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Swanson P, Arnold GP, Curley CE, Wakita SC, Waters JDV, Balog ERM. Understanding the Phase Behavior of a Multistimuli-Responsive Elastin-like Polymer: Insights from Dynamic Light Scattering Analysis. J Phys Chem B 2024; 128:5756-5765. [PMID: 38830627 PMCID: PMC11181320 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
Abstract
Elastin-like polymers are a class of stimuli-responsive protein polymers that hold immense promise in applications such as drug delivery, hydrogels, and biosensors. Yet, understanding the intricate interplay of factors influencing their stimuli-responsive behavior remains a challenging frontier. Using temperature-controlled dynamic light scattering and zeta potential measurements, we investigate the interactions between buffer, pH, salt, water, and protein using an elastin-like polymer containing ionizable lysine residues. We observed the elevation of transition temperature in the presence of the common buffering agent HEPES at low concentrations, suggesting a "salting-in" effect of HEPES as a cosolute through weak association with the protein. Our findings motivate a more comprehensive investigation of the influence of buffer and other cosolute molecules on elastin-like polymer behavior.
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- Peter
C. Swanson
- School of Mathematical and
Physical Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine 04005, United States
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- School of Mathematical and
Physical Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine 04005, United States
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- School of Mathematical and
Physical Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine 04005, United States
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- School of Mathematical and
Physical Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine 04005, United States
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- School of Mathematical and
Physical Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine 04005, United States
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- School of Mathematical and
Physical Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine 04005, United States
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Gray M, Rodriguez-Otero MR, Champion JA. Self-Assembled Recombinant Elastin and Globular Protein Vesicles with Tunable Properties for Diverse Applications. Acc Chem Res 2024; 57:1227-1237. [PMID: 38624000 PMCID: PMC11080046 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Vesicles are self-assembled structures comprised of a membrane-like exterior surrounding a hollow lumen with applications in drug delivery, artificial cells, and micro-bioreactors. Lipid or polymer vesicles are the most common and are made of lipids or polymers, respectively. They are highly useful structures for many applications but it can be challenging to decorate them with proteins or encapsulate proteins in them, owing to the use of organic solvent in their formation and the large size of proteins relative to lipid or polymer molecules. By utilization of recombinant fusion proteins to make vesicles, specific protein domains can be directly incorporated while also imparting tunability and stability. Protein vesicle assembly relies on the design and use of self-assembling amphiphilic proteins. A specific protein vesicle platform made in purely aqueous conditions of a globular, functional protein fused to a glutamate-rich leucine zipper (ZE) and a thermoresponsive elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) fused to an arginine-rich leucine zipper (ZR) is discussed here. The hydrophobic conformational change of the ELP above its transition temperature drives assembly, and strong ZE/ZR binding enables incorporation of the desired functional protein. Mixing the soluble proteins on ice induces zipper binding, and then warming above the ELP transition temperature (Tt) triggers the transition to and growth of protein-rich coacervates and, finally, reorganization of proteins into vesicles. Vesicle size is tunable based on salt concentration, rate of heating, protein concentration, size of the globular protein, molar ratio of the proteins, and the ELP sequence. Increasing the salt concentration decreases vesicle size by decreasing the Tt, resulting in a shorter coacervation transition stage. Likewise, directly changing the heating rate also changes this time and increasing protein concentration increases coalescence. Increasing globular protein size decreases the size of the vesicle due to steric hindrance. By changing the ELP sequence, which consists of (VPGXG)n, through the guest residue (X) or number of repeats (n), Tt is changed, affecting size. Additionally, the chemical nature of X variation has endowed vesicles with stimuli responsiveness and stability at physiological conditions.Protein vesicles have been used for biocatalysis, biomacromolecular drug delivery, and vaccine applications. Photo-cross-linkable vesicles were used to deliver small molecule cargo to cancer cells in vitro and antigen to immune cells in vivo. pH-responsive vesicles effectively delivered functional protein cargo, including cytochrome C, to the cytosol of cancer cells in vitro, using hydrophobic ion pairing to improve cargo distribution in the vesicles and release. The globular protein used to make the vesicles can be varied to achieve different functions. For example, enzyme vesicles exhibit biocatalysis, and antigen vesicles induce antibody and cellular immune responses after vaccination in mice. Collectively, the development and engineering of the protein vesicle platform has employed amphiphilic self-assembly strategies and rational protein engineering to control physical, chemical, and biological properties for biotechnology and nanomedicine applications.
