Aqueous Self-Assembly of Unsymmetric Peptide Bolaamphiphiles into Nanofibers with Hydrophilic Cores and Surfaces
摘要:
Unsymmetric peptide bolaamphiphiles that incorporate (l-glutamyl)3glycine at one terminus and either tetraethylene glycol or aspartic acid at the other were found to form hydrogels at low wt %, presumably by self-assembling into nanofibers presenting (l-glutamyl)3glycine at their surfaces and burying the second headgroup at their cores. Transmission electron microscopy measurements on 1 wt % gels negatively stained with phosphotungstic acid and positively stained with uranyl acetate show one-dimensional objects with diameters of 5 nm and lengths in excess of 1 mum. Circular dichroism and solid-state FTIR spectra indicate the adoption of beta-sheet structure within the nanofibers.
Aqueous Self-Assembly of Unsymmetric Peptide Bolaamphiphiles into Nanofibers with Hydrophilic Cores and Surfaces
摘要:
Unsymmetric peptide bolaamphiphiles that incorporate (l-glutamyl)3glycine at one terminus and either tetraethylene glycol or aspartic acid at the other were found to form hydrogels at low wt %, presumably by self-assembling into nanofibers presenting (l-glutamyl)3glycine at their surfaces and burying the second headgroup at their cores. Transmission electron microscopy measurements on 1 wt % gels negatively stained with phosphotungstic acid and positively stained with uranyl acetate show one-dimensional objects with diameters of 5 nm and lengths in excess of 1 mum. Circular dichroism and solid-state FTIR spectra indicate the adoption of beta-sheet structure within the nanofibers.
[EN] PEPTIDE ROD AMPHIPHILES AND SELF-ASSEMBLY OF SAME<br/>[FR] AMPHIPHILES A BATONNETS PEPTIDIQUES ET AUTOASSEMBLAGE DE CES DERNIERS
申请人:UNIV NORTHWESTERN
公开号:WO2004003561A9
公开(公告)日:2004-08-12
[EN] Peptide rod amphiphile self-assembly and gelation is described herein. Also described is a method to incorporate the self-assembled peptide rod amphiphile gel in tissue engineering and tissue repair applications. It may also be utilized as three-dimensional scaffold for tissue engineering. [FR] La présente invention se rapporte à la gélification et à l'autoassemblage d'amphiphiles à bâtonnets peptidiques. On décrit également un procédé qui permet d'incorporer le gel d'amphiphiles à bâtonnets peptidiques autoassemblés dans des applications de génie tissulaire et de réparation tissulaire. On peut également l'utiliser en tant que squelette tridimensionnel pour le génie tissulaire.