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Abstract
Rationally designed biomolecular condensates have found applications primarily as drug-delivery systems, thanks to their ability to self-assemble under physico-chemical triggers (such as temperature, pH, or ionic strength) and to concomitantly trap client molecules with exceptionally high efficiency (>99%). However, their potential in (bio)sensing applications remains unexplored. Here, we describe a simple and rapid assay to detect E. coli by combining phase-separating peptide condensates containing a protease recognition site, within which an aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-fluorogen is recruited. The recruited AIE-fluorogen's fluorescence is easily detected with the naked eye when the samples are viewed under UV-A light. In the presence of E. coli, the bacteria's outer membrane protease (OmpT) cleaves the phase-separating peptides at the encoded protease recognition site, resulting in two shorter peptide fragments incapable of liquid-liquid phase separation. As a result, no condensates are formed and the fluorogen remains non-fluorescent. The assay feasibility was first tested with recombinant OmpT reconstituted in detergent micelles and subsequently confirmed with E. coli K-12. In its current format, the assay can detect E. coli K-12 (108 CFU) within 2 h in spiked water samples and 1-10 CFU/mL with the addition of a 6-7 h pre-culture step. In comparison, most commercially available E. coli detection kits can take anywhere from 8 to 24 h to report their results. Optimizing the peptides for OmpT's catalytic activity can significantly improve the detection limit and assay time. Besides detecting E. coli, the assay can be adapted to detect other Gram-negative bacteria as well as proteases having diagnostic relevance.
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- Syed Maricar
- Biological and Biomimetic Material Laboratory (BBML), Center for Sustainable Materials (SusMat), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore 637553, Singapore
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- Biological and Biomimetic Material Laboratory (BBML), Center for Sustainable Materials (SusMat), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore 637553, Singapore
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- Biological and Biomimetic Material Laboratory (BBML), Center for Sustainable Materials (SusMat), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore 637553, Singapore
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Sinsinbar G, Gudlur S, Liedberg B. Rapid Detection of Escherichia coli: Optimized Peptide-Polythiophene Interactions Help Reduce Assay Time and Improve Naked-Eye Detection. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:31541-31550. [PMID: 35797225 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c03294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Recent improvements in methods for rapid detection of microbial contamination in food and water samples have aided in the development of on-site and point-of-care testing. Early detection, made possible via on-site testing, can help limit the spread of food and waterborne illnesses. Recently, we reported a novel fluorescence-based Omptin-Polythiophene assay (the assay) to detect Escherichia coli in contaminated water samples. The assay targets OmpT─an E. coli outer membrane protease─and exploits the protease's ability to cleave at dibasic sites within a peptide. By combining a peptide substrate optimized for OmpT with a conjugated polythiophene reporter molecule whose optical properties vary upon interaction with the intact or cleaved peptide, we demonstrated the detection of 1-10 CFU/mL and 105 CFU/mL E. coli in 5.5 and 1 h, respectively. In comparison, most microbial detection methods that rely on culturing and plating techniques take anywhere between 8 and 24 h to report their results. Herein we report significant improvements in the assay which include reducing the assay time from an already short 1 h to a mere 10 min for detecting E. coli in highly contaminated samples and augmenting the assay with colorimetric sensing capability for naked eye discernment under normal visible light or under UV-A light. These improvements were made possible by characterizing the optical changes resulting from the interaction of the peptide with five carboxylate-functionalized polythiophene variants carrying different 3- side chain carboxylic acids and by identifying preferential peptide substrates via the screening of ten peptide sequence variants for OmpT activity.
