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Kłodzińska SN, Wang Q, Molchanova N, Mahmoudi N, Vallooran JJ, Hansen PR, Jenssen H, Mørck Nielsen H. Nanogel delivery systems for cationic peptides: More than a 'One Size Fits All' solution. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 663:449-457. [PMID: 38417296 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.02.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/01/2024]
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Self-assembled hyaluronic acid-based nanogels are versatile drug carriers due to their biodegradable nature and gentle preparation conditions, making them particularly interesting for delivery of peptide therapeutics. This study aims to elucidate the relation between peptide structure and encapsulation in a nanogel. Key peptide properties that affect encapsulation in octenyl succinic anhydride-modified hyaluronic acid nanogels were identified as we explored the effect on nanogel characteristics using 12 peptides with varying charge and hydrophobicity. The size and surface properties of the microfluidics-assembled peptide-loaded nanogels were evaluated using dynamic light scattering, laser Doppler electrophoresis, and small angle neutron scattering. Additionally, the change in peptide secondary structure upon encapsulation in nanogels, their release from the nanogels, and the in vitro antimicrobial activity were assessed. In conclusion, the more hydrophobic peptides showed stronger binding to the nanogel carrier and localized internally rather than on the surface of the nanogel, resulting in more spherical nanogels with smoother surfaces and slower release profiles. In contrast, cationic and hydrophilic peptides localized at the nanogel surface resulting in fluffier nanogel structures and quick and more complete release in biorelevant medium. These findings emphasize that the advantages of nanogel delivery systems for different applications depend on the therapeutic peptide properties.
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- Sylvia N Kłodzińska
- Center for Biopharmaceuticals and Biobarriers in Drug Delivery (BioDelivery), Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Biopharmaceuticals and Biobarriers in Drug Delivery (BioDelivery), Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha, Kerala, India
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Center for Biopharmaceuticals and Biobarriers in Drug Delivery (BioDelivery), Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Zhao W, Lin JS, Nielsen JE, Sørensen K, Wadurkar AS, Ji J, Barron AE, Nangia S, Libera MR. Supramolecular Peptoid Structure Strengthens Complexation with Polyacrylic Acid Microgels. Biomacromolecules 2024; 25:1274-1281. [PMID: 38240722 PMCID: PMC11046531 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01242] [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] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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We have studied the complexation between cationic antimicrobials and polyanionic microgels to create self-defensive surfaces that responsively resist bacterial colonization. An essential property is the stable sequestration of the loaded (complexed) antimicrobial within the microgel under a physiological ionic strength. Here, we assess the complexation strength between poly(acrylic acid) [PAA] microgels and a series of cationic peptoids that display supramolecular structures ranging from an oligomeric monomer to a tetramer. We follow changes in loaded microgel diameter with increasing [Na+] as a measure of the counterion doping level. Consistent with prior findings on colistin/PAA complexation, we find that a monomeric peptoid is fully released at ionic strengths well below physiological conditions, despite its +5 charge. In contrast, progressively higher degrees of peptoid supramolecular structure display progressively greater resistance to salting out, which we attribute to the greater entropic stability associated with the complexation of multimeric peptoid bundles.
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- Wenhan Zhao
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Medicine & School of Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Medicine & School of Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde DK-4000, Denmark
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Medicine & School of Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
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- Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Medicine & School of Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, United States
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Wanselius M, Searle S, Rodler A, Tenje M, Abrahmsén-Alami S, Hansson P. Microfluidics Platform for Studies of Peptide – Polyelectrolyte Interaction. Int J Pharm 2022; 621:121785. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2022.121785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Xiao X, Ji J, Zhao W, Nangia S, Libera M. Salt Destabilization of Cationic Colistin Complexation within Polyanionic Microgels. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Xixi Xiao
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, United States
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- Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, United States
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- Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, United States
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Belthle T, Demco DE, Pich A. Nanostructuring the Interior of Stimuli-Responsive Microgels by N-Vinylimidazoles Quaternized with Hydrophobic Alkyl Chains. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Thomke Belthle
- DWI─Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstraβe 50, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Functional and Interactive Polymers, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- DWI─Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstraβe 50, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- DWI─Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstraβe 50, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Functional and Interactive Polymers, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 2, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Aachen Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM), Maastricht University, Brightlands Chemelot Campus, Urmonderbaan 22, 6167 RD Geleen, The Netherlands
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Al-Tikriti Y, Hansson P. Drug-Induced Phase Separation in Polyelectrolyte Microgels. Gels 2021; 8:gels8010004. [PMID: 35049539 PMCID: PMC8774790 DOI: 10.3390/gels8010004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Polyelectrolyte microgels may undergo volume phase transition upon loading and the release of amphiphilic molecules, a process important in drug delivery. The new phase is “born” in the outermost gel layers, whereby it grows inward as a shell with a sharp boundary to the “mother” phase (core). The swelling and collapse transitions have previously been studied with microgels in large solution volumes, where they go to completion. Our hypothesis is that the boundary between core and shell is stabilized by thermodynamic factors, and thus that collapsed and swollen phases should be able to also coexist at equilibrium. We investigated the interaction between sodium polyacrylate (PA) microgel networks (diameter: 400–850 µm) and the amphiphilic drug amitriptyline hydrochloride (AMT) in the presence of NaCl/phosphate buffer of ionic strength (I) 10 and 155 mM. We used a specially constructed microscopy cell and micromanipulators to study the size and internal morphology of single microgels equilibrated in small liquid volumes of AMT solution. To probe the distribution of AMT micelles we used the fluorescent probe rhodamine B. The amount of AMT in the microgel was determined by a spectrophotometric technique. In separate experiments we studied the binding of AMT and the distribution between different microgels in a suspension. We found that collapsed, AMT-rich, and swollen AMT-lean phases coexisted in equilibrium or as long-lived metastable states at intermediate drug loading levels. In single microgels at I = 10 mM, the collapsed phase formed after loading deviated from the core-shell configuration by forming either discrete domains near the gel boundary or a calotte shaped domain. At I = 155 mM, single microgels, initially fully collapsed, displayed a swollen shell and a collapsed core after partial release of the AMT load. Suspensions displayed a bimodal distribution of swollen and collapsed microgels. The results support the hypothesis that the boundary between collapsed and swollen phases in the same microgel is stabilized by thermodynamic factors.
