Versatile Small-Molecule Motifs for Self-Assembly in Water and the Formation of Biofunctional Supramolecular Hydrogels
作者:Ye Zhang、Yi Kuang、Yuan Gao、Bing Xu
DOI:10.1021/la1020324
日期:2011.1.18
hydrogelators for molecular self-assembly in water to result in a series of supramolecular hydrogels. Using a compound that consists of two phenylalanine residues and a naphthyl group (also abbreviated as NapFF (1) in this text) as an example of the samogens, we demonstrated the ability of the samogens to convert bioactive molecules into molecular hydrogelators that self-assemble in water to result in nanofibers
SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES, ENZYMATIC FORMATION OF PERICELLULAR HYDROGELS/NANOFIBRILS, AND METHODS OF USE
申请人:BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
公开号:US20170037082A1
公开(公告)日:2017-02-09
Disclosed are peptides that contain up to about 35 amino acids, including a plurality of aromatic amino acid residues and either (i) an amino acid residue that is phosphorylated or sulfated, or (ii) an amino acid comprising an ester-moiety linked via peptide bond, or both (i) and (ii), wherein the peptide is capable of self-assembly to form nanofibrils in the presence of an enzyme that hydrolyzes the phosphate group, the sulfate group, or the ester-moiety. These peptides are enzymatically responsive hydrogelators, and they can be used to form pericellular hydrogels/nanofibrils upon exposure to target cells that secrete or express a surface bound ectoenzyme having hydrolase activity suitable to induce peptide gelation. These materials, and compositions containing the same, can be used for in vitro and in vivo cellular imaging, treating cancerous conditions, collecting a secretome from a cell upon which the pericellular hydrogels/nanofibrils form, and screening the collected secretome.
Alkaline phosphatase-triggered assembly of etoposide enhances its anticancer effect
With the assistance of a hydrogelator precursor 1P, etoposide phosphate (EP) was subjected to alkaline phosphatase-triggered assembly which obviously enhanced its anticancer efficacy.
在水凝胶前体1P的协助下,酸性磷酸酶诱导下,磷酸依托泊苷(EP)被组装起来,明显增强了其抗癌功效。
<scp>d</scp>-Amino Acids Modulate the Cellular Response of Enzymatic-Instructed Supramolecular Nanofibers of Small Peptides
Peptides made of d-amino acids, as the enantiomer of corresponding l-peptides, are able to resist proteolysis. It is, however, unclear or much less explored whether or how d-amino acids affect the cellular response of supramolecular nanofibers formed by enzyme-triggered self-assembly of d-peptides. In this work, we choose a cell compatible molecule, Nap-l-Phe-l-Phe-l-pTyr (LLL-1P), and systematically replace the l-amino acids in this tripeptidic precursor or its hydrogelator by the corresponding d-amino acid(s). The replacement of even one d-amino acid in this tripeptidic precursor increases its proteolytic resistance. The results of static light scattering and TEM images show the formation of nanostructures upon the addition of alkaline phosphatase, even at concentrations below the minimum gelation concentration (mgc). All these isomers are able to form ordered nanostructures and exhibit different morphologies. According to the cell viability assay on these stereochemical isomers, cells exhibit drastically different responses to the enantiomeric precursors, but almost same responses to the enantiomeric hydrogelators. Furthermore, the different cellular responses of LLL-1P and DDD-1P largely originate from the ecto-phosphatases catalyzed self-assembly of DDD-1 on the surface of cells. Therefore, this report not only illustrates a new way for tailoring the properties of supramolecular assemblies, but also provides new insights to answering the fundamental question of how mammalian cells respond to enzymatic formation of nanoscale supramolecular assemblies (e.g., nanofibers) of d-peptides.