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- Mikaela
A. Gray
- School
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 950 Atlantic Dr NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 950 Atlantic Dr NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
- BioEngineering
Program, Georgia Institute of Technology, 950 Atlantic Dr NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- School
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 950 Atlantic Dr NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
- BioEngineering
Program, Georgia Institute of Technology, 950 Atlantic Dr NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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Darji S, Aayush A, Estes KM, Strock JD, Thompson DH. Unravelling the Mechanism of Elastin-like Polypeptide-Enzyme Fusion Stabilization in Organic Solvents. Biomacromolecules 2024; 25:272-281. [PMID: 38118170 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00982] [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: 12/22/2023]
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Elastin-like polypeptides (ELP) are a class of materials that are widely used as purification tags and in potential therapeutic applications. We have used the hydrophobic nature of ELP to extract them into organic solvents and precipitate them to obtain highly pure materials. Although many different types of ELP have been rapidly purified in this manner, the underlying mechanism for this process and its ability to retain functional proteins within organic phase-rich media has been unclear. A cleavable ELP-Intein construct fused with the enzyme chorismate mutase (ELP-I-Cm2) was used to better understand the organic solvent extraction process for ELP and the factors impacting the retention of enzyme activity. Our extraction studies indicated that a cell lysis step was essential to stabilize the ELP-I-Cm2 in the organic phase, prevent intein cleavage, and extract the fusion protein with high efficiency and retained activity. Circular dichroism and infrared spectroscopic characterization of ELP-I-Cm2 in organic solvents and aqueous solutions of the extracted and precipitated material indicated that the ELP secondary structure was retained in both environments. Atomic force microscopy and negative stain transmission electron microscopy imaging of ELP-I-Cm2 in organic solvents revealed highly regular circular features that were ∼50 nm in diameter, in contrast to larger (>100 nm) irregular features found in aqueous solutions. Since reverse micelles have often been used in catalytic processes, we evaluated the enzymatic activity of the ELP-I-Cm2 reversed micelles in different organic solvent mixtures and found that Cm2-mediated reactions in organic media were of comparable rate and efficiency to those in aqueous media. Based on these findings, we report an exciting new opportunity for ELP-enzyme fusion applications by exploiting their ability to form catalytically active reverse micelles in organic media.
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- Saloni Darji
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Purdue Institute for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Babiak PM, Minnich J, Torres JE, Madduri S, Liu JC. Recombinant Elastin-Based Bioelastomers for Biomedical Applications. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2720:101-113. [PMID: 37775660 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3469-1_7] [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] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
Abstract
Recombinant elastin-based proteins (ELPs) are used in applications that include therapeutics, drug delivery, and tissue engineering due to their biocompatibility and unique ability to undergo simple coacervation. Here, we describe a cost-effective method to purify ELPs utilizing salt precipitation and their reversible phase transition property when heated above their lower critical solution temperature (LCST). Furthermore, we describe the post-translational modification of converting tyrosine residues to L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) for adhesive applications.