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- Yassir Al-Tikriti
- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 580, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden;
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 574, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 580, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden;
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 574, 75123 Uppsala, Sweden
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +46-18-4714027
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Žuržul N, Stokke BT. DNA Aptamer Functionalized Hydrogels for Interferometric Fiber-Optic Based Continuous Monitoring of Potassium Ions. BIOSENSORS 2021; 11:266. [PMID: 34436068 PMCID: PMC8392310 DOI: 10.3390/bios11080266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Revised: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In the present paper, we describe a potassium sensor based on DNA-aptamer functionalized hydrogel, that is capable of continuous label-free potassium ion (K+) monitoring with potential for in situ application. A hydrogel attached to the end of an optical fiber is designed with di-oligonucleotides grafted to the polymer network that may serve as network junctions in addition to the covalent crosslinks. Specific affinity toward K+ is based on exploiting a particular aptamer that exhibits conformational transition from single-stranded DNA to G-quadruplex formed by the di-oligonucleotide in the presence of K+. Integration of this aptamer into the hydrogel transforms the K+ specific conformational transition to a K+ concentration dependent deswelling of the hydrogel. High-resolution interferometry monitors changes in extent of swelling at 1 Hz and 2 nm resolution for the hydrogel matrix of 50 µm. The developed hydrogel-based biosensor displayed high selectivity for K+ ions in the concentration range up to 10 mM, in the presence of physiological concentrations of Na+. Additionally, the concentration dependent and selective K+ detection demonstrated in the artificial blood buffer environment, both at room and physiological temperatures, suggests substantial potential for practical applications such as monitoring of potassium ion concentration in blood levels in intensive care medicine.
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- Biophysics and Medical Technology, Department of Physics, NTNU The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway;
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Timergalieva VR, Gennari CGM, Cilurzo F, Moustafine RI. Interpolyelectrolyte complexes based on Carbopol and oppositely charged polymer as new carriers for oral controlled diclofenac delivery. POLYM ADVAN TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pat.5256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Science University of Milan Milan Italy
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Liang J, Xiao X, Chou TM, Libera M. Analytical Cryo-Scanning Electron Microscopy of Hydrated Polymers and Microgels. Acc Chem Res 2021; 54:2386-2396. [PMID: 33944550 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Despite the fact that scanning electron microscopes (SEM) coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDS) has been commercially available for more than a half-century, SEM/EDS continues to develop and open new opportunities to study the morphology of advanced materials. This is particularly true in applications to hydrated soft matter. Developments in field-emission electron sources that enable low-voltage imaging of uncoated polymers, silicon-drift detectors that enable high-efficiency collection of X-rays characteristic of light elements, and cryogenic methods to effectively cryo-fix hydrated samples have opened new opportunities to apply techniques relatively well established in hard-materials applications to challenging new problems involving synthetic polymers. We have applied cryo-SEM imaging and spatially resolved EDS to collect new information characterizing polyelectrolyte microgels. These are charged gel particles with dimensions in the range of 0.1-100 μm. Perhaps most notable is the fact that the high hydration levels-the samples are mostly water-allow robust calibration curves to be generated using frozen-hydrated buffers with known salt and/or hydrocarbon compositions. Such calibration curves enable quantitative composition measurements in the low-concentration extremes associated with high-swelling hydrogels. We use an experimentally derived carbon calibration curve to determine the microgel swell ratio, Q. The swell ratio, arguably, is the single most important gel characteristic because it is directly related to the mesh size of the networked polymer, which in turn determines many of the gel's mechanical and transport properties. While Q can be experimentally measured in macroscopic gels based on weight measurements in the dry and hydrated states, it is very difficult to measure in a microgel, and the fact that EDS in a cryo-SEM can determine Q from a single X-ray spectrum is significant. Furthermore, because of the electrostatic charge distributed along the polymer chains, the presence and concentration of counter-ions play a critical role in polyelectrolyte systems. While conceptually understood for decades, experimental measurements of counter-ion concentrations have been largely limited to a relatively small set of materials that involve macroscopic samples. By developing calibration curves from frozen-hydrated buffer of known ionic strength, we measure the concentration of Na counter-ions in microgels of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) with a limit of detection of ∼0.014 M. Such measurements may help resolve some long-standing questions in polyelectrolyte science concerning counter-ion condensation. Even in the absence of a calibration curve, we show that spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy can map the spatial distribution of a cationic oligopeptide complexed within a hydrated PAA microgel because of the nitrogen fingerprint that, albeit at very low concentration, is unique to the peptide. We look specifically at the case of a microgel with a so-called core-shell structure, where, again, the underlying polyelectrolyte science responsible for core-shell formation remains incompletely understood. These examples highlight how a modern cryo-SEM can be exploited to quantitatively characterize hydrated soft matter. The approach is almost certain to continue its development and impact as the base of experienced practitioners, the accessibility to well-configured microscopes, and the abundance of challenging problems involving hydrated soft matter all continue to grow.
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- Jing Liang
- Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, United States
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- Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, United States
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- Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, United States
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- Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey 07030, United States
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Dhandapani RK, Gurusamy D, Palli SR. Development of Catechin, Poly-l-lysine, and Double-Stranded RNA Nanoparticles. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2021; 4:4310-4318. [PMID: 35006843 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.1c00109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Developing strategies to optimize double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) delivery remains a significant challenge in improving RNA interference (RNAi) in insects. Nanoformulations may provide an avenue for the safe and effective delivery of dsRNA. We investigated nanoparticle-mediated gene silencing using biodegradable polymers, poly-l-lysine (PLL), and polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) for dsRNA delivery into Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells. Negatively charged cores were formed by EGCG and dsRNA complexes, and PLL was used to encapsulate the cores. The nanoparticles were characterized by dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), and energy-dispersive spectrometry (EDS) analysis. The stability of the nanoparticles was assessed by incubating them in nuclease-containing Sf9 cell conditioned media. The effectiveness of the nanoparticles was investigated in Sf9 cells stably expressing the luciferase gene. The results revealed that the nanoparticles formed were small and spherical. The PLL/EGCG/dsRNA nanoparticles exhibited better stability compared to that of PLL/dsRNA or naked dsRNA. Nanoparticles prepared with dsRNA targeting the luciferase gene induced an efficient knockdown (66.7%) of the target gene. In Sf9 cells, nanoparticles prepared with Cy3- or CyPHer-5E-labeled dsRNA showed higher cellular uptake and endosomal escape, respectively, than the naked dsRNA. The improvement in uptake and cytosolic delivery may have helped to increase the knockdown efficiency. In Sf9 cells, the nanoparticles prepared with dsRNA targeting the inhibitor of apoptosis gene induced apoptosis by knocking down its expression. In conclusion, we demonstrate that PLL/EGCG/dsRNA nanoparticles are stable, highly efficient, and effective in dsRNA delivery and knockdown of the target gene.
