms into distinct biological organization principles (BOPs) including self-assembly, compartmentalization, diffusion-reaction, disorder-to-order transitions, and out-of-equilibrium processes. We highlight recent work demonstrating the viability and potential of these approaches to enhance scalability, reproducibility, vascularization, and biomimicry; as well as current challenges to overcome.
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Ajovalasit A, Redondo-Gómez C, Sabatino MA, Okesola BO, Braun K, Mata A, Dispenza C. Carboxylated-xyloglucan and peptide amphiphile co-assembly in wound healing. Regen Biomater 2021; 8:rbab040. [PMID: 34386265 PMCID: PMC8355605 DOI: 10.1093/rb/rbab040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Hydrogel wound dressings can play critical roles in wound healing protecting the wound from trauma or contamination and providing an ideal environment to support the growth of endogenous cells and promote wound closure. This work presents a self-assembling hydrogel dressing that can assist the wound repair process mimicking the hierarchical structure of skin extracellular matrix. To this aim, the co-assembly behaviour of a carboxylated variant of xyloglucan (CXG) with a peptide amphiphile (PA-H3) has been investigated to generate hierarchical constructs with tuneable molecular composition, structure, and properties. Transmission electron microscopy and circular dichroism at a low concentration shows that CXG and PA-H3 co-assemble into nanofibres by hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions and further aggregate into nanofibre bundles and networks. At a higher concentration, CXG and PA-H3 yield hydrogels that have been characterized for their morphology by scanning electron microscopy and for the mechanical properties by small-amplitude oscillatory shear rheological measurements and compression tests at different CXG/PA-H3 ratios. A preliminary biological evaluation has been carried out both in vitro with HaCat cells and in vivo in a mouse model.
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- Alessia Ajovalasit
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria (DI), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 6, Palermo 90128, Italy
- School of Engineering & Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
- Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
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- School of Engineering & Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
- Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria (DI), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 6, Palermo 90128, Italy
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- School of Engineering & Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
- Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, The Blizard Building, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
- Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria (DI), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 6, Palermo 90128, Italy
- Istituto di Biofisica (IBF), Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (CNR), Via U. La Malfa 153, Palermo 90146, Italy
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Sheehan F, Sementa D, Jain A, Kumar M, Tayarani-Najjaran M, Kroiss D, Ulijn RV. Peptide-Based Supramolecular Systems Chemistry. Chem Rev 2021; 121:13869-13914. [PMID: 34519481 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Peptide-based supramolecular systems chemistry seeks to mimic the ability of life forms to use conserved sets of building blocks and chemical reactions to achieve a bewildering array of functions. Building on the design principles for short peptide-based nanomaterials with properties, such as self-assembly, recognition, catalysis, and actuation, are increasingly available. Peptide-based supramolecular systems chemistry is starting to address the far greater challenge of systems-level design to access complex functions that emerge when multiple reactions and interactions are coordinated and integrated. We discuss key features relevant to systems-level design, including regulating supramolecular order and disorder, development of active and adaptive systems by considering kinetic and thermodynamic design aspects and combinatorial dynamic covalent and noncovalent interactions. Finally, we discuss how structural and dynamic design concepts, including preorganization and induced fit, are critical to the ability to develop adaptive materials with adaptive and tunable photonic, electronic, and catalytic properties. Finally, we highlight examples where multiple features are combined, resulting in chemical systems and materials that display adaptive properties that cannot be achieved without this level of integration.
