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Mukherjee N, Ghosh S, Roy R, Mukherjee D, Sen S, Nandi D, Sarkar J, Ghosh S. Extracellular Matrix Mimicking Wound Microenvironment Responsive Amyloid-Heparin@TA AgNP Co-Assembled Hydrogel: An Effective Conductive Antibacterial Wound Healing Material. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:30929-30957. [PMID: 38832934 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c05559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2024]
Abstract
Bioengineered composite hydrogel platforms made of a supramolecular coassembly have recently garnered significant attention as promising biomaterial-based healthcare therapeutics. The mechanical durability of amyloids, in conjunction with the structured charged framework rendered by biologically abundant key ECM component glycosaminoglycan, enables us to design minimalistic customized biomaterial suited for stimuli responsive therapy. In this study, by harnessing the heparin sulfate-binding aptitude of amyloid fibrils, we have constructed a pH-responsive extracellular matrix (ECM) mimicking hydrogel matrix. This effective biocompatible platform comprising heparin sulfate-amyloid coassembled hydrogel embedded with polyphenol functionalized silver nanoparticles not only provide a native skin ECM-like conductive environment but also provide wound-microenvironment responsive on-demand superior antibacterial efficacy for effective diabetic wound healing. Interestingly, both the cytocompatibility and antibacterial properties of this bioinspired matrix can be fine-tuned by controlling the mutual ratio of heparin sulfate-amyloid and incubated silver nanoparticle components, respectively. The designed biomaterial platform exhibits notable effectiveness in the treatment of chronic hyperglycemic wounds infected with multidrug-resistant bacteria, because of the integration of pH-responsive release characteristics of the incubated functionalized AgNP and the antibacterial amyloid fibrils. In addition to this, the aforementioned assemblage shows exceptional hemocompatibility with significant antibiofilm and antioxidant characteristics. Histological evidence of the incised skin tissue sections indicates that the fabricated composite hydrogel is also effective in controlling pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL6 and TNFα expressions at the wound vicinity with significant upregulation of angiogenesis markers like CD31 and α-SMA.
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- Nabanita Mukherjee
- Smart Healthcare, Interdisciplinary Research Division, Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur, NH 62, Surpura Bypass Road, Karwar, Rajasthan 342030, India
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- Department of Bioscience & Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur, NH 62, Surpura Bypass Road, Karwar, Rajasthan 342030, India
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- Department of Bioscience & Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur, NH 62, Surpura Bypass Road, Karwar, Rajasthan 342030, India
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- Department of Bioscience & Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur, NH 62, Surpura Bypass Road, Karwar, Rajasthan 342030, India
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- iHUB Drishti Foundation, Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur, NH 62, Surpura Bypass Road, Karwar, Rajasthan 342030, India
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- Department of Bioscience & Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur, NH 62, Surpura Bypass Road, Karwar, Rajasthan 342030, India
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- Centre for Research and Development for Scientific Instruments, Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur, NH 62, Surpura Bypass Road, Karwar, Rajasthan 342030, India
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- Smart Healthcare, Interdisciplinary Research Division, Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur, NH 62, Surpura Bypass Road, Karwar, Rajasthan 342030, India
- Department of Bioscience & Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Jodhpur, NH 62, Surpura Bypass Road, Karwar, Rajasthan 342030, India
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Kashyap S, Pal VK, Mohanty S, Roy S. Exploring a Solvent Dependent Strategy to Control Self-Assembling Behavior and Cellular Interaction in Laminin-Mimetic Short Peptide based Supramolecular Hydrogels. Chembiochem 2024; 25:e202300835. [PMID: 38390634 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Self-assembled hydrogels, fabricated through diverse non-covalent interactions, have been extensively studied in regenerative medicines. Inspired from bioactive functional motifs of ECM protein, short peptide sequences have shown remarkable abilities to replicate the intrinsic features of the natural extracellular milieu. In this direction, we have fabricated two short hydrophobic bioactive sequences derived from the laminin protein i. e., IKVAV and YIGSR. Based on the substantial hydrophobicity of these peptides, we selected a co-solvent approach as a suitable gelation technique that included different concentrations of DMSO as an organic phase along with an aqueous solution containing 0.1 % TFA. These hydrophobic laminin-based bioactive peptides with limited solubility in aqueous physiological environment showed significantly enhanced solubility with higher DMSO content in water. The enhanced solubility resulted in extensive intermolecular interactions that led to the formation of hydrogels with a higher-order entangled network along with improved mechanical properties. Interestingly, by simply modulating DMSO content, highly tunable gels were accessed in the same gelator domain that displayed differential physicochemical properties. Further, the cellular studies substantiated the potential of these laminin-derived hydrogels in enhancing cell-matrix interactions, thereby reinforcing their applications in tissue engineering.