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- Ramesh Kumar Dhandapani
- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, S-225 Agricultural Science Center North, Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0091, United States
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- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, S-225 Agricultural Science Center North, Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0091, United States
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- Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, S-225 Agricultural Science Center North, Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0091, United States
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Žuržul N, Ilseng A, Prot VE, Sveinsson HM, Skallerud BH, Stokke BT. Donnan Contribution and Specific Ion Effects in Swelling of Cationic Hydrogels are Additive: Combined High-Resolution Experiments and Finite Element Modeling. Gels 2020; 6:E31. [PMID: 32957423 PMCID: PMC7559074 DOI: 10.3390/gels6030031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Finite element modeling applied to analyze experimentally determined hydrogel swelling data provides quantitative description of the hydrogel in the aqueous solutions with well-defined ionic content and environmental parameters. In the present study, we expand this strategy to analysis of swelling of hydrogels over an extended concentration of salt where the Donnan contribution and specific ion effects are dominating at different regimes. Dynamics and equilibrium swelling were determined for acrylamide and cationic acrylamide-based hydrogels by high-resolution interferometry technique for step-wise increase in NaCl and NaBr concentration up to 2 M. Although increased hydrogel swelling volume with increasing salt concentration was the dominant trend for the uncharged hydrogel, the weakly charged cationic hydrogel was observed to shrink for increasing salt concentration up to 0.1 M, followed by swelling at higher salt concentrations. The initial shrinking is due to the ionic equilibration accounted for by a Donnan term. Comparison of the swelling responses at high NaCl and NaBr concentrations between the uncharged and the cationic hydrogel showed similar specific ion effects. This indicates that the ion non-specific Donnan contribution and specific ion effects are additive in the case where they are occurring in well separated ranges of salt concentration. We develop a novel finite element model including both these mechanisms to account for the observed swelling in aqueous salt solution. In particular, a salt-specific, concentration-dependent Flory-Huggins parameter was introduced for the specific ion effects. This is the first report on finite element modeling of hydrogels including specific ionic effects and underpins improvement of the mechanistic insight of hydrogel swelling that can be used to predict its response to environmental change.
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- Nataša Žuržul
- Biophysics and Medical Technology, Department of Physics, NTNU The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway; (N.Ž.); (H.M.S.)
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- Biomechanics, Department of Structural Engineering, NTNU The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway; (A.I.); (V.E.P.); (B.H.S.)
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- Biomechanics, Department of Structural Engineering, NTNU The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway; (A.I.); (V.E.P.); (B.H.S.)
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- Biophysics and Medical Technology, Department of Physics, NTNU The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway; (N.Ž.); (H.M.S.)
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- Biomechanics, Department of Structural Engineering, NTNU The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway; (A.I.); (V.E.P.); (B.H.S.)
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- Biophysics and Medical Technology, Department of Physics, NTNU The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway; (N.Ž.); (H.M.S.)
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Hansson P. Volume Transition and Phase Coexistence in Polyelectrolyte Gels Interacting with Amphiphiles and Proteins. Gels 2020; 6:gels6030024. [PMID: 32823773 PMCID: PMC7558656 DOI: 10.3390/gels6030024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Polyelectrolyte gels have the capacity to absorb large amounts of multivalent species of opposite charge from aqueous solutions of low ionic strength, and release them at elevated ionic strengths. The reversibility offers the possibility to switch between “storage” and “release” modes, useful in applications such as drug delivery. The review focuses on systems where so-called volume phase transitions (VPT) of the gel network take place upon the absorption and release of proteins and self-assembling amphiphiles. We discuss the background in terms of thermodynamic driving forces behind complex formation in oppositely charged mixtures, the role played by cross-links in covalent gels, and general aspects of phase coexistence in networks in relation to Gibbs’ phase rule. We also briefly discuss a gel model frequently used in papers covered by the review. After that, we review papers dealing with collapse and swelling transitions of gels in contact with solution reservoirs of macroions and surfactants. Here we describe recent progress in our understanding of the conditions required for VPT, competing mechanisms, and hysteresis effects. We then review papers addressing equilibrium aspects of core–shell phase coexistence in gels in equilibrium. Here we first discuss early observations of phase separated gels and results showing how the phases affect each other. Then follows a review of recent theoretical and experimental studies providing evidence of thermodynamically stable core–shell phase separated states, and detailed analyses of the conditions under which they exist. Finally, we describe the results from investigations of mechanisms and kinetics of the collapse/swelling transitions induced by the loading/release of proteins, surfactants, and amphiphilic drug molecules.
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- Per Hansson
- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Box 532, SE-75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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Xiao X, Zhao W, Liang J, Sauer K, Libera M. Self-defensive antimicrobial biomaterial surfaces. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2020; 192:110989. [PMID: 32361372 PMCID: PMC7308212 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.110989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Self-defensive biomaterial surfaces are being developed in order to mitigate infection associated with tissue-contacting biomedical devices. Such infection occurs when microbes colonize the surface of a device and proliferate into a recalcitrant biofilm. A key intervention point centers on preventing the initial colonization. Incorporating antimicrobials within a surface coating can be very effective, but the traditional means of antimicrobial delivery by continuous elution can often be counterproductive. If there is no infection, continuous elution creates conditions that promote the development of resistant microbes throughout the patient. In contrast, a self-defensive coating releases antimicrobial only when and only where there is a microbial challenge to the surface. Otherwise, the antimicrobial remains sequestered within the coating and does not contribute to the development of resistance. A self-defensive surface requires a local trigger that signals the microbial challenge. Three such triggers have been identified as: (1) local pH lowering; (2) local enzyme release; and (3) direct microbial-surface contact. This short review highlights the need for self-defensive surfaces in the general context of the device-infection problem and then reviews key biomaterials developments associated with each of these three triggering mechanisms.
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- Xixi Xiao
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA
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- Binghamton Biofilm Research Center (BBRC), Binghamton University Binghamton, NY USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA.
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Borro BC, Toussaint MS, Bucciarelli S, Malmsten M. Effects of charge contrast and composition on microgel formation and interactions with bacteria-mimicking liposomes. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2019; 1865:129485. [PMID: 31734459 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2019.129485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Revised: 11/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Microgels offer opportunities for improved delivery of antimicrobial peptides (AMP). To contribute to a foundation for rational design of such systems, we here study the effects of electrostatics on the generation of peptide-carrying microgels. For this, alginate microgels loaded with polymyxin B and cross-linked by Ca2+, were formed by electrostatic complexation using a hydrodynamic focusing three-dimensional (3D)-printed micromixer, varying pH and component concentrations. The structure of the resulting composite nanoparticles was investigated by small-angle X-ray scattering, dynamic light scattering, and z-potential measurements, whereas peptide encapsulation and release was monitored spectrophotometrically. Furthermore, membrane interactions of these systems were assessed by dye leakage assays in model lipid vesicles. Our results indicate that charge contrast between polymyxin B and alginate during microgel formation affects particle size and network dimensions. In particular, while microgels prepared at maximum polymyxin B-alginate charge contrast at pH 5 and 7.4 are characterized by sharp interfaces, those formed at pH 9 are characterized by a more diffuse core, likely caused by a weaker peptide-polymer affinity, and a shell dominated by alginate that shrinks at high CaCl2 concentrations. Quantitatively, however, these effects were relatively minor, as were differences in peptide encapsulation efficiency and electrolyte-induced peptide release. This demonstrates that rather wide charge contrasts allow efficient complexation and particle formation, with polymyxin B encapsulated within the particle interior at low ionic strength, but released at high electrolyte concentration. As a consequence of this, peptide-mediated membrane destabilization were suppressed by microgel incorporation at low ionic strength, but regained after microgel disruption. After particle disruption at high ionic strength, however, some polymyxin B was found to remain bound to alginate chains from the disrupted composite microgel particles, resulting in partial loss in membrane interactions, compared to the free peptide.