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- Paulina M Babiak
- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
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Tatsubo D, Suyama K, Sakamoto N, Tomohara K, Taniguchi S, Maeda I, Nose T. Determining the Sequence Dependency of Self-Assembly of Elastin-Like Peptides Using Short Peptide Analogues with Shuffled Repetitive Sequences. Biochemistry 2023; 62:2559-2570. [PMID: 37540116 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
Abstract
Synthetic elastin-like peptides (ELPs) that possess characteristic tropoelastin-derived hydrophobic repetitive sequences, such as (VPGVG)n, exhibit thermoresponsive reversible self-assembly. Although their thermoresponsive properties have been well-studied, the sequence-dependent and structural requirements for self-assembly remain ambiguous. In particular, it is still unclear whether the amino acid sequences derived from tropoelastin are necessary for self-assembly. In this study, 11 sequence-shuffled ELP analogues based on (FPGVG)5, which is a previously developed short ELP (sELP), were designed to elucidate the sequence-dependent and structural requirements for their self-assembly. Among them, eight shuffled peptides exhibited self-assembling properties, whereas the other three peptides were difficult to dissolve in water. Structural analyses revealed that the structural characteristics of the three insoluble peptides were different from those of their thermoresponsive analogues. Furthermore, the secondary structures of the peptide analogues possessing the self-assembly abilities were different from each other. These results suggest that the potential for self-assembly and water solubility of sELPs depend on the primary structure in each repeated unit. Moreover, several shuffled analogues exhibited more potent self-assembling properties than the original (FPGVG)5, indicating that shorter ELPs can be obtained using their novel motifs as repetitive units. We also observed that the presence of Pro-Gly sequence in the repeating units was advantageous in terms of peptide solubility. Although further analysis will be necessary to elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying the self-assembly of these sELPs, this study provides insights into the relationship between the amino acid sequence and the self-assembling ability of the peptides for developing new sELPs for various applications.
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- Daiki Tatsubo
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty and Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty and Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Information Technology, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka 820-8502, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Information Technology, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka 820-8502, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty and Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Tanaka N, Suyama K, Tomohara K, Maeda I, Nose T. Branched short elastin-like peptides with temperature responsiveness obtained by EDTA-mediated multimerization. J Pept Sci 2023; 29:e3449. [PMID: 36038531 DOI: 10.1002/psc.3449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
Elastin-like peptides (ELPs) exhibit a reversible phase transition, known as coacervation, triggered by temperature changes. This property makes them useful as stimuli-responsive molecular materials for various applications. Among ELPs, short peptide chain lengths have some advantages over long peptide chain lengths because short ELPs can be easily obtained by chemical synthesis, allowing the use of various amino acids, including D-type and unnatural amino acids, at any position in the sequence. Moreover, the incorporated amino acids readily affect the temperature-responsive behavior of ELPs. However, to be utilized in various applications, it is necessary to develop short ELPs and to investigate their temperature-responsive properties. To obtain further insights into the temperature-responsive behavior of the short ELPs, we investigated branched short ELP analogs composed of (FPGVG)n chains (n = 1 or 2, abbreviated as F1 and F2, respectively). We synthesized multimers composed of four F1 chains or two to four F2 chains using ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) as a central component of multimerization. Our results show that the multimers obtained exhibited coacervation in aqueous solutions whereas linear F1 or F2 did not. Furthermore, the structural features of the obtained multimers were the same as those of linear (FPGVG)4 . In this study, we demonstrated that molecules capable of coacervation can be obtained by multimerization of F1 or F2. The temperature-responsive molecules obtained using short ELPs make it possible to use them as easy-to-synthesize peptide tags to confer temperature responsiveness to various molecules, which will aid the development of temperature-responsive biomaterials with a wide variety of functions.
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- Naoki Tanaka
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty and Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Information Technology, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty and Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.,Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Sun X, Chen H, Gao R, Qu Y, Huang Y, Zhang N, Hu S, Fan F, Zou Y, Hu K, Chen Z, Ge J, Sun A. Intravenous Transplantation of an Ischemic-specific Peptide-TPP-mitochondrial Compound Alleviates Myocardial Ischemic Reperfusion Injury. ACS NANO 2023; 17:896-909. [PMID: 36625783 PMCID: PMC9878726 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c05286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
It is known that mitochondrial dysfunction is a critical factor involved in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Mitochondrial transplantation has been suggested as an effective therapeutic strategy to protect against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. However, its clinical translation remains limited because it requires the local injection of mitochondria into the myocardium. Here, a polypeptide, CSTSMLKAC (PEP), bound to triphenylphosphonium cations (TPP+) effectively binds mitochondria to form a PEP-TPP-mitochondrial compound. Further investigation of this compound has revealed that the ischemia-sensing properties of PEP promote its translocation into the ischemic myocardium. Additionally, the targeting peptide, PEP, readily dissociates from the PEP-TPP-mitochondrial compound, allowing for the transplanted mitochondria to be efficiently internalized by cardiomyocytes or transferred to cardiomyocytes by endothelial cells. Mitochondrial transplantation promotes cardiomyocyte energetics and mechanical contraction, subsequently reducing cellular apoptosis, macrophage infiltration, and the pro-inflammatory response, all of which lead to attenuation of ischemia-reperfusion injury. Thus, this study provides promising evidence that the PEP-TPP-mitochondrial compound effectively promotes intravenous mitochondrial transplantation into the ischemic myocardium and subsequently ameliorates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury.