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- Fahmeed Sheehan
- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center City University of New York 85 St. Nicholas Terrace New York, New York 10031, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Hunter College City University of New York 695 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States.,Ph.D. Program in Chemistry The Graduate Center of the City University of New York 365 fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center City University of New York 85 St. Nicholas Terrace New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center City University of New York 85 St. Nicholas Terrace New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center City University of New York 85 St. Nicholas Terrace New York, New York 10031, United States.,Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Baldiri i Reixac 10-12, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center City University of New York 85 St. Nicholas Terrace New York, New York 10031, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Hunter College City University of New York 695 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States.,Ph.D. Program in Chemistry The Graduate Center of the City University of New York 365 fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center City University of New York 85 St. Nicholas Terrace New York, New York 10031, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Hunter College City University of New York 695 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States.,Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry The Graduate Center of the City University of New York 365 5th Avenue, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center City University of New York 85 St. Nicholas Terrace New York, New York 10031, United States.,Department of Chemistry, Hunter College City University of New York 695 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States.,Ph.D. Program in Chemistry The Graduate Center of the City University of New York 365 fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10016, United States.,Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry The Graduate Center of the City University of New York 365 5th Avenue, New York, New York 10016, United States
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Panja S, Seddon A, Adams DJ. Controlling hydrogel properties by tuning non-covalent interactions in a charge complementary multicomponent system. Chem Sci 2021; 12:11197-11203. [PMID: 34522317 PMCID: PMC8386653 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc02854e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Mixing small molecule gelators is a promising route to prepare useful and exciting materials that cannot be accessed from any of the individual components. Here, we describe pH-triggered hydrogelation by mixing of two non-gelling amphiphiles. The intermolecular interactions among the molecules can be tuned either by controlling the degree of ionization of the components or by a preparative pathway, which enables us to control material properties such as gel strength, gel stiffness, thermal stability, and an unusual shrinking/swelling behaviour.
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- Santanu Panja
- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ UK
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- School of Physics, HH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol Tyndall Avenue Bristol BS8 1TL UK
- Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, HH Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol Tyndall Avenue Bristol BS8 1TL UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ UK
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Webber MJ, Pashuck ET. (Macro)molecular self-assembly for hydrogel drug delivery. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2021; 172:275-295. [PMID: 33450330 PMCID: PMC8107146 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Revised: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Hydrogels prepared via self-assembly offer scalable and tunable platforms for drug delivery applications. Molecular-scale self-assembly leverages an interplay of attractive and repulsive forces; drugs and other active molecules can be incorporated into such materials by partitioning in hydrophobic domains, affinity-mediated binding, or covalent integration. Peptides have been widely used as building blocks for self-assembly due to facile synthesis, ease of modification with bioactive molecules, and precise molecular-scale control over material properties through tunable interactions. Additional opportunities are manifest in stimuli-responsive self-assembly for more precise drug action. Hydrogels can likewise be fabricated from macromolecular self-assembly, with both synthetic polymers and biopolymers used to prepare materials with controlled mechanical properties and tunable drug release. These include clinical approaches for solubilization and delivery of hydrophobic drugs. To further enhance mechanical properties of hydrogels prepared through self-assembly, recent work has integrated self-assembly motifs with polymeric networks. For example, double-network hydrogels capture the beneficial properties of both self-assembled and covalent networks. The expanding ability to fabricate complex and precise materials, coupled with an improved understanding of biology, will lead to new classes of hydrogels specifically tailored for drug delivery applications.
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- Matthew J Webber
- University of Notre Dame, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
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- Lehigh University, Department of Bioengineering, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.
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Edelbrock AN, Clemons TD, Chin SM, Roan JJW, Bruckner EP, Álvarez Z, Edelbrock JF, Wek KS, Stupp SI. Superstructured Biomaterials Formed by Exchange Dynamics and Host-Guest Interactions in Supramolecular Polymers. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:2004042. [PMID: 33898187 PMCID: PMC8061421 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202004042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Dynamic and reversible assembly of molecules is ubiquitous in the hierarchical superstructures of living systems and plays a key role in cellular functions. Recent work from the laboratory reported on the reversible formation of such superstructures in systems of peptide amphiphiles conjugated to oligonucleotides and electrostatically complimentary peptide sequences. Here, a supramolecular system is reported upon where exchange dynamics and host-guest interactions between β-cyclodextrin and adamantane on peptide amphiphiles lead to superstructure formation. Superstructure formation with bundled nanoribbons generates a mechanically robust hydrogel with a highly porous architecture that can be 3D printed. Functionalization of the porous superstructured material with a biological signal results in a matrix with significant in vitro bioactivity toward neurons that could be used as a supramolecular model to design novel biomaterials.