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- Bruno C Borro
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Polytech Clermont-Ferrand, Aubiére, France
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Physical Chemistry 1, University of Lund, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Liang J, Xiao X, Chou TM, Libera M. Counterion Exchange in Peptide-Complexed Core-Shell Microgels. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:9521-9528. [PMID: 31242724 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The complexation of polyvalent macroions with oppositely charged polyelectrolyte microgels can lead to core-shell structures. The shell is believed to be highly deswollen with a high concentration of counter-macroions. The core is believed to be relatively free of macroions but under a uniform compressive stress due to the deswollen shell. We use cryo-scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with X-ray microanalysis to confirm this understanding. We study poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) microgels which form a core-shell structure when complexed with a small cationic antimicrobial peptide (L5). We follow the spatial distribution of polymer, water, Na counterions, and peptide based on the characteristic X-ray intensities of C, O, Na, and N, respectively. Frozen-hydrated microgel suspensions include buffers of known composition from which calibration curves can be generated and used to quantify both the microgel water and sodium concentrations, the latter with a minimum quantifiable concentration less than 0.048 M. We find that as-synthesized PAA microgels are enriched in Na relative to the surrounding buffer as anticipated from established ideas of counterion shielding of electrostatic charge. The shell in L5-complexed microgels is depleted in Na and enriched in peptide and contains relatively little water. Our measurements furthermore show that shell/core interface is diffuse over a length scale of a few micrometers. Within the limits of detection, the core Na concentration is the same as that in as-synthesized microgels, and the core is free of peptide. The core has a slightly lower water concentration than as-synthesized controls, consistent with the hypothesis that the core is under compression from the shell.
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- Jing Liang
- Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science , Stevens Institute of Technology , Hoboken , New Jersey 07030 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science , Stevens Institute of Technology , Hoboken , New Jersey 07030 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science , Stevens Institute of Technology , Hoboken , New Jersey 07030 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science , Stevens Institute of Technology , Hoboken , New Jersey 07030 , United States
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Liang J, Wang H, Libera M. Biomaterial surfaces self-defensive against bacteria by contact transfer of antimicrobials. Biomaterials 2019; 204:25-35. [PMID: 30875516 PMCID: PMC10755758 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Revised: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Despite extensive engineering of tissue-contacting biomedical devices to control healing, these devices remain susceptible to bacterial colonization, biofilm formation, and chronic infection. The threat of selecting for resistance genes largely precludes sustained antimicrobial elution as a wide-spread clinical solution. In response, self-defensive surfaces have been developed where antimicrobial is released only when and where there is a bacterial challenge. We explore a new self-defensive approach using anionic microgels into which small-molecule cationic antimicrobials are loaded by complexation. We identify conditions where antimicrobial remains sequestered within the microgels for periods as long as weeks. However, bacterial contact triggers release and leads to local bacterial killing. We speculate that the close proximity of bacteria alters the local thermodynamic environment and interferes with the microgel-antimicrobial complexation. The contact-transfer approach does not require bacterial metabolism but instead appears to be driven by differences between the microgels and the bacterial cell envelope where there is a high concentration of negative charge and hydrophobicity. Contact with metabolizing macrophages or osteoblasts is, however, insufficient to trigger antimicrobial release, indicating that contact transfer can be specific to bacteria and suggesting an avenue to biomedical device surfaces that can simultaneously promote healing and resist infection.
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- Jing Liang
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, 07030, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, 07030, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, 07030, USA.
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Jooybar E, Abdekhodaie MJ, Mousavi A, Zoetebier B, Dijkstra PJ. Enzymatically crosslinked hyaluronic acid microgels as a vehicle for sustained delivery of cationic proteins. Eur Polym J 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Microgels as carriers of antimicrobial peptides – Effects of peptide PEGylation. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.12.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Moncho-Jordá A, Germán-Bellod A, Angioletti-Uberti S, Adroher-Benítez I, Dzubiella J. Nonequilibrium Uptake Kinetics of Molecular Cargo into Hollow Hydrogels Tuned by Electrosteric Interactions. ACS NANO 2019; 13:1603-1616. [PMID: 30649858 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b07609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Hollow hydrogels represent excellent nano- and microcarriers due to their ability to encapsulate and release large amounts of cargo molecules (cosolutes) such as reactants, drugs, and proteins. In this work, we use a combination of a phenomenological effective cosolute-hydrogel interaction potential and dynamic density functional theory to investigate the full nonequilibrium encapsulation kinetics of charged and dipolar cosolutes by an isolated charged hollow hydrogel immersed in a 1:1 electrolyte aqueous solution. Our analysis covers a broad spectrum of cosolute valences ( zc) and electric dipole moments (μc), as well as hydrogel swelling states and hydrogel charge densities. Our calculations show that, close to the collapsed state, the polar cosolutes are predominantly precluded and the encapsulation process is strongly hindered by the excluded-volume interaction exerted by the polymer network. Different equilibrium and kinetic sorption regimes (interface versus interior) are found depending on the value and sign of zc and the value of μc. For cosolutes of the same sign of charge as the gel, the superposition of steric and electrostatic repulsion leads to an "interaction-controlled" encapsulation process, in which the characteristic time to fill the empty core of the hydrogel grows exponentially with zc. On the other hand, for cosolutes oppositely charged to the gel, we find a "diffusion-controlled" kinetic regime, where cosolutes tend to rapidly absorb into the hydrogel membrane and the encapsulation rate depends only on the cosolute diffusion time across the membrane. Finally, we find that increasing μc promotes the appearance of metastable and stable surface adsorption states. For large enough μc, the kinetics enters an "adsorption-hindered diffusion", where the enhanced surface adsorption imposes a barrier and slows down the uptake. Our study represents the first attempt to systematically describe how the swelling state of the hydrogel and other leading physical interaction parameters determine the encapsulation kinetics and the final equilibrium distribution of polar molecular cargo.