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- Gaurav Sinsinbar
- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553, Singapore
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553, Singapore
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553, Singapore
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Sinsinbar G, Gudlur S, Wood SE, Ammanath G, Yildiz HU, Alagappan P, Mrksich M, Liedberg B. Outer‐Membrane Protease (OmpT) Based
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Sensing with Anionic Polythiophene and Unlabeled Peptide Substrate. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202008444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Gaurav Sinsinbar
- Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science School of Materials Science Engineering Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637553 Singapore
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- Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science School of Materials Science Engineering Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637553 Singapore
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science School of Materials Science Engineering Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637553 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry Izmir Institute of Technology Urla 35430 Izmir Turkey
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- Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science School of Materials Science Engineering Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637553 Singapore
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science School of Materials Science Engineering Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637553 Singapore
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Sinsinbar G, Gudlur S, Wood SE, Ammanath G, Yildiz HU, Alagappan P, Mrksich M, Liedberg B. Outer-Membrane Protease (OmpT) Based E. coli Sensing with Anionic Polythiophene and Unlabeled Peptide Substrate. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:18068-18077. [PMID: 32618102 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
E. coli and Salmonella are two of the most common bacterial pathogens involved in foodborne and waterborne related deaths. Hence, it is critical to develop rapid and sensitive detection strategies for near-outbreak applications. Reported is a simple and specific assay to detect as low as 1 CFU mL-1 of E. coli in water within 6 hours by targeting the bacteria's surface protease activity. The assay relies on polythiophene acetic acid (PTAA) as an optical reporter and a short unlabeled peptide (LL37FRRV ) previously optimized as a substrate for OmpT, an outer-membrane protease on E. coli. LL37FRRV interacts with PTAA to enhance its fluorescence while also inducing the formation of a helical PTAA-LL37FRRV construct, as confirmed by circular dichroism. However, in the presence of E. coli LL37FRRV is cleaved and can no longer affect the conformations and optical properties of PTAA. This ability to distinguish between an intact and cleaved peptide was investigated in detail using LL37FRRV sequence variants.
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- Gaurav Sinsinbar
- Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, School of Materials Science Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637553, Singapore
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- Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, School of Materials Science Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637553, Singapore
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, School of Materials Science Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637553, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, Izmir Institute of Technology, Urla, 35430, Izmir, Turkey
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- Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, School of Materials Science Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637553, Singapore
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA
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- Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, School of Materials Science Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637553, Singapore
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Wood SE, Sinsinbar G, Gudlur S, Nallani M, Huang CF, Liedberg B, Mrksich M. Innenrücktitelbild: A Bottom-Up Proteomic Approach to Identify Substrate Specificity of Outer-Membrane Protease OmpT (Angew. Chem. 52/2017). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201712231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sarah E. Wood
- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering; Northwestern University; 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering; Northwestern University; 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering; Northwestern University; 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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Wood SE, Sinsinbar G, Gudlur S, Nallani M, Huang CF, Liedberg B, Mrksich M. Inside Back Cover: A Bottom-Up Proteomic Approach to Identify Substrate Specificity of Outer-Membrane Protease OmpT (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52/2017). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201712231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Sarah E. Wood
- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering; Northwestern University; 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering; Northwestern University; 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering; Northwestern University; 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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Wood SE, Sinsinbar G, Gudlur S, Nallani M, Huang CF, Liedberg B, Mrksich M. A Bottom-Up Proteomic Approach to Identify Substrate Specificity of Outer-Membrane Protease OmpT. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201707535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sarah E. Wood
- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering; Northwestern University; 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering; Northwestern University; 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering; Northwestern University; 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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Wood SE, Sinsinbar G, Gudlur S, Nallani M, Huang CF, Liedberg B, Mrksich M. A Bottom-Up Proteomic Approach to Identify Substrate Specificity of Outer-Membrane Protease OmpT. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:16531-16535. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201707535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sarah E. Wood
- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering; Northwestern University; 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering; Northwestern University; 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science & Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; 50 Nanyang Drive 637553 Singapore