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- Alexandra N. Edelbrock
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
- Simpson Querrey InstituteNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
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- Simpson Querrey InstituteNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
- Department of ChemistryNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
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- Department of ChemistryNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
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- Simpson Querrey InstituteNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
- Department of MedicineNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
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- Simpson Querrey InstituteNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
- Department of MedicineNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
- Simpson Querrey InstituteNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
- Department of ChemistryNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
- Department of MedicineNorthwestern UniversityChicagoIL60611USA
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Baruffaldi D, Palmara G, Pirri C, Frascella F. 3D Cell Culture: Recent Development in Materials with Tunable Stiffness. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2021; 4:2233-2250. [PMID: 35014348 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c01472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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It is widely accepted that three-dimensional cell culture systems simulate physiological conditions better than traditional 2D systems. Although extracellular matrix components strongly modulate cell behavior, several studies underlined the importance of mechanosensing in the control of different cell functions such as growth, proliferation, differentiation, and migration. Human tissues are characterized by different degrees of stiffness, and various pathologies (e.g., tumor or fibrosis) cause changes in the mechanical properties through the alteration of the extracellular matrix structure. Additionally, these modifications have an impact on disease progression and on therapy response. Hence, the development of platforms whose stiffness could be modulated may improve our knowledge of cell behavior under different mechanical stress stimuli. In this review, we have analyzed the mechanical diversity of healthy and diseased tissues, and we have summarized recently developed materials with a wide range of stiffness.
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- Désirée Baruffaldi
- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin 10129, Italy.,PolitoBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin 10129, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin 10129, Italy.,PolitoBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin 10129, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin 10129, Italy.,PolitoBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin 10129, Italy.,Center for Sustainable Futures@Polito, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Livorno 60, Turin 10144, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin 10129, Italy.,PolitoBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Turin 10129, Italy
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Lyu Y, Azevedo HS. Supramolecular Hydrogels for Protein Delivery in Tissue Engineering. Molecules 2021; 26:873. [PMID: 33562215 PMCID: PMC7914635 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26040873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Revised: 01/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Therapeutic proteins, such as growth factors (GFs), have been used in tissue engineering (TE) approaches for their ability to provide signals to cells and orchestrate the formation of functional tissue. However, to be effective and minimize off-target effects, GFs should be delivered at the target site with temporal control. In addition, protein drugs are typically sensitive water soluble macromolecules with delicate structure. As such, hydrogels, containing large amounts of water, provide a compatible environment for the direct incorporation of proteins within the hydrogel network, while their release rate can be tuned by engineering the network chemistry and density. Being formed by transient crosslinks, afforded by non-covalent interactions, supramolecular hydrogels offer important advantages for protein delivery applications. This review describes various types of supramolecular hydrogels using a repertoire of diverse building blocks, their use for protein delivery and their further application in TE contexts. By reviewing the recent literature on this topic, the merits of supramolecular hydrogels are highlighted as well as their limitations, with high expectations for new advances they will provide for TE in the near future.
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK;
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Zhang E, Shi J, Xiao L, Zhang Q, Lu M, Nan B, Wu K, Lu M. A highly efficient bionic self-healing flexible waterborne polyurethane elastic film based on a cyclodextrin–ferrocene host–guest interaction. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py01480j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Flexible WPU elastic films with superior self-healing based on synergic effects between host–guest interactions and hydrogen bonds.
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- Ending Zhang
- Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Guangzhou 510650
- People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Guangzhou 510650
- People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Guangzhou 510650
- People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Guangzhou 510650
- People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Guangzhou 510650
- People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Guangzhou 510650
- People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Guangzhou 510650
- People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Guangzhou 510650
- People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Lee SC, Gillispie G, Prim P, Lee SJ. Physical and Chemical Factors Influencing the Printability of Hydrogel-based Extrusion Bioinks. Chem Rev 2020; 120:10834-10886. [PMID: 32815369 PMCID: PMC7673205 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Bioprinting researchers agree that "printability" is a key characteristic for bioink development, but neither the meaning of the term nor the best way to experimentally measure it has been established. Furthermore, little is known with respect to the underlying mechanisms which determine a bioink's printability. A thorough understanding of these mechanisms is key to the intentional design of new bioinks. For the purposes of this review, the domain of printability is defined as the bioink requirements which are unique to bioprinting and occur during the printing process. Within this domain, the different aspects of printability and the factors which influence them are reviewed. The extrudability, filament classification, shape fidelity, and printing accuracy of bioinks are examined in detail with respect to their rheological properties, chemical structure, and printing parameters. These relationships are discussed and areas where further research is needed, are identified. This review serves to aid the bioink development process, which will continue to play a major role in the successes and failures of bioprinting, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine going forward.