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- Arturo Moncho-Jordá
- Instituto Carlos I de Física Teórica y Computacional, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada , Avenida Fuentenueva S/N , 18071 Granada , Spain
- Departamento de Física Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias , Universidad de Granada , Avenida Fuentenueva S/N , 18071 Granada , Spain
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias , Universidad de Granada , Avenida Fuentenueva S/N , 18071 Granada , Spain
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- Research Group for Simulations of Energy Materials , Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie , Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1 , D-14109 Berlin , Germany
- Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg , Hermann-Herder Straße 3 , D-79104 Freiburg , Germany
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Nyström L, Al-Rammahi N, Malekkhaiat Häffner S, Strömstedt AA, Browning KL, Malmsten M. Avidin-Biotin Cross-Linked Microgel Multilayers as Carriers for Antimicrobial Peptides. Biomacromolecules 2018; 19:4691-4702. [PMID: 30427659 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Herein, we report on the formation of cross-linked antimicrobial peptide-loaded microgel multilayers. Poly(ethyl acrylate- co-methacrylic acid) microgels were synthesized and functionalized with biotin to enable the formation of microgel multilayers cross-linked with avidin. Microgel functionalization and avidin cross-linking were verified with infrared spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, and z-potential measurements, while multilayer formation (up to four layers) was studied with null ellipsometry and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D). Incorporation of the antimicrobial peptide KYE28 (KYEITTIHNLFRKLTHRLFRRNFGYTLR) into the microgel multilayers was achieved either in one shot after multilayer formation or through addition after each microgel layer deposition. The latter was found to strongly promote peptide incorporation. Further, antimicrobial properties of the peptide-loaded microgel multilayers against Escherichia coli were investigated and compared to those of a peptide-loaded microgel monolayer. Results showed a more pronounced suppression in bacterial viability in suspension for the microgel multilayers. Correspondingly, LIVE/DEAD staining showed promoted disruption of adhered bacteria for the KYE28-loaded multilayers. Taken together, cross-linked microgel multilayers thus show promise as high load surface coatings for antimicrobial peptides.
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- Department of Pharmacy , University of Copenhagen , DK-2100 Copenhagen , Denmark
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- Department of Pharmacy , University of Copenhagen , DK-2100 Copenhagen , Denmark
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Labie H, Perro A, Lapeyre V, Goudeau B, Catargi B, Auzély R, Ravaine V. Sealing hyaluronic acid microgels with oppositely-charged polypeptides: A simple strategy for packaging hydrophilic drugs with on-demand release. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 535:16-27. [PMID: 30273723 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.09.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Revised: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A simple route to deliver on demand hydrosoluble molecules such as peptides, packaged in biocompatible and biodegradable microgels, is presented. Hyaluronic acid hydrogel particles with a controlled structure are prepared using a microfluidic approach. Their porosity and their rigidity can be tuned by changing the crosslinking density. These negatively-charged polyelectrolytes interact strongly with positively-charged linear peptides such as poly-l-lysine (PLL). Their interactions induce microgel deswelling and inhibit microgel enzymatic degradability by hyaluronidase. While small PLL penetrate the whole volume of the microgel, PLL larger than the mesh size of the network remain confined at its periphery. They make a complexed layer with reduced pore size, which insulates the microgel inner core from the outer medium. Consequently, enzymatic degradation of the matrix is fully inhibited and non-affinity hydrophilic species can be trapped in the core. Indeed, negatively-charged or small neutral peptides, without interactions with the network, usually diffuse freely across the network. By simple addition of large PLL, they are packaged in the core and can be released on demand, upon introduction of an enzyme that degrades selectively the capping agent. Single polyelectrolyte layer appears as a simple generic method to coat hydrogel-based materials of various scales for encapsulation and controlled delivery of hydrosoluble molecules.
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- Hélène Labie
- Univ. Bordeaux, ISM, CNRS UMR 5255, Bordeaux INP, Site ENSCBP, 16 Avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac Cedex, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, ISM, CNRS UMR 5255, Bordeaux INP, Site ENSCBP, 16 Avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac Cedex, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, ISM, CNRS UMR 5255, Bordeaux INP, Site ENSCBP, 16 Avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac Cedex, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, ISM, CNRS UMR 5255, Bordeaux INP, Site ENSCBP, 16 Avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac Cedex, France
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- Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV-CNRS), Affiliated with Université Joseph Fourier, 601 rue de la Chimie, 38041 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, ISM, CNRS UMR 5255, Bordeaux INP, Site ENSCBP, 16 Avenue Pey Berland, 33607 Pessac Cedex, France.
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Nyström L, Strömstedt AA, Schmidtchen A, Malmsten M. Peptide-Loaded Microgels as Antimicrobial and Anti-Inflammatory Surface Coatings. Biomacromolecules 2018; 19:3456-3466. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Division of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, SE-22184 Lund, Sweden
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Gelissen APH, Scotti A, Turnhoff SK, Janssen C, Radulescu A, Pich A, Rudov AA, Potemkin II, Richtering W. An anionic shell shields a cationic core allowing for uptake and release of polyelectrolytes within core-shell responsive microgels. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:4287-4299. [PMID: 29774926 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm00397a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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To realize carriers for drug delivery, cationic containers are required for anionic guests. Nevertheless, the toxicity of cationic carriers limits their practical use. In this study, we investigate a model system of polyampholyte N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM)-based microgels with a cationic core and an anionic shell to study whether the presence of a negative shell allows the cationic core to be shielded while still enabling the uptake and release of the anionic guest polyelectrolytes. These microgels are loaded with polystyrene sulfonate of different molecular weights to investigate the influence of their chain length on the uptake and release process. By means of small-angle neutron scattering, we evaluate the spatial distribution of polystyrene sulfonate within the microgels. The guest molecules are located in different parts of the core-shell microgels depending on their size. By combining these scattering results with UV-vis spectroscopy, electrophoretic mobility and potentiometric titrations we gain complementary results to investigate the uptake and release process of polyelectrolytes in polyampholyte core-shell microgels. Moreover, Brownian molecular dynamic simulations are performed to compare the experimental and theoretical results of this model. Our findings demonstrate that the presence of a shell still enables efficient uptake of guest molecules into the cationic core. These anionic guest molecules can be released through an anionic shell. Furthermore, the presence of a shell enhances the stability of the microgel-polyelectrolyte complexes with respect to the cationic precursor microgel alone.
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- Arjan P H Gelissen
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany.
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Membrane interactions of microgels as carriers of antimicrobial peptides. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 513:141-150. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Revised: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Singh S, Datta A, Borro BC, Davoudi M, Schmidtchen A, Bhunia A, Malmsten M. Conformational Aspects of High Content Packing of Antimicrobial Peptides in Polymer Microgels. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:40094-40106. [PMID: 29087182 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b13714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Successful use of microgels as delivery systems of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) requires control of factors determining peptide loading and release to/from the microgels as well as of membrane interactions of both microgel particles and released peptides. Addressing these, we here investigate effects of microgel charge density and conformationally induced peptide amphiphilicity on AMP loading and release using detailed nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) structural studies combined with ellipsometry, isothermal titration calorimetry, circular dichroism, and light scattering. In parallel, consequences of peptide loading and release for membrane interactions and antimicrobial effects were investigated. In doing so, poly(ethyl acrylate-co-methacrylic acid) microgels were found to incorporate the cationic AMPs EFK17a (EFKRIVQRIKDFLRNLV) and its partially d-amino acid-substituted variant EFK17da (E(dF)KR(dI)VQR(dI)KD(dF)LRNLV). Peptide incorporation was found to increase with increasing with microgel charge density and peptide amphiphilicity. After microgel incorporation, which appeared to occur preferentially in the microgel core, NMR showed EFK17a to form a helix with pronounced amphiphilicity, while EFK17da displayed a folded conformation, stabilized by a hydrophobic hub consisting of aromatic/aromatic and aliphatic/aromatic interactions, resulting in much lower amphiphilicity. Under wide ranges of peptide loading, the microgels displayed net negative z-potential. Such negatively charged microgels do not bind to, nor lyse, bacteria-mimicking membranes. Instead, membrane disruption in these systems is mediated largely by peptide release, which in turn is promoted at higher ionic strength and lower peptide amphiphilicity. Analogously, antimicrobial effects against Escherichia coli were found to be dictated by peptide release. Taken together, the findings show that peptide loading, packing, and release strongly affect the performance of microgels as AMP delivery systems, effects that can be tuned by (conformationally induced) peptide amphiphilicity and by microgel charge density.
