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Xing H, Wigham C, Lee SR, Pereira AJ, de Campos LJ, Picco AS, Huck-Iriart C, Escudero C, Perez-Chirinos L, Gajaweera S, Comer J, Sasselli IR, Stupp SI, Zha RH, Conda-Sheridan M. Enhanced Hydrogen Bonding by Urea Functionalization Tunes the Stability and Biological Properties of Peptide Amphiphiles. Biomacromolecules 2024; 25:2823-2837. [PMID: 38602228 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01463] [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: 04/12/2024]
Abstract
Self-assembled nanostructures such as those formed by peptide amphiphiles (PAs) are of great interest in biological and pharmacological applications. Herein, a simple and widely applicable chemical modification, a urea motif, was included in the PA's molecular structure to stabilize the nanostructures by virtue of intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Since the amino acid residue nearest to the lipid tail is the most relevant for stability, we decided to include the urea modification at that position. We prepared four groups of molecules (13 PAs in all), with varying levels of intermolecular cohesion, using amino acids with distinct β-sheet promoting potential and/or containing hydrophobic tails of distinct lengths. Each subset contained one urea-modified PA and nonmodified PAs, all with the same peptide sequence. The varied responses of these PAs to variations in pH, temperature, counterions, and biologically related proteins were examined using microscopic, X-ray, spectrometric techniques, and molecular simulations. We found that the urea group contributes to the stabilization of the morphology and internal arrangement of the assemblies against environmental stimuli for all peptide sequences. In addition, microbiological and biological studies were performed with the cationic PAs. These assays reveal that the addition of urea linkages affects the PA-cell membrane interaction, showing the potential to increase the selectivity toward bacteria. Our data indicate that the urea motif can be used to tune the stability of a wide range of PA nanostructures, allowing flexibility on the biomaterial's design and opening a myriad of options for clinical therapies.
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- Huihua Xing
- College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, and Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, United States
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas, INIFTA-CONICET-UNLP, La Plata 1900, Argentina
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- ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, Experiments Division, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, Experiments Division, 08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Donostia 20014, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, United States
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Donostia 20014, San Sebastián, Spain
- Centro de Fisica de Materiales (CFM), CSIC-UPV/EHU, Donostia 20018, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, and Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, United States
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Alzahrani AR, Ibrahim IAA, Shahzad N, Shahid I, Alanazi IM, Falemban AH, Azlina MFN. An application of carbohydrate polymers-based surface-modified gold nanoparticles for improved target delivery to liver cancer therapy - A systemic review. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 253:126889. [PMID: 37714232 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.126889] [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] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
Abstract
Gold nanoparticles have been broadly investigated as cancer diagnostic and therapeutic agents. Gold nanoparticles are a favorable drug delivery vehicle with their unique subcellular size and good biocompatibility. Chitosan, agarose, fucoidan, porphyran, carrageenan, ulvan and alginate are all examples of biologically active macromolecules. Since they are biocompatible, biodegradable, and irritant-free, they find extensive application in biomedical and macromolecules. The versatility of these compounds is enhanced because they are amenable to modification by functional groups like sulfation, acetylation, and carboxylation. In an eco-friendly preparation process, the biocompatibility and targeting of GNPs can be improved by functionalizing them with polysaccharides. This article provides an update on using carbohydrate-based GNPs in liver cancer treatment, imaging, and drug administration. Selective surface modification of several carbohydrate types and further biological uses of GNPs are focused on.
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- Abdullah R Alzahrani
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
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Tan X, Gerbelli BB, Fantini MCDA, Oliveira CLP, Bordallo HN, Oseliero Filho PL. Retrieving the size distribution of SBA-15 mesopores from small-angle X-ray scattering data using a Monte Carlo method. J Appl Crystallogr 2023; 56:1381-1391. [PMID: 37791357 PMCID: PMC10543675 DOI: 10.1107/s160057672300691x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023] Open
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A Monte Carlo (MC) method was introduced into a state-of-the-art model used to analyse small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) data of SBA-15, an ordered mesoporous material with many applications. With this new procedure, referred to herein as the SBA-15+MC model, it is possible to retrieve the size distribution of the mesopores, D(r), in a free modelling approach. To achieve this, two main points were addressed: (i) based on previous implementations, the method was adapted to work with long core-shell cylinders; (ii) since the MC model requires longer processing times, strategies to speed up the calculations were developed, which included a simplified version of the original model used to analyse SAXS data of SBA-15 (referred to as the SBA-15 model) as well as the determination of several structural features from the SAXS curve prior to the fit. The new model was validated with simulated data and later used to fit experimental SAXS curves of SBA-15. The obtained results show that the SBA-15 model only works well because the mesopore size distribution of SBA-15 is narrow, whereas the new approach can be successfully used in cases where D(r) is wider and/or has a more complex profile, such as SBA-15 with expanded mesopores. Even though a specific SAXS example was chosen to prove the model, the strategies presented herein are general and suitable for inclusion in other models aimed at the analysis of SBA-15 and similar ordered mesoporous materials.