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering; Northwestern University; 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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Khan AK, Gudlur S, de Hoog HPM, Siti W, Liedberg B, Nallani M. Controlled Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Super-charged β-Lactoglobulin A-PEG Conjugates into Nanocapsules. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201704298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Amit Kumar Khan
- NTU Institute for Health Technologies; Interdisciplinary Graduate School; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 639798 Singapore
- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science and Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637553 Singapore
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science and Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637553 Singapore
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science and Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637553 Singapore
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science and Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637553 Singapore
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- Center for Biomimetic Sensor Science; School of Materials Science and Engineering; Nanyang Technological University; Singapore 637553 Singapore
- ACM Biolabs; Nanyang Dr, Innovation Centre Block 2 Singapore 637723 Singapore
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Barros SM, Whitaker SK, Sukthankar P, Avila LA, Gudlur S, Warner M, Beltrão EIC, Tomich JM. A review of solute encapsulating nanoparticles used as delivery systems with emphasis on branched amphipathic peptide capsules. Arch Biochem Biophys 2016; 596:22-42. [PMID: 26926258 PMCID: PMC4841695 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2016.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2015] [Revised: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Various strategies are being developed to improve delivery and increase the biological half-lives of pharmacological agents. To address these issues, drug delivery technologies rely on different nano-sized molecules including: lipid vesicles, viral capsids and nano-particles. Peptides are a constituent of many of these nanomaterials and overcome some limitations associated with lipid-based or viral delivery systems, such as tune-ability, stability, specificity, inflammation, and antigenicity. This review focuses on the evolution of bio-based drug delivery nanomaterials that self-assemble forming vesicles/capsules. While lipid vesicles are preeminent among the structures; peptide-based constructs are emerging, in particular peptide bilayer delimited capsules. The novel biomaterial-Branched Amphiphilic Peptide Capsules (BAPCs) display many desirable properties. These nano-spheres are comprised of two branched peptides-bis(FLIVI)-K-KKKK and bis(FLIVIGSII)-K-KKKK, designed to mimic diacyl-phosphoglycerides in molecular architecture. They undergo supramolecular self-assembly and form solvent-filled, bilayer delineated capsules with sizes ranging from 20 nm to 2 μm depending on annealing temperatures and time. They are able to encapsulate different fluorescent dyes, therapeutic drugs, radionuclides and even small proteins. While sharing many properties with lipid vesicles, the BAPCs are much more robust. They have been analyzed for stability, size, cellular uptake and localization, intra-cellular retention and, bio-distribution both in culture and in vivo.
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- Sheila M Barros
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Pernambuco-UFPE, Recife, Pernambuco, 50670-901, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Pernambuco-UFPE, Recife, Pernambuco, 50670-901, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
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Gudlur S, Sandén C, Matoušková P, Fasciani C, Aili D. Liposomes as nanoreactors for the photochemical synthesis of gold nanoparticles. J Colloid Interface Sci 2015; 456:206-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/22/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Avila LA, Aps LRMM, Sukthankar P, Ploscariu N, Gudlur S, Šimo L, Szoszkiewicz R, Park Y, Lee SY, Iwamoto T, Ferreira LCS, Tomich JM. Branched Amphiphilic Cationic Oligopeptides Form Peptiplexes with DNA: A Study of Their Biophysical Properties and Transfection Efficiency. Mol Pharm 2015; 12:706-15. [DOI: 10.1021/mp500524s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- L. Adriana Avila
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-3902, United States
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- Institute
of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-900, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-3902, United States
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- Department
of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-2601, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-3902, United States
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- Department
of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-4004, United States
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- Department
of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-2601, United States
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- Department
of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-4004, United States
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- Division
of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-3902, United States
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- Division
of Biochemistry, Core Research Facilities, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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- Institute
of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-900, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-3902, United States
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Sukthankar P, Gudlur S, Avila LA, Whitaker SK, Katz BB, Hiromasa Y, Gao J, Thapa P, Moore D, Iwamoto T, Chen J, Tomich JM. Branched oligopeptides form nanocapsules with lipid vesicle characteristics. Langmuir 2013; 29:14648-54. [PMID: 24188529 PMCID: PMC3889211 DOI: 10.1021/la403492n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
In a recent article (Gudlur et al. PLOS ONE, 2012, 7 (9) e45374), we described the special properties of a mixed branched peptide assembly in which equimolar bis(FLIVI)-K-KKKK and bis(FLIVIGSII)-K-KKKK self-associate to form bilayer delimited capsules capable of trapping solutes. These polycationic vesicle-like capsules are readily taken up by epithelial cells in culture, escape or evade the endocytic pathway, and accumulate in the perinuclear region where they persist without any apparent degradation. In this report, we examine the lipidlike properties of this system including initial assembly; solute encapsulation and washing; fusion and resizing by membrane extrusion through polycarbonate filters with defined pore sizes. The resized peptide capsules have uniform diameters in nm size ranges. Once resized, the capsules can be maintained at the new size by storing them at 4 °C. Having the ability to prepare stable uniform nanoscale capsules of desired sizes makes them potentially attractive as biocompatible delivery vehicles for various solutes/drugs.