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- Shalini Singh
- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University , SE-75232 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biophysics, Bose Institute , P-1/12 CIT Scheme VII (M), Kolkata 700054, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen , DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University , SE-221 84 Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University , SE-221 84 Lund, Sweden
- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University , 11 Mandalay Road, Singapore 308232, Singapore
- Wound Healing Centre, Bispebjerg University Hospital , DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biophysics, Bose Institute , P-1/12 CIT Scheme VII (M), Kolkata 700054, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University , SE-75232 Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen , DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Sahiner N. Single step poly( l -Lysine) microgel synthesis, characterization and biocompatibility tests. POLYMER 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2017.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Adroher-Benítez I, Moncho-Jordá A, Dzubiella J. Sorption and Spatial Distribution of Protein Globules in Charged Hydrogel Particles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:4567-4577. [PMID: 28431468 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We have theoretically studied the uptake of a nonuniformly charged biomolecule suitable for representing a globular protein or a drug by a charged hydrogel carrier in the presence of a 1:1 electrolyte. On the basis of the analysis of a physical interaction Hamiltonian including monopolar, dipolar, and Born (self-energy) contributions derived from linear electrostatic theory of the unperturbed homogeneous hydrogel, we have identified five different sorption states of the system, from complete repulsion of the molecule to its full sorption deep inside the hydrogel, passing through metastable and stable surface adsorption states. The results are summarized in state diagrams that also explore the effects of varying the electrolyte concentration, the sign of the net electric charge of the biomolecule, and the role of including excluded-volume (steric) or hydrophobic biomolecule-hydrogel interactions. We show that the dipole moment of the biomolecule is a key parameter controlling the spatial distribution of the globules. In particular, biomolecules with a large dipole moment tend to be adsorbed at the external surface of the hydrogel, even if like-charged, whereas uniformly charged biomolecules tend to partition toward the internal core of an oppositely charged hydrogel. Hydrophobic attraction shifts the states toward the internal sorption of the biomolecule, whereas steric repulsion promotes surface adsorption for oppositely charged biomolecules or for the total exclusion of likely charged ones. Our results establish a guideline for the spatial partitioning of proteins and drugs in hydrogel carriers, tunable by the hydrogel charge, pH, and salt concentration.
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , Newtonstr. 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Weiche Materie and Funktionale Materialen, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin , Hahn-Meitner Platz 1, D-14109 Berlin, Germany
- Multifunctional Biomaterials for Medicine, Helmholtz Virtual Institute , 14513 Teltow, Germany
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Delivery systems for antimicrobial peptides. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 242:17-34. [PMID: 28159168 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Due to rapidly increasing resistance development against conventional antibiotics, finding novel approaches for the treatment of infections has emerged as a key health issue. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have attracted interest in this context, and there is by now a considerable literature on the identification such peptides, as well as on their optimization to reach potent antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects at simultaneously low toxicity against human cells. In comparison, delivery systems for antimicrobial peptides have attracted considerably less interest. However, such delivery systems are likely to play a key role in the development of potent and safe AMP-based therapeutics, e.g., through reducing chemical or biological degradation of AMPs either in the formulation or after administration, by reducing adverse side-effects, by controlling AMP release rate, by promoting biofilm penetration, or through achieving co-localization with intracellular pathogens. Here, an overview is provided of the current understanding of delivery systems for antimicrobial peptides, with special focus on AMP-carrier interactions, as well as consequences of these interactions for antimicrobial and related biological effects of AMP-containing formulations.
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Stabilization of starch-based microgel-lysozyme complexes using a layer-by-layer assembly technique. Food Chem 2017; 214:213-217. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.07.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Revised: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nyström L, Malmsten M. Surface-bound microgels - From physicochemical properties to biomedical applications. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2016; 238:88-104. [PMID: 27865424 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2016.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Revised: 11/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Microgels offer robust and facile approaches for surface modification, as well as opportunities to introduce biological functionality by loading such structures with bioactive agents, e.g., in the context of drug delivery, functional biomaterials, and biosensors. As such, they provide a versatile approach for the design of surfaces with pre-determined characteristics compared to more elaborate bottom-up approaches, such as layer-by-layer deposition and surface-initiated polymerization. In the present overview, properties of surface-bound microgels are discussed, ranging from physical adsorption and covalent grafting in dilute systems, to directed self-assembly, multilayer structures, and composites, as well as loading an release of drugs and other cargo molecules into/from such systems, and biomedical applications of these.
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Sherstova T, Stokke BT, Skallerud B, Maurstad G, Prot VE. Nanoindentation and finite element modelling of chitosan-alginate multilayer coated hydrogels. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:7338-7349. [PMID: 27501012 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00827e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Composite soft materials are used as compounds for determining the effects of mechanical cues on cell behavior and cell encapsulation and for controlling drug release. The appropriate composite soft materials are conventionally prepared by selective deposition of polymers at the surface of an ionic hydrogel. In the present study we address the impact of a mechanically stratified two-layer structure of these materials on their overall mechanical characterization by applying a combination of nanoindentation, confocal microscopy and finite element modelling. We prepare covalent cross-linked hydrogels based on acrylamide (AAM) and including an anionic group, and impregnate them using a multilayer deposition strategy of alternating exposure to cationic chitosan and anionic alginate. The thickness of the chitosan-alginate layer on the hydrogels was determined to be 0.4 ± 0.05 μm for 4 bilayers, and 0.7 ± 0.1 μm for the 8 bilayer deposition procedure employing a fluorescently labelled chitosan and confocal microscopy. The force-indentation data for the AAM gels were highly reproducible, whereas 77% and 50% of the force-indentation data were reproducible following the 4 and 8 bilayer deposition. The main trends in the reproducible force-distance data were found to yield an apparent increased Young's modulus after the deposition. Finite element modelling showed that adaption of a homogeneous Young's modulus for the specimens with deposited layers yields approximately three times too low stiffness compared to the estimate of the mechanical properties of the outer part in the two-layered mechanical model. The thickness of the multilayer region determined by confocal microscopy was used in the model. This study shows that the mechanical layered property needs to be included in the interpretation of the nanoindentation data when there is a significant mechanical contrast.