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- Xiaolei Sun
- Department
of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan
University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Shanghai
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R.
China
- NHC
Key Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Chinese
Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
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- Department
of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan
University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Shanghai
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R.
China
- NHC
Key Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Chinese
Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Cardiac
Regeneration and Ageing Lab, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences,
Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Organ Repair, School of Life
Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P.R. China
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- Shanghai
Fifth People’s Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200240, P.R. China
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- Department
of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan
University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Shanghai
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R.
China
- NHC
Key Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Chinese
Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
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- Department
of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan
University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Shanghai
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R.
China
- NHC
Key Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Chinese
Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
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- Department
of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan
University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Shanghai
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R.
China
- NHC
Key Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Chinese
Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
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- Department
of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan
University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Shanghai
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R.
China
- NHC
Key Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Chinese
Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
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- Department
of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan
University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Shanghai
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R.
China
- NHC
Key Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Chinese
Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
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- Department
of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan
University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Shanghai
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R.
China
- NHC
Key Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Chinese
Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Institute
of Biomedical Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
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- Department
of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan
University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Shanghai
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R.
China
- NHC
Key Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Chinese
Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
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- Department
of Cardiology, Fujian Medical Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, P.R. China
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- Department
of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan
University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Shanghai
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R.
China
- NHC
Key Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Chinese
Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Institute
of Biomedical Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
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- Department
of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan
University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Shanghai
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R.
China
- NHC
Key Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Key
Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Chinese
Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
- Institute
of Biomedical Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
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Shi X, Chen D, Liu G, Zhang H, Wang X, Wu Z, Wu Y, Yu F, Xu Q. Application of Elastin-Like Polypeptide in Tumor Therapy. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14153683. [PMID: 35954346 PMCID: PMC9367306 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14153683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Simple Summary Elastin-like Polypeptide (ELP) are widely applied in protein purification, drug delivery, tissue engineering, and even tumor therapy. Recent studies show that usage of ELP has made great progress in combination with peptide drugs or antibody drugs. The combination of ELP and photosensitizer in cancer therapy or imaging has made more progress and needs to be summarized. In this review, we summarize the specific application of ELP in cancer therapy, especially the latest developments in the combined use of ELP with photosensitizers. We seek to provide the most recent understanding of ELP and its new application in combination with Photosensitizer. Abstract Elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs) are stimulus-responsive artificially designed proteins synthesized from the core amino acid sequence of human tropoelastin. ELPs have good biocompatibility and biodegradability and do not systemically induce adverse immune responses, making them a suitable module for drug delivery. Design strategies can equip ELPs with the ability to respond to changes in temperature and pH or the capacity to self-assemble into nanoparticles. These unique tunable biophysicochemical properties make ELPs among the most widely studied biopolymers employed in protein purification, drug delivery, tissue engineering and even in tumor therapy. As a module for drug delivery and as a carrier to target tumor cells, the combination of ELPs with therapeutic drugs, antibodies and photo-oxidation molecules has been shown to result in improved pharmacokinetic properties (prolonged half-life, drug targeting, cell penetration and controlled release) while restricting the cytotoxicity of the drug to a confined infected site. In this review, we summarize the latest developments in the application methods of ELP employed in tumor therapy, with a focus on its conjugation with peptide drugs, antibodies and photosensitizers.
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- Xianggang Shi
- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China; (X.S.); (D.C.); (Y.W.)