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- Sang Cheon Lee
- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157 , USA
- Department of Maxillofacial Biomedical Engineering and Institute of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea
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- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157 , USA
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Wake Forest University-Virginia Tech, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157 , USA
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- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157 , USA
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Wake Forest University-Virginia Tech, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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Redondo-Gómez C, Padilla-Lopategui S, Azevedo HS, Mata A. Host-Guest-Mediated Epitope Presentation on Self-Assembled Peptide Amphiphile Hydrogels. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2020; 6:4870-4880. [PMID: 33455284 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c00549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A key feature in biomaterial design is the incorporation of bioactive signals into artificial constructs to stimulate tissue regeneration. Most currently used hydrogel cell culture systems depend on the covalent attachment of extracellular matrix (ECM)-derived peptides to either macromolecular units or smaller self-assembling building blocks, thereby restricting biosignal presentation and adaptability. However, new ways to rationally incorporate adhesion epitopes through noncovalent interactions would offer opportunities to better recreate the dynamic and reversible nature of the native ECM. Here, we report on a noncovalent epitope presentation approach mediated by host-guest interactions. Using peptide amphiphile hydrogels, we demonstrate that the adamantane/β-cyclodextrin pair can be used to anchor RGDS cell adhesion signals onto self-assembled hydrogels via host-guest interactions. We evaluate hydrogel morphological and rheological properties as well as fibroblast attachment, organization, and spreading when cultured atop these scaffolds. This host-guest-mediated epitope display might lead to new self-assembling hydrogels for improved cell culture applications in fields such as tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
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- Carlos Redondo-Gómez
- School of Engineering & Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.,Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K
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- School of Engineering & Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.,Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K
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- School of Engineering & Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.,Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K
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- School of Engineering & Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.,Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.,School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.,Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.,Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K
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Sasselli IR, Syrgiannis Z. Small Molecules Organic Co‐Assemblies as Functional Nanomaterials. European J Org Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202000529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Ivan R. Sasselli
- Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE) Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) Paseo de Miramon 182 20014 Donostia San Sebastián Spain
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- Centre of Excellence for Nanostructured Materials (CENMAT) INSTM, unit of Trieste, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche Università di Trieste via L. Giorgieri 1 34127 Trieste Italy
- Simpson Querrey Institute Northwestern University 303 East Superior Street 60611 Chicago IL USA
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Polypeptide-based self-healing hydrogels: Design and biomedical applications. Acta Biomater 2020; 113:84-100. [PMID: 32634482 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Self-healing hydrogels can heal themselves on the damaged sites, which opens up a fascinating way for enhancing lifetimes of materials. Polypeptide/poly(amino acid) is a class of polymers in which natural amino acid monomers or derivatives are linked by amide bonds with a stable and similar secondary structure as natural proteins (α-helix or β-fold). They have the advantages of nontoxicity, biodegradability, and low immunogenicity as well as easy modification. All these properties make polypeptides extremely suitable for the preparation of self-healing hydrogels for biomedical applications. In this review, we mainly focus on the progress in the fabrication strategies of polypeptide-based self-healing hydrogels and their biomedical applications in the recent 5 years. Various crosslinking methods for the preparation of polypeptide-based self-healing hydrogels are first introduced, including host-guest interactions, hydrogen bonding, electrostatic interactions, supramolecular self-assembly of β-sheets, and reversible covalent bonds of imine and hydrazone as well as molecular multi-interactions. Some representative biomedical applications of these self-healing hydrogels such as delivery system, tissue engineering, 3D-bioprinting, antibacterial and wound healing as well as bioadhesion and hemostasis are also summarized. Current challenges and perspectives in future for these "smart" hydrogels are proposed at the end . STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Polypeptides with the advantages of nontoxicity, biodegradability, hydrophilicity and low immunogenicity, are extremely suitable for the preparation of self-healing hydrogels in biomedical applications. Recently, the researches of polypeptide-based self-healing hydrogel have drawn the great attentions for scientists and engineers. A review to summarize the recent progress in design and biomedical applications of these polypeptide-based self-healing hydrogels is highly needed. In this review, we mainly focus on the progress in fabrication strategies of polypeptide-based self-healing hydrogels and biomedical applications in recent five years and aim to draw the increased attention to the importance of these "smart" hydrogels, facilitating the advances in biomedical applications. We believe this work would draw interest from readers of Acta Biomaterialia.