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- Tatyana Sherstova
- Biophysics and Medical Technology, Department of Physics, NTNU The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Ren Y, Xie H, Liu X, Bao J, Yu W, Ma X. Comparative investigation of the binding characteristics of poly-l-lysine and chitosan on alginate hydrogel. Int J Biol Macromol 2016; 84:135-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Revised: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Gernandt J, Hansson P. Surfactant-induced core/shell phase equilibrium in hydrogels. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:064902. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4941326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Nyström L, Nordström R, Bramhill J, Saunders BR, Álvarez-Asencio R, Rutland MW, Malmsten M. Factors Affecting Peptide Interactions with Surface-Bound Microgels. Biomacromolecules 2016; 17:669-78. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b01616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Lina Nyström
- Department
of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 580, SE-752 32 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 580, SE-752 32 Uppsala, Sweden
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- School
of Materials, The University of Manchester, MSS Tower, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School
of Materials, The University of Manchester, MSS Tower, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Surface and Corrosion Science, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- Institute
for Advanced Studies, IMDEA Nanoscience, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department
of Surface and Corrosion Science, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, SP Chemistry,
Materials and Surfaces, SE-114
86 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 580, SE-752 32 Uppsala, Sweden
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Ros S, Burke NAD, Stöver HDH. Synthesis and Properties of Charge-Shifting Polycations: Poly[3-aminopropylmethacrylamide-co-2-(dimethylamino)ethyl acrylate]. Macromolecules 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Samantha Ros
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada L8S 4M1
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada L8S 4M1
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada L8S 4M1
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Sigolaeva LV, Mergel O, Evtushenko EG, Gladyr SY, Gelissen APH, Pergushov DV, Kurochkin IN, Plamper FA, Richtering W. Engineering Systems with Spatially Separated Enzymes via Dual-Stimuli-Sensitive Properties of Microgels. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:13029-13039. [PMID: 26539639 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This work examines the adsorption regime and the properties of microgel/enzyme thin films deposited onto conductive graphite-based substrates. The films were formed via two-step sequential adsorption. A temperature- and pH-sensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-(3-(N,N-dimethylamino)propylmethacrylamide) microgel (poly(NIPAM-co-DMAPMA microgel) was adsorbed first, followed by its interaction with the enzymes, choline oxidase (ChO), butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), or mixtures thereof. By temperature-induced stimulating both (i) poly(NIPAM-co-DMAPMA) microgel adsorption at T > VPTT followed by short washing and drying and then (ii) enzyme loading at T < VPTT, we can effectively control the amount of the microgel adsorbed on a hydrophobic interface as well as the amount and the spatial localization of the enzyme interacted with the microgel film. Depending on the biomolecule size, enzyme molecules can (in the case for ChO) or cannot (in the case for BChE) penetrate into the microgel interior and be localized inside/outside the microgel particles. Different spatial localization, however, does not affect the specific enzymatic responses of ChO or BChE and does not prevent cascade enzymatic reaction involving both BChE and ChO as well. This was shown by the methods of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and amperometric analysis of enzymatic responses of immobilized enzymes. Thus, a novel simple and fast strategy for physical entrapment of biomolecules by the polymeric matrix was proposed, which can be used for engineering systems with spatially separated enzymes of different types.
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- Larisa V Sigolaeva
- Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University , 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry II, RWTH Aachen University , 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University , 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University , 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry II, RWTH Aachen University , 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University , 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University , 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry II, RWTH Aachen University , 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry II, RWTH Aachen University , 52056 Aachen, Germany
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Maximova ED, Zhiryakova MV, Faizuloev EB, Nikonova AA, Ezhov AA, Izumrudov VA, Orlov VN, Grozdova ID, Melik-Nubarov NS. Cationic nanogels as Trojan carriers for disruption of endosomes. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2015; 136:981-8. [PMID: 26562190 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.10.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2015] [Revised: 10/10/2015] [Accepted: 10/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The comparison study of interaction of linear poly(2-dimethyl amino)ethyl methacrylate and its cationic nanogels of various cross-linking with both DNA and sodium poly(styrene sulfonate) has been performed. Although all amino groups of the nanogels proved to be susceptible for protonation, their accessibility for ion pairing with the polyanions was controlled and impaired with the cross-linking. The investigation of nanogels complexes with cells in culture that was accomplished by using of calcein pH-sensitive probe revealed a successive increase in the cytoplasmic fluorescence upon the growth in the cross-linking due to calceine leakage from acidic compartments to cytosol. This regularity implies that amino groups which are buried presumably inside the nanogel are protected against the ion-pairing with polyanions of plasma membrane and hence are able to manifest buffer properties while captured into acidic endosomes, i.e. possess lyso/endosomolytic capacity. These findings suggest that network architecture makes an important contribution to proton sponge properties of weak polycations.
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- Ekaterina D Maximova
- M.V Lomonosov Moscow State University, School of Chemistry, GSP-1, Leninskie gory 1, build. 3, Moscow 119991,Russia; I. Mechnikov Research Institute for Vaccines and Sera, Malyi Kazennyi pereulok 5a, Moscow 105064, Russia
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- M.V Lomonosov Moscow State University, School of Chemistry, GSP-1, Leninskie gory 1, build. 3, Moscow 119991,Russia
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- I. Mechnikov Research Institute for Vaccines and Sera, Malyi Kazennyi pereulok 5a, Moscow 105064, Russia
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- I. Mechnikov Research Institute for Vaccines and Sera, Malyi Kazennyi pereulok 5a, Moscow 105064, Russia
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- M.V Lomonosov Moscow State University, School of Physics, GSP-1, Leninskie gory 1, build. 2, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- M.V Lomonosov Moscow State University, School of Chemistry, GSP-1, Leninskie gory 1, build. 3, Moscow 119991,Russia; A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 28, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- M.V Lomonosov Moscow State University, A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chermical Biology, GSP-1, Leninskie gory 1, build. 40, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- M.V Lomonosov Moscow State University, School of Chemistry, GSP-1, Leninskie gory 1, build. 3, Moscow 119991,Russia
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- M.V Lomonosov Moscow State University, School of Chemistry, GSP-1, Leninskie gory 1, build. 3, Moscow 119991,Russia.
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Gernandt J, Hansson P. Hysteresis in the Surfactant-Induced Volume Transition of Hydrogels. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:1717-25. [DOI: 10.1021/jp5087416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jonas Gernandt
- Department
of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Box
580, SE-75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Box
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Zhao L, Chen Y, Li W, Lu M, Wang S, Chen X, Shi M, Wu J, Yuan Q, Li Y. Controlled uptake and release of lysozyme from glycerol diglycidyl ether cross-linked oxidized starch microgel. Carbohydr Polym 2015; 121:276-83. [PMID: 25659699 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Revised: 01/01/2015] [Accepted: 01/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A biodegradable microgel system based on glycerol-1,3-diglycidyl ether (GDGE) cross-linked TEMPO-oxidized potato starch polymers was developed for controlled uptake and release of proteins. A series of microgels were prepared with a wide range of charge density and cross-link density. We found both swelling capacity (SWw) and lysozyme uptake at saturation (Γsat) increased with increasing degree of oxidation (DO) and decreasing cross-link density. Microgel of DO100% with a low cross-link density (RGDGE/polymer (w/w) of 0.025) was selected to be the optimum gel type for lysozyme absorption; Γsat increased with increasing pH and decreasing ionic strength. It suggests that the binding strength was the strongest at high pH and low ionic strength, which was recognized as the optimum absorption conditions. The lysozyme release was promoted at low pH and high ionic strength, which were considered to be the most suitable conditions for triggering protein release. These results may provide useful information for the controlled uptake and release of proteins by oxidized starch microgels.
