Hydrogels resulting from the self-assembly of small peptides are smart nanobiomaterials as their nanostructuring can be readily tuned by environmental stimuli such as pH,ionic strength and temperature,thereby favoring...Hydrogels resulting from the self-assembly of small peptides are smart nanobiomaterials as their nanostructuring can be readily tuned by environmental stimuli such as pH,ionic strength and temperature,thereby favoring their practical applications.This work reports experimental observations of formation of peptide hydrogels in response to the redox environment.Ac-I 3 K-NH 2 is a short peptide amphiphile that readily self-assembles into long nanofibers and its gel formation occurs at concentrations of about 10 mmol/L.Introduction of a Cys residue into the hydrophilic region leads to a new molecule,Ac-I 3 CGK-NH 2,that enables the formation of disulfide bonds between self-assembled nanofibers,thus favoring cross-linking and promoting hydrogel formation.Under oxidative environment,Ac-I 3 CGK-NH 2 formed hydrogels at much lower concentrations(even at 0.5 mmol/L).Furthermore,the strength of the hydrogels could be easily tuned by switching between oxidative and reductive conditions and time.However,AFM,TEM,and CD measurements revealed little morphological and structural changes at molecular and nano dimensions,showing no apparent influence arising from the disulfide bond formation.展开更多
A series of random copolypeptides of poly（methoxy-diethylene glycol–L-glutamate）-co-poly（S-（onitrobenzyl）-L-cysteine）was synthesized by ring-open copolymerization of methoxydiethylene glycol-Lglutamate-N-carbox...A series of random copolypeptides of poly（methoxy-diethylene glycol–L-glutamate）-co-poly（S-（onitrobenzyl）-L-cysteine）was synthesized by ring-open copolymerization of methoxydiethylene glycol-Lglutamate-N-carboxyanhydride（EG2-Glu-NCA） and S-（o-nitrobenzyl）-L-cysteine-N-carboxyanhydride（NBC-NCA） in dried dimethylformamide solution, which presents quadruple thermo-photo-redox responsive self-assembly behavior and forms the related nanogel and hydrogel in water.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21033005,21003160)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (ZR2010BQ003 and JQ201105)the Innovation Research Program of China University of Petroleum (27R1104067A)
文摘Hydrogels resulting from the self-assembly of small peptides are smart nanobiomaterials as their nanostructuring can be readily tuned by environmental stimuli such as pH,ionic strength and temperature,thereby favoring their practical applications.This work reports experimental observations of formation of peptide hydrogels in response to the redox environment.Ac-I 3 K-NH 2 is a short peptide amphiphile that readily self-assembles into long nanofibers and its gel formation occurs at concentrations of about 10 mmol/L.Introduction of a Cys residue into the hydrophilic region leads to a new molecule,Ac-I 3 CGK-NH 2,that enables the formation of disulfide bonds between self-assembled nanofibers,thus favoring cross-linking and promoting hydrogel formation.Under oxidative environment,Ac-I 3 CGK-NH 2 formed hydrogels at much lower concentrations(even at 0.5 mmol/L).Furthermore,the strength of the hydrogels could be easily tuned by switching between oxidative and reductive conditions and time.However,AFM,TEM,and CD measurements revealed little morphological and structural changes at molecular and nano dimensions,showing no apparent influence arising from the disulfide bond formation.
基金the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21474061)
文摘A series of random copolypeptides of poly（methoxy-diethylene glycol–L-glutamate）-co-poly（S-（onitrobenzyl）-L-cysteine）was synthesized by ring-open copolymerization of methoxydiethylene glycol-Lglutamate-N-carboxyanhydride（EG2-Glu-NCA） and S-（o-nitrobenzyl）-L-cysteine-N-carboxyanhydride（NBC-NCA） in dried dimethylformamide solution, which presents quadruple thermo-photo-redox responsive self-assembly behavior and forms the related nanogel and hydrogel in water.
