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Das AK, Gavel PK. Low molecular weight self-assembling peptide-based materials for cell culture, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, wound healing, anticancer, drug delivery, bioimaging and 3D bioprinting applications. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:10065-10095. [PMID: 33073836 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01136c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this review, we have focused on the design and development of low molecular weight self-assembling peptide-based materials for various applications including cell proliferation, tissue engineering, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, wound healing, drug delivery, bioimaging and 3D bioprinting. The first part of the review describes about stimuli and various noncovalent interactions, which are the key components of various self-assembly processes for the construction of organized structures. Subsequently, the chemical functionalization of the peptides has been discussed, which is required for the designing of self-assembling peptide-based soft materials. Various low molecular weight self-assembling peptides have been discussed to explain the important structural features for the construction of defined functional nanostructures. Finally, we have discussed various examples of low molecular weight self-assembling peptide-based materials for cell culture, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, wound healing, drug delivery, bioimaging and 3D bioprinting applications.
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- Apurba K Das
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore 453552, India.
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Gupta S, Singh I, Sharma AK, Kumar P. Ultrashort Peptide Self-Assembly: Front-Runners to Transport Drug and Gene Cargos. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:504. [PMID: 32548101 PMCID: PMC7273840 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The translational therapies to promote interaction between cell and signal come with stringent eligibility criteria. The chemically defined, hierarchically organized, and simpler yet blessed with robust intermolecular association, the peptides, are privileged to make the cut-off for sensing the cell-signal for biologics delivery and tissue engineering. The signature service and insoluble network formation of the peptide self-assemblies as hydrogels have drawn a spell of research activity among the scientists all around the globe in the past decades. The therapeutic peptide market players are anticipating promising growth opportunities due to the ample technological advancements in this field. The presence of the other organic moieties, enzyme substrates and well-established protecting groups like Fmoc and Boc etc., bring the best of both worlds. Since the large sequences of peptides severely limit the purification and their isolation, this article reviews the account of last 5 years' efforts on novel approaches for formulation and development of single molecule amino acids, ultra-short peptide self-assemblies (di- and tri- peptides only) and their derivatives as drug/gene carriers and tissue-engineering systems.
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- Seema Gupta
- Chemistry Department, Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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- Chemistry Department, Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
- Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India
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- Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India
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- Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India
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Arokianathan JF, Ramya KA, Janeena A, Deshpande AP, Ayyadurai N, Leemarose A, Shanmugam G. Non-proteinogenic amino acid based supramolecular hydrogel material for enhanced cell proliferation. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2019; 185:110581. [PMID: 31677412 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.110581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Supramolecular gel material built from low-molecular-weight (LMW) gelators finds potential applications in various fields, especially in drug delivery, cell encapsulation and delivery, and tissue engineering. The majority of the LMW gelators in these applications are based on functionalized peptides/amino acids consisting of proteinogenic amino acids which are proteolytically unstable. Herein, we have developed a new LMW gelator containing non-proteinogenic amino acid namely 2,3-diaminopropionic acid (Dap), a key precursor in the synthesis of many antibiotics namely viomycin and capreomycin, by functionalizing with fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl at both amino terminals of Dap [Fm-Dap(Fm)]. Hydrogelation test at different pH indicates that Fm-Dap(Fm) can form a hydrogel in a wide range of pH (4.9 to 9.1) with minimum hydrogelation concentration depends on the pH. The mechanical strength and thermal stability of the Fm-Dap(Fm) hydrogel material are found to decrease with increasing pH (acidic > neural/physiological > basic). The thermal stability of Fm-Dap(Fm) hydrogels is pH-dependent and elicits high stability at acidic pH. Also, Fm-Dap(Fm) hydrogels exhibit strong thixotropic property where regelation (self-healing) occurs upon release of stress. Morphological analysis indicates the formation of fibrils, which are entangled to form three dimensional network structures. Several spectroscopic measurements provided evidence for the self-assembly of Fm-Dap(Fm) molecules through intermolecular aromatic π-π stacking and hydrogen bonding interactions during hydrogelation. Interestingly, Fm-Dap(Fm) not only exhibits hydrogel formation but also shows cell viability and enhanced cell proliferation at physiological pH (7.4). Further, Fm-Dap(Fm) forms a hydrogel upon co-incubation with vitamin B12 and also exhibits release of vitamin B12 over a period. The current study thus demonstrates the development of a new hydrogel material, based on LMW gelator containing the non-proteinogenic amino acid, which can elicit cell viability, enhanced cell proliferation, drug encapsulation, and drug release properties. Hence, Fm-Dap(Fm) hydrogel could be an ideal material for biomedical applications, especially in tissue engineering and drug delivery.
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- Jaini Flora Arokianathan
- Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai-600 020, India; Department of Chemistry, Holy Cross College (Autonomous), Tiruchirapalli, 620 002, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- Biochemistry & Biotechnology Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai-600020, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- Biochemistry & Biotechnology Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai-600020, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Holy Cross College (Autonomous), Tiruchirapalli, 620 002, India
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- Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai-600 020, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-CLRI Campus, Adyar, Chennai-600 020, India.
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Chan KH, Xue B, Robinson RC, Hauser CAE. Systematic Moiety Variations of Ultrashort Peptides Produce Profound Effects on Self-Assembly, Nanostructure Formation, Hydrogelation, and Phase Transition. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12897. [PMID: 29018249 PMCID: PMC5635115 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12694-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Self-assembly of small biomolecules is a prevalent phenomenon that is increasingly being recognised to hold the key to building complex structures from simple monomeric units. Small peptides, in particular ultrashort peptides containing up to seven amino acids, for which our laboratory has found many biomedical applications, exhibit immense potential in this regard. For next-generation applications, more intricate control is required over the self-assembly processes. We seek to find out how subtle moiety variation of peptides can affect self-assembly and nanostructure formation. To this end, we have selected a library of 54 tripeptides, derived from systematic moiety variations from seven tripeptides. Our study reveals that subtle structural changes in the tripeptides can exert profound effects on self-assembly, nanostructure formation, hydrogelation, and even phase transition of peptide nanostructures. By comparing the X-ray crystal structures of two tripeptides, acetylated leucine-leucine-glutamic acid (Ac-LLE) and acetylated tyrosine-leucine-aspartic acid (Ac-YLD), we obtained valuable insights into the structural factors that can influence the formation of supramolecular peptide structures. We believe that our results have major implications on the understanding of the factors that affect peptide self-assembly. In addition, our findings can potentially assist current computational efforts to predict and design self-assembling peptide systems for diverse biomedical applications.
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- Kiat Hwa Chan
- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Biopolis, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore, 138669, Singapore. .,Division of Science, Yale-NUS College, 16 College Avenue West, Singapore, 138527, Singapore.
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Biopolis, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore, 138673, Singapore.,NUS Synthetic Biology for Clinical and Technological Innovation, Centre for Life Sciences, National University of Singapore, 28 Medical Drive, Singapore, 117456, Singapore.,Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 8 Medical Drive, Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Biopolis, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore, 138673, Singapore.,Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 8 Medical Drive, Singapore, 117597, Singapore.,Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Biopolis, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore, 138669, Singapore. .,Laboratory for Nanomedicine, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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