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- Luhai Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, P. O. Box 53, 100029 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, P. O. Box 53, 100029 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, P. O. Box 53, 100029 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, P. O. Box 53, 100029 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, P. O. Box 53, 100029 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, P. O. Box 53, 100029 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, P. O. Box 53, 100029 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, P. O. Box 53, 100029 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, P. O. Box 53, 100029 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, College of Life Science and Technology, P. O. Box 53, 100029 Beijing, China.
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Electrochemistry is used in the synthesis of polymer microgels through polymerization of the monomer in the presence of the crosslinker.
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- Suting Yan
- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province
- and Department of Chemistry
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province
- and Department of Chemistry
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province
- and Department of Chemistry
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province
- and Department of Chemistry
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province
- and Department of Chemistry
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province
- and Department of Chemistry
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
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Wang S, Chen X, Shi M, Zhao L, Li W, Chen Y, Lu M, Wu J, Yuan Q, Li Y. Absorption of whey protein isolated (WPI)-stabilized β-Carotene emulsions by oppositely charged oxidized starch microgels. Food Res Int 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2014.11.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Díez-Pascual AM, Shuttleworth PS. Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Biopolyelectrolytes onto Thermo/pH-Responsive Micro/Nano-Gels. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2014; 7:7472-7512. [PMID: 28788259 PMCID: PMC5512647 DOI: 10.3390/ma7117472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2014] [Revised: 11/01/2014] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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This review deals with the layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly of polyelectrolyte multilayers of biopolymers, polypeptides (i.e., poly-l-lysine/poly-l-glutamic acid) and polysaccharides (i.e., chitosan/dextran sulphate/sodium alginate), onto thermo- and/or pH-responsive micro- and nano-gels such as those based on synthetic poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) or biodegradable hyaluronic acid (HA) and dextran-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (DEX-HEMA). The synthesis of the ensembles and their characterization by way of various techniques is described. The morphology, hydrodynamic size, surface charge density, bilayer thickness, stability over time and mechanical properties of the systems are discussed. Further, the mechanisms of interaction between biopolymers and gels are analysed. Results demonstrate that the structure and properties of biocompatible multilayer films can be finely tuned by confinement onto stimuli-responsive gels, which thus provides new perspectives for biomedical applications, particularly in the controlled release of biomolecules, bio-sensors, gene delivery, tissue engineering and storage.
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- Ana M Díez-Pascual
- Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Biology, Environmental Sciences and Chemistry, Alcalá University, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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Schmidtchen A, Malmsten M. (Lipo)polysaccharide interactions of antimicrobial peptides. J Colloid Interface Sci 2014; 449:136-42. [PMID: 25490856 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2014.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2014] [Revised: 11/07/2014] [Accepted: 11/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Due to rapidly increasing resistance development against conventional antibiotics, as well as problems associated with diseases either triggered or deteriorated by infection, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory peptides have attracted considerable interest during the last few years. While there is an emerging understanding of the direct antimicrobial function of such peptides through bacterial membrane destabilization, the mechanisms of their anti-inflammatory function are less clear. We here summarize some recent results obtained from our own research on anti-inflammatory peptides, with focus on peptide-(lipo)polysaccharide interactions.
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- Artur Schmidtchen
- Section of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, SE-221 84 Lund, Sweden; Dermatology, LKCMedicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 308232, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 580, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden.
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Sigolaeva LV, Gladyr SY, Gelissen APH, Mergel O, Pergushov DV, Kurochkin IN, Plamper FA, Richtering W. Dual-Stimuli-Sensitive Microgels as a Tool for Stimulated Spongelike Adsorption of Biomaterials for Biosensor Applications. Biomacromolecules 2014; 15:3735-45. [DOI: 10.1021/bm5010349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Larisa V. Sigolaeva
- Department
of Chemistry, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Department
of Chemistry, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry II, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry II, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Department
of Chemistry, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry II, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute
of Physical Chemistry II, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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Gelissen AP, Schmid AJ, Plamper FA, Pergushov DV, Richtering W. Quaternized microgels as soft templates for polyelectrolyte layer-by-layer assemblies. POLYMER 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.02.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Singh S, Papareddy P, Kalle M, Schmidtchen A, Malmsten M. Effects of linear amphiphilicity on membrane interactions of C-terminal thrombin peptides. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra05420b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Highly amphiphilic WFF25 forms aggregates in solution and at membranes. The terminal W/F stretch provides membrane selectivity for WFF25. Pronounced LTA and LPS interactions influence bactericidal effects.
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- Shalini Singh
- Department of Pharmacy
- Uppsala University
- Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division of Dermatology and Venereology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
- Lund University
- SE-221 84 Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Dermatology and Venereology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
- Lund University
- SE-221 84 Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Dermatology and Venereology
- Department of Clinical Sciences
- Lund University
- SE-221 84 Lund, Sweden
- Dermatology
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Wang B, Chen K, Yang RD, Yang F, Liu J. Photoresponsive nanogels synthesized using spiropyrane-modified pullulan as potential drug carriers. J Appl Polym Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/app.40288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Bin Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering; South China University of Technology, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Paper Technology and Equipment; Guangzhou 510641 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering; South China University of Technology, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Paper Technology and Equipment; Guangzhou 510641 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering; South China University of Technology, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Paper Technology and Equipment; Guangzhou 510641 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering; South China University of Technology, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Paper Technology and Equipment; Guangzhou 510641 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering; South China University of Technology, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Paper Technology and Equipment; Guangzhou 510641 China
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Importance of lipopolysaccharide aggregate disruption for the anti-endotoxic effects of heparin cofactor II peptides. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2013; 1828:2709-19. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2013] [Revised: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 06/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Polotsky AA, Plamper FA, Borisov OV. Collapse-to-Swelling Transitions in pH- and Thermoresponsive Microgels in Aqueous Dispersions: The Thermodynamic Theory. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma401402e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Alexey A. Polotsky
- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 31 Bolshoy pr., 199004 St.-Petersburg, Russia
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- Physikalische
Chemie II, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 31 Bolshoy pr., 199004 St.-Petersburg, Russia
- St.Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, 197101, Kronverkskiy
pr., 49, St.Petersburg, Russia
- Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour l’Environnement et les Matériaux, UMR 5254 CNRS/UPPA, Pau, France
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