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Ren P, Wang F, Bernaerts KV, Fu Y, Hu W, Zhou N, Dai J, Liang M, Zhang T. Self-Assembled Supramolecular Hybrid Hydrogels Based on Host–Guest Interaction: Formation and Application in 3D Cell Culture. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:6768-6778. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Pengfei Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM), Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, Brightlands Chemelot Campus, Urmonderbaan 22, 6167 RD Geleen, The Netherlands
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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Ghosh M, Bera S, Schiffmann S, Shimon LJW, Adler-Abramovich L. Collagen-Inspired Helical Peptide Coassembly Forms a Rigid Hydrogel with Twisted Polyproline II Architecture. ACS NANO 2020; 14:9990-10000. [PMID: 32806033 PMCID: PMC7450664 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Collagen, the most abundant protein in mammals, possesses notable cohesion and elasticity properties and efficiently induces tissue regeneration. The Gly-Pro-Hyp canonical tripeptide repeating unit of the collagen superhelix has been well-characterized. However, to date, the shortest tripeptide repeat demonstrated to attain a helical conformation contained 3-10 peptide repeats. Here, taking a minimalistic approach, we studied a single repeating unit of collagen in its protected form, Fmoc-Gly-Pro-Hyp. The peptide formed single crystals displaying left-handed polyproline II superhelical packing, as in the native collagen single strand. The crystalline assemblies also display head-to-tail H-bond interactions and an "aromatic zipper" arrangement at the molecular interface. The coassembly of this tripeptide, with Fmoc-Phe-Phe, a well-studied dipeptide hydrogelator, produced twisted helical fibrils with a polyproline II conformation and improved hydrogel mechanical rigidity. The design of these peptides illustrates the possibility to assemble superhelical nanostructures from minimal collagen-inspired peptides with their potential use as functional motifs to introduce a polyproline II conformation into hybrid hydrogel assemblies.
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- Moumita Ghosh
- Department
of Oral Biology, The Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Sackler
Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
- The
Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department
of Oral Biology, The Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Sackler
Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
- The
Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department
of Oral Biology, The Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Sackler
Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
- The
Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department
of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute
of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department
of Oral Biology, The Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Sackler
Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
- The
Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Hedegaard CL, Mata A. Integrating self-assembly and biofabrication for the development of structures with enhanced complexity and hierarchical control. Biofabrication 2020; 12:032002. [DOI: 10.1088/1758-5090/ab84cb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Xia D, Wang P, Ji X, Khashab NM, Sessler JL, Huang F. Functional Supramolecular Polymeric Networks: The Marriage of Covalent Polymers and Macrocycle-Based Host–Guest Interactions. Chem Rev 2020; 120:6070-6123. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 263] [Impact Index Per Article: 65.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Danyu Xia
- Scientific Instrument Center, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
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- Smart Hybrid Materials (SHMS) Laboratory, Chemical Science Program, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 105 East 24th Street, Stop A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
- Center for Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Center for Chemistry of High-Performance & Novel Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
- Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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Yang Z, Xu H, Zhao X. Designer Self-Assembling Peptide Hydrogels to Engineer 3D Cell Microenvironments for Cell Constructs Formation and Precise Oncology Remodeling in Ovarian Cancer. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:1903718. [PMID: 32382486 PMCID: PMC7201262 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201903718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Revised: 02/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Designer self-assembling peptides form the entangled nanofiber networks in hydrogels by ionic-complementary self-assembly. This type of hydrogel has realistic biological and physiochemical properties to serve as biomimetic extracellular matrix (ECM) for biomedical applications. The advantages and benefits are distinct from natural hydrogels and other synthetic or semisynthetic hydrogels. Designer peptides provide diverse alternatives of main building blocks to form various functional nanostructures. The entangled nanofiber networks permit essential compositional complexity and heterogeneity of engineering cell microenvironments in comparison with other hydrogels, which may reconstruct the tumor microenvironments (TMEs) in 3D cell cultures and tissue-specific modeling in vitro. Either ovarian cancer progression or recurrence and relapse are involved in the multifaceted TMEs in addition to mesothelial cells, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, pericytes, immune cells, adipocytes, and the ECM. Based on the progress in common hydrogel products, this work focuses on the diverse designer self-assembling peptide hydrogels for instructive cell constructs in tissue-specific modeling and the precise oncology remodeling for ovarian cancer, which are issued by several research aspects in a 3D context. The advantages and significance of designer peptide hydrogels are discussed, and some common approaches and coming challenges are also addressed in current complex tumor diseases.
