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De Novo Design of a Shear-Thin Recoverable Peptide-Based Hydrogel Capable of Intrafibrillar Photopolymerization

  1. Author:
    Rughani, R. V.
    Branco, M. C.
    Pochan, D.
    Schneider, J. P.

  2. Author Address

    [Branco, Monica C.; Schneider, Joel P.] NCI, Ctr Canc Res, Chem Biol Lab, Frederick, MD 21701 USA. [Rughani, Ronak V.] Univ Delaware, Dept Chem & Biochem, Newark, DE 19716 USA. [Pochan, Darrin] Univ Delaware, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Newark, DE 19716 USA.;Schneider, JP, NCI, Ctr Canc Res, Chem Biol Lab, Frederick, MD 21701 USA.;schneiderjp@mail.nih.gov
    1. Year: 2010
    2. Date: Oct
  2. Journal: Macromolecules
    1. 43
    2. 19
    3. Pages: 7924-7930
  4. Type of Article: Article
  5. ISSN: 0024-9297
  1. Abstract:

    A de novo designed peptide-based eel has been prepared whose mechanical rigidity can be modulated after shear-thin recovery. The photopolymerizable beta-hairpin peptide named MLD undergoes temperature-induced folding and self-assembly to afford a network of beta-sheet-rich fibrils that constitutes a moderately rigid hydrogel (G ' = 220 +/- 50 Pa, 1 wt %). The MLD hydrogel can be shear-thinned into a low-viscosity gel upon application of shear stress and immediately recovers its mechanical rigidity upon termination of stress. ml peptides contain non-natural sorbamide derivatives of lysine that allow the mechanical rigidity of its hydrogels to be enhanced through polymerization of dienes displayed alone the surface of the fibrils constituting the gel. Irradiation of the gel network increases its mechanical rigidity similar to 2.5-fold. Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy shows that MLD folds and self-assembles into beta-sheet-rich fibrils and that photo-cross-linking does not influence the secondary structure contained within the assembly. The M LID hydrogel shows potential as an injectable material whose mechanical properties can be modulated after delivery.

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  2. DOI: 10.1021/ma1014808
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  4. WOS: 000282478500011

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