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China; (X.S.); (D.C.); (Y.W.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Suqian First People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suqian 223800, China; (G.L.); (H.Z.); (X.W.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Suqian First People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suqian 223800, China; (G.L.); (H.Z.); (X.W.)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Suqian First People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suqian 223800, China; (G.L.); (H.Z.); (X.W.)
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of High-Tech Research and Development of Veterinary Biopharmaceuticals, Jiangsu Agri-Animal Husbandry Vocational College, Taizhou 225306, China;
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China; (X.S.); (D.C.); (Y.W.)
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China; (X.S.); (D.C.); (Y.W.)
- Correspondence: (F.Y.); (Q.X.); Tel.: +86-139-5292-3250 (F.Y.); +86-159-5281-6017 (Q.X.)
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China; (X.S.); (D.C.); (Y.W.)
- Correspondence: (F.Y.); (Q.X.); Tel.: +86-139-5292-3250 (F.Y.); +86-159-5281-6017 (Q.X.)
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Choi J, Heo T, Choi H, Choi S, Won J. Co‐assembly
behavior of oppositely charged thermoresponsive elastin‐like polypeptide block copolymers. J Appl Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/app.52906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jeong‐Wan Choi
- Department of Chemical Engineering Hongik University Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Hongik University Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Hongik University Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Hongik University Seoul Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Hongik University Seoul Republic of Korea
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Hollingshead S, Torres JE, Wilker JJ, Liu JC. Effect of Cross-Linkers on Mussel- and Elastin-Inspired Adhesives on Physiological Substrates. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2022; 5:630-641. [PMID: 35080852 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.1c01095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Surgical adhesives can be useful in wound closure because they reduce the risk of infection and pain associated with sutures and staples. However, there are no commercially available surgical adhesives for soft tissue wound closure. To be effective, soft tissue adhesives must be soft and flexible, strongly cohesive and adhesive, biocompatible, and effective in a moist environment. To address these criteria, we draw inspiration from the elasticity and resilience of elastin proteins and the adhesive of marine mussels. We used an elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) for the backbone of our adhesive material due to its elasticity and biocompatibility. A mussel-inspired adhesive molecule, l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA), was incorporated into the adhesive to confer wet-setting adhesion. In this study, an ELP named YKV was designed to include tyrosine residues and lysine residues, which contain amine groups. A modified version of YKV, named mYKV, was created through enzymatic conversion of tyrosine residues into DOPA. The ELPs were combined with iron(III) nitrate, sodium periodate, and/or tris(hydroxymethyl)phosphine (THP) cross-linkers to investigate the effect of DOPA- and amine-based cross-linking on adhesion strength and cure time on porcine skin in a warm, humid environment. Incorporation of DOPA into the ELP increased adhesive strength by 2.5 times and reduced failure rates. Iron cross-linkers improved adhesion in the presence of DOPA. THP increased adhesion for all proteins tested even in the absence of DOPA. Using multiple cross-linkers in a single formulation did not significantly improve adhesion. The adhesives with the highest performance (iron nitrate mixed with mYKV and THP mixed with YKV or mYKV) on porcine skin had 10-18 times higher adhesion than a commercial sealant and reached appreciable adhesive strength within 10 min.
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- Sydney Hollingshead
- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.,School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.,Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Horn JM, Obermeyer AC. Genetic and Covalent Protein Modification Strategies to Facilitate Intracellular Delivery. Biomacromolecules 2021; 22:4883-4904. [PMID: 34855385 PMCID: PMC9310055 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Protein-based therapeutics represent a rapidly growing segment of approved disease treatments. Successful intracellular delivery of proteins is an important precondition for expanded in vivo and in vitro applications of protein therapeutics. Direct modification of proteins and peptides for improved cytosolic translocation are a promising method of increasing delivery efficiency and expanding the viability of intracellular protein therapeutics. In this Review, we present recent advances in both synthetic and genetic protein modifications for intracellular delivery. Active endocytosis-based and passive internalization pathways are discussed, followed by a review of modification methods for improved cytosolic delivery. After establishing how proteins can be modified, general strategies for facilitating intracellular delivery, such as chemical supercharging or inclusion of cell-penetrating motifs, are covered. We then outline protein modifications that promote endosomal escape. We finally examine the delivery of two potential classes of therapeutic proteins, antibodies and associated antibody fragments, and gene editing proteins, such as cas9.