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- Zehong Yang
- West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic MedicineSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610041P. R. China
- Institute for Nanobiomedical Technology and Membrane BiologyWest China HospitalSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610041P. R. China
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- GL Biochem (Shanghai) Ltd.519 Ziyue Rd.Shanghai200241P. R. China
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- Institute for Nanobiomedical Technology and Membrane BiologyWest China HospitalSichuan UniversityChengduSichuan610041P. R. China
- Wenzhou InstituteUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Wenzhou Institute of Biomaterials & Engineering)WenzhouZhejiang325001P. R. China
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Gavel PK, Kumar N, Parmar HS, Das AK. Evaluation of a Peptide-Based Coassembled Nanofibrous and Thixotropic Hydrogel for Dermal Wound Healing. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:3326-3336. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Pramod K. Gavel
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore 453552, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore 453552, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore 453552, India
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Mondal S, Das S, Nandi AK. A review on recent advances in polymer and peptide hydrogels. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:1404-1454. [PMID: 31984400 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm02127b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In this review, we focus on the very recent developments on the use of the stimuli responsive properties of polymer hydrogels for targeted drug delivery, tissue engineering, and biosensing utilizing their different optoelectronic properties. Besides, the stimuli-responsive hydrogels, the conducting polymer hydrogels are discussed, with specific attention to the energy generation and storage behavior of the xerogel derived from the hydrogel. The electronic and ionic conducting gels have been discussed that have applications in various electronic devices, e.g., organic field effect transistors, soft robotics, ionic skins, and sensors. The properties of polymer hybrid gels containing carbon nanomaterials have been exemplified here giving attention to applications in supercapacitors, dye sensitized solar cells, photocurrent switching, etc. Recent trends in the properties and applications of some natural polymer gels to produce thermal and acoustic insulating materials, drug delivery vehicles, self-healing material, tissue engineering, etc., are discussed. Besides the polymer gels, peptide gels of different dipeptides, tripeptides, oligopeptides, polypeptides, cyclic peptides, etc., are discussed, giving attention mainly to biosensing, bioimaging, and drug delivery applications. The properties of peptide-based hybrid hydrogels with polymers, nanoparticles, nucleotides, fullerene, etc., are discussed, giving specific attention to drug delivery, cell culture, bio-sensing, and bioimaging properties. Thus, the present review delineates, in short, the preparation, properties, and applications of different polymer and peptide hydrogels prepared in the past few years.
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- Sanjoy Mondal
- Polymer Science Unit, School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India.
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Wang P, Wang R, Xia D. pH-Induced Transition Between Single-Chain Macrocyclic Amphiphile and [ c2]Daisy Chain-Based Bola-Type Amphiphile and the Related Self-Assembly Behavior in Water. Front Chem 2020; 7:894. [PMID: 32039140 PMCID: PMC6992661 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Macrocyclic amphiphiles, a type of amphiphiles synthesized based on macrocyclic compounds, have attracted much attention over the past decades due to their unique superiority in the construction of various functional nanomaterials. The regulation of the state of macrocyclic amphiphiles by introducing stimuli-responsive motif to macrocyclic amphiphiles is an efficient way to extend their applications in diverse fields. Herein, pillararene-based macrocyclic amphiphile H1 was prepared. H1 can act as single-chain amphiphile to self-assemble into micelles in water when the pH was ≥5.0. H1 can be protonated to turn into H2 when pH changed to <5.0. Interestingly, H2 formed [c2]daisy chain-based bola-type supramolecular amphiphile. This bola-type supramolecular amphiphile self-assembled into nanosheets in water. Therefore, pH-induced transition between single-chain macrocyclic amphiphile and bola-type amphiphile and the corresponding self-assembly system based on pillararene in water were constructed.