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- Xiangyin Tan
- Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen University, Denmark
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- Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen University, Denmark
- European Spallation Source, Lund, Sweden
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- Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen University, Denmark
- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Crater ER, Tutika R, Moore RB, Bartlett MD. X-ray scattering as an effective tool for characterizing liquid metal composite morphology. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:7762-7772. [PMID: 36205260 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00796g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Quantitative analysis of particle size and size distribution is crucial in establishing structure-property relationships of composite materials. An emerging soft composite architecture involves dispersing droplets of liquid metal throughout an elastomer, enabling synergistic properties of metals and soft polymers. The structure of these materials is typically characterized through real-space microscopy and image analysis; however, these techniques rely on magnified images that may not represent the global-averaged size and distribution of the droplets. In this study, we utilize ultra-small angle X-ray scattering (USAXS) as a reciprocal-space characterization technique that yields global-averaged dimensions of eutectic gallium indium (EGaIn) alloy soft composites. The Unified fit and Monte Carlo scattering methods are applied to determine the particle size and size distributions of the liquid metal droplets in the composites and are shown to be in excellent agreement with results from real-space image analysis. Additionally, all methods indicate that the droplets are getting larger as they are introduced into composites, suggesting that the droplets are agglomerating or possibly coalescing during dispersion. This work demonstrates the viability of X-ray scattering to elucidate structural information about liquid metal droplets for material development for applications in soft robotics, soft electronics, and multifunctional materials.
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- Erin R Crater
- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
- Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Soft Materials and Structures Lab, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
- Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
- Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Soft Materials and Structures Lab, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
- Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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Liu X, Yang H, Chen Y, Yang Y, Porcar L, Radulescu A, Guldin S, Jin R, Stellacci F, Luo Z. Quantifying the Solution Structure of Metal Nanoclusters Using Small‐Angle Neutron Scattering. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202209751. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202209751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Xindi Liu
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering Health Science Center Shenzhen University Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong China
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- Department of Chemistry Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA 15213 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering University College London London WC1E 7JE UK
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- Institut Laue-Langevin BP 156 38042 Grenoble CEDEX 9 France
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- Jülich Center for Neutron Science JCNS at Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 85747 Garching Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering University College London London WC1E 7JE UK
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- Department of Chemistry Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA 15213 USA
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- Institute of Materials École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials Department of Biomedical Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong China
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Liu X, Yang H, Chen Y, Yang Y, Porcar L, Radulescu A, Guldin S, Jin R, Stellacci F, Luo Z. Quantifying the Solution Structure of Metal Nanoclusters Using Small‐Angle Neutron Scattering. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202209751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Xindi Liu
- Southern University of Science and Technology department of biomedical engineering CHINA
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- Shenzhen University department of medicine CHINA
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- Carnegie Mellon University department of chemistry UNITED STATES
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- University College London department of chemical engineering UNITED KINGDOM
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- Institut Laue-Langevin large scale structure group FRANCE
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Jülich Centre for Neutron Science: Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH Julich Centre for Neutron Science Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS) CHINA
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- University College London department of chemical engineering UNITED KINGDOM
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- Carnegie Mellon University department of chemistry UNITED STATES
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- EPFL: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Supramolecular NanoMaterials and Interfaces Laboratory SWITZERLAND
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- SUSTech: Southern University of Science and Technology Biomedical Engineering Xueyuan Avenue 1088HCI J392 Shenzhen CHINA
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Trzciński JW, Panariello L, Besenhard MO, Yang Y, Gavriilidis A, Guldin S. Synthetic guidelines for the precision engineering of gold nanoparticles. Curr Opin Chem Eng 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2020.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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