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Chang MP, Huang W, Mai DJ. Monomer‐scale design of functional protein polymers using consensus repeat sequences. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Marina P. Chang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Stanford University Stanford California USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford California USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford California USA
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Sweet C, Aayush A, Readnour L, Solomon KV, Thompson DH. Development of a Fast Organic Extraction-Precipitation Method for Improved Purification of Elastin-Like Polypeptides That Is Independent of Sequence and Molecular Weight. Biomacromolecules 2021; 22:1990-1998. [PMID: 33826307 PMCID: PMC8496954 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Elastin-like polypeptides (ELP), an increasingly popular tag for protein purification, commonly rely upon inverse transition cycling (ITC) to exploit their lower critical solution temperature characteristics for purification. While considerably faster than chromatography, ITC is still time consuming and often fails to remove host cell contaminants to an acceptable level for in vivo experiments. Here, we present a rapid purification workflow for ELP of broadly varying molecular weight and sequence using a polar organic solvent extraction and precipitation strategy. Four different ELP purification methods were directly compared for their ability to remove host cell protein, nucleic acids, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) contaminants using a model ELP. On the basis of these findings, an optimized extraction-precipitation method was developed that gave highly pure ELP from bacterial pellets in approximately 2.5 h while removing major host cell contaminants, including LPS to levels below 1 EU/mL, to produce highly pure material that is suitable for in vivo applications. Application of this method to the rapid purification of an ELP-epidermal growth factor fusion gave an isolate that retained its capacity to bind to epidermal growth factor receptor positive cells, thereby demonstrating that this method is capable of producing a functional construct after purification by organic extraction-precipitation.
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, 1203 West State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Oliva N, Almquist BD. Spatiotemporal delivery of bioactive molecules for wound healing using stimuli-responsive biomaterials. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2020; 161-162:22-41. [PMID: 32745497 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2020.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Wound repair is a fascinatingly complex process, with overlapping events in both space and time needed to pave a pathway to successful healing. This additional complexity presents challenges when developing methods for the controlled delivery of therapeutics for wound repair and tissue engineering. Unlike more traditional applications, where biomaterial-based depots increase drug solubility and stability in vivo, enhance circulation times, and improve retention in the target tissue, when aiming to modulate wound healing, there is a desire to enable localised, spatiotemporal control of multiple therapeutics. Furthermore, many therapeutics of interest in the context of wound repair are sensitive biologics (e.g. growth factors), which present unique challenges when designing biomaterial-based delivery systems. Here, we review the diverse approaches taken by the biomaterials community for creating stimuli-responsive materials that are beginning to enable spatiotemporal control over the delivery of therapeutics for applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
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Hollingshead S, Liu JC. pH-Sensitive Mechanical Properties of Elastin-Based Hydrogels. Macromol Biosci 2020; 20:e1900369. [PMID: 32090483 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201900369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Ionizable amino acids in protein-based hydrogels can confer pH-responsive behavior. Because elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs) have an established sequence and can crosslink to form hydrogels, they are an ideal system for creating pH-sensitive materials. This study examines different parameters that might affect pH-sensitive behavior and characterizes the mechanical and physical properties between pH 3 and 11 of three ELP-based crosslinked hydrogels. The first finding is that varying the amount of crosslinker affects the overall stiffness and resilience of the hydrogels but does not strongly affect water content, swelling ratio, or pH sensitivity. Second, the choice of two popular tag sequences, which vary in histidine and aspartic acid content, does not have a strong effect on pH-sensitive properties. Last, selectively blocking lysine and tyrosine residues through acetylation significantly decreases the pH-sensitive zeta potential. Acetylated hydrogels also demonstrate different behavior at low pH values with reduced swelling, reduced water content, and higher stiffness. Overall, this work demonstrates that ELP hydrogels with ionizable groups are promising materials for environmentally-responsive applications such as drug delivery, tissue engineering, and microfluidics.
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- Sydney Hollingshead
- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2100, USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2100, USA.,Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2032, USA
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