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- Pi Wang
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Interface Science and Engineering in Advanced Materials, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China
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- Scientific Instrument Center, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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Cengiz N. Glutathione-responsive multifunctionalizable hydrogels via amine-epoxy “click” chemistry. Eur Polym J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.109441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Wang J, Li D, Fan Y, Shi M, Yang Y, Wang L, Peng Y, Shen M, Shi X. Core-shell tecto dendrimers formed via host-guest supramolecular assembly as pH-responsive intelligent carriers for enhanced anticancer drug delivery. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:22343-22350. [PMID: 31728477 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr08309j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The design of pH-sensitive supramolecular drug delivery systems for efficient antineoplastic drug delivery remains a huge challenge. Herein, we describe the development of pH-responsive core-shell tecto dendrimers (CSTDs) formed using benzimidazole (BM)-modified generation 3 (G3) poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers (G3.NHAc-BM) as a shell and β-cyclodextrin (CD)-modified G5 PAMAM dendrimers (G5.NHAc-CD) as a core. By virtue of the host-guest recognition and pH-responsiveness of BM/β-CD assembly, the pH-sensitive supramolecular CSTDs of G5.NHAc-CD/BM-G3.NHAc were formed and adopted to encapsulate the anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX) via hydrophobic interactions for pH-responsive drug delivery applications. The synthesis of dendrimer derivatives and the loading of the DOX were well characterized via different methods. We show that the encapsulated DOX can be released in a sustained manner with a rapid release speed under a slightly acidic pH condition (pH < 6), which is similar to acidic tumor microenvironment. The enhanced intracellular release of DOX and improved anticancer activity of the drug-loaded pH-responsive CSTDs were demonstrated and compared with the control CSTDs formed without pH-responsiveness through flow cytometry and viability assays of cancer cells. Furthermore, the pH-sensitive CSTDs also showed efficient drug penetration and growth inhibition of three-dimensional tumor spheroids owing to the faster DOX release in an acidic pH environment. The pH-sensitive G5.NHAc-CD/BM-G3.NHAc CSTDs may be employed as a valuable intelligent delivery system for various anticancer drugs.
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- Jianhong Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China.
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Okesola B, Wu Y, Derkus B, Gani S, Wu D, Knani D, Smith DK, Adams DJ, Mata A. Supramolecular Self-Assembly To Control Structural and Biological Properties of Multicomponent Hydrogels. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2019; 31:7883-7897. [PMID: 31631941 PMCID: PMC6792223 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b01882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Revised: 09/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
Self-assembled nanofibers are ubiquitous in nature and serve as inspiration for the design of supramolecular hydrogels. A multicomponent approach offers the possibility of enhancing the tunability and functionality of this class of materials. We report on the synergistic multicomponent self-assembly involving a peptide amphiphile (PA) and a 1,3:2,4-dibenzylidene-d-sorbitol (DBS) gelator to generate hydrogels with tunable nanoscale morphology, improved stiffness, enhanced self-healing, and stability to enzymatic degradation. Using induced circular dichroism of Thioflavin T (ThT), electron microscopy, small-angle neutron scattering, and molecular dynamics approaches, we confirm that the PA undergoes self-sorting, while the DBS gelator acts as an additive modifier for the PA nanofibers. The supramolecular interactions between the PA and DBS gelators result in improved bulk properties and cytocompatibility of the two-component hydrogels as compared to those of the single-component systems. The tunable mechanical properties, self-healing ability, resistance to proteolysis, and biocompatibility of the hydrogels suggest future opportunities for the hydrogels as scaffolds for tissue engineering and drug delivery vehicles.
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Affiliation(s)
- Babatunde
O. Okesola
- Institute
of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University
of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
- School
of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen
Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
| | - Yuanhao Wu
- Institute
of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University
of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
- School
of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen
Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
| | - Burak Derkus
- Institute
of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University
of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
- School
of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen
Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
- Biomedical
Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, 26040 Eskisehir, Turkey
| | - Samar Gani
- Department
of Biotechnology Engineering, ORT Braude
College, P.O. Box 78, Karmiel 2161002, Israel
| | - Dongsheng Wu
- School
of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen
Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
| | - Dafna Knani
- Department
of Biotechnology Engineering, ORT Braude
College, P.O. Box 78, Karmiel 2161002, Israel
| | - David K. Smith
- Department
of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K.
| | - Dave J. Adams
- School
of
Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.
| | - Alvaro Mata
- Institute
of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University
of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
- School
of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen
Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, U.K.
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