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- Shambhavi Kashyap
- Chemical Biology Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Knowledge City Mohali, Punjab,140306, India
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- Chemical Biology Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Knowledge City Mohali, Punjab,140306, India
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- Chemical Biology Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Knowledge City Mohali, Punjab,140306, India
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- Chemical Biology Unit, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Sector-81, Knowledge City Mohali, Punjab,140306, India
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Jimenez JAM, Egan J, Randle RI, Rezig AO, Orimolade BO, Ginesi RE, Schweins R, Riehle MO, Draper ER. Tuning conductivity while maintaining mechanical properties in perylene bisimide hydrogels at physiological pH. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:3027-3030. [PMID: 38385307 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04557a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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By using different salts as a method to achieve gelation of two different amino-acid-functionalised perylene bisimides, we were able to tune reduction potentials while maintaining the mechanical and optical properties of the system all at pH 7.4.
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- Juan Antonio Mena Jimenez
- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, 18071, Spain
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
- School of Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, Large Scale Structures Group, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 20156, F-38042, Grenoble, Cedex 9, France
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
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Tiwari P, Gupta A, Shivhare V, Ahuja R, Mandloi AS, Mishra A, Basu A, Konar AD. Stereogenic Harmony Fabricated Mechanoresponsive Homochiral Triphenylalanine Analogues with Synergistic Antibacterial Performances: A Potential Weapon for Dermal Wound Management. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2024; 7:332-343. [PMID: 38116621 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.3c00926] [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: 12/21/2023]
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The wound recovery phenomenon remains as one of the long challenging concerns worldwide. In search of user-friendly dressing materials, in this report, we fabricated a rational combinatorial strategy utilizing stereogenic harmony in a triphenylalanine fragment and appending it to δ-amino valeric acid at the N-terminus (hydrogelators I-VII) such that a potential scaffold could be fished out from the design. Our investigations revealed that all the hydrogelators displayed not only excellent self-healing performance as well as high mechanical strength at physiological pH but also mechanical stress-triggered gel-sol-gel transition properties. The structural and morphological investigation confirmed the presence of β-sheet-like assemblies stabilized by intermolecular H-bonding and π-π interactions. Moreover, these scaffolds showed substantial antibacterial as well as antifungal efficacy against common wound pathogens, i.e, four Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus mutans, B. subtilis, E. fecalis), four Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonia, P. aerugonosa, Proteus spp.), and two fungal strains (C. albicans and A. niger). The manifestation of consistent antioxidant properties might be due to the enhancement of amphiphilicity in hydrogelators, which has led to the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in a facile manner, a probable mechanism to damage the microbial membrane, the driving force behind the antimicrobial efficacy. Also, the constructs exhibited proteolytic resistance and remarkable biocompatibility toward mammalian cells. Thus, based on the above benchmarks, the homochiral hydrogelator IV was seived out from a pool of seven, and we proceeded toward its in vivo evaluation using full-thickness excisional wounds in Wister rats. The scaffolds also accentuated the re-epithelialization as well in comparison to the negative control, thereby facilitating the wound closure process in a very short span of time (10 days). Overall, our in vitro and in vivo analysis certifies hydrogelator IV as an ideal dressing material that might hold immense promise for future wound care management.
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- Priyanka Tiwari
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462033, India
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- Department of Chemistry, IISER, Bhopal 462066, India
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462033, India
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462033, India
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, VNS Group of Institutions, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462044, India
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, VNS Group of Institutions, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462044, India
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, Bhopal 462036, India
- University Grants Commission, New Delhi, New Delhi 110002, India
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462033, India
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, Bhopal 462036, India
- University Grants Commission, New Delhi, New Delhi 110002, India
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Sen S, Sharma P, Pal VK, Roy S. Designing Cardin-Motif Peptide and Heparin-Based Multicomponent Advanced Bioactive Hydrogel Scaffolds to Control Cellular Behavior. Biomacromolecules 2023; 24:4923-4938. [PMID: 37909341 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00621] [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: 11/03/2023]
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Recently, peptide and sugar-based multicomponent systems have gained much interest in attaining the sophisticated structure and biofunctional complexity of the extracellular matrix (ECM). To this direction, we have designed for the first time a biologically relevant minimalist Cardin-motif peptide capable of binding ECM-derived glycosaminoglycans. Herein, we explored Cardin-motif peptide and heparin-based biomolecular matrix by employing simple noncovalent interactions at the molecular level. Interestingly, this peptide was inadequate to induce hydrogelation at ambient pH due to the presence of basic amino acids. However, addition of heparin successfully triggered its gelation at physiological pH following favorable electrostatic interactions with heparin. Importantly, the newly developed scaffolds displayed tunable nanofibrous morphology and superior mechanical properties as controlled simply by the differential mixing ratio of both biomolecular entities. Additionally, these composite scaffolds could closely mimic the complexity of ECM as they demonstrated superior biocompatibility and enhanced growth and proliferation of neural cells as compared to the peptide scaffold.
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- Sourav Sen
- Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Sector 81, Knowledge City, 140306 Mohali, Punjab India
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Sector 81, Knowledge City, 140306 Mohali, Punjab India
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Sector 81, Knowledge City, 140306 Mohali, Punjab India
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Sector 81, Knowledge City, 140306 Mohali, Punjab India
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