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- Pinakin Sukthankar
- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA 66506
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA 66506
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA 66506
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA 66506
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA 66506
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA 66506
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA 66506
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- Microscopy & Analytical Imaging Laboratory at Kansas University Center for Research and Graduate Studies, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- Microscopy & Analytical Imaging Laboratory at Kansas University Center for Research and Graduate Studies, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- Division of Biochemistry, Core Research Facilities, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JAPAN 105-8461
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA 66506
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA 66506
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Gudlur S, Sukthankar P, Gao J, Avila LA, Hiromasa Y, Chen J, Iwamoto T, Tomich JM. Peptide nanovesicles formed by the self-assembly of branched amphiphilic peptides. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45374. [PMID: 23028970 PMCID: PMC3445502 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2012] [Accepted: 08/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Peptide-based packaging systems show great potential as safer drug delivery systems. They overcome problems associated with lipid-based or viral delivery systems, vis-a-vis stability, specificity, inflammation, antigenicity, and tune-ability. Here, we describe a set of 15 & 23-residue branched, amphiphilic peptides that mimic phosphoglycerides in molecular architecture. These peptides undergo supramolecular self-assembly and form solvent-filled, bilayer delimited spheres with 50–200 nm diameters as confirmed by TEM, STEM and DLS. Whereas weak hydrophobic forces drive and sustain lipid bilayer assemblies, these all-peptide structures are stabilized potentially by both hydrophobic interactions and hydrogen bonds and remain intact at low micromolar concentrations and higher temperatures. A linear peptide lacking the branch point showed no self-assembly properties. We have observed that these peptide vesicles can trap fluorescent dye molecules within their interior and are taken up by N/N 1003A rabbit lens epithelial cells grown in culture. These assemblies are thus potential drug delivery systems that can overcome some of the key limitations of the current packaging systems.
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- Sushanth Gudlur
- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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Tomasi M, Hiromasa Y, Pope MR, Gudlur S, Tomich JM, Fleming SD. Human β2-glycoprotein I attenuates mouse intestinal ischemia/reperfusion induced injury and inflammation. Mol Immunol 2012; 52:207-16. [PMID: 22750067 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2012.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2012] [Revised: 05/23/2012] [Accepted: 05/31/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion (IR)-induced injury results from a complex cascade of inflammatory components. In the mouse model of intestinal IR, the serum protein, β2-glycoprotein I (β2-GPI) binds to the cell surface early in the cascade. The bound β2-GPI undergoes a conformational change which exposes a neoantigen recognized by naturally occurring antibodies and initiates the complement cascade. We hypothesized that providing additional antigen with exogenous β2-GPI would alter IR-induced tissue injury. Administration of human but not mouse β2-GPI attenuated IR-induced tissue damage and prostaglandin E(2) production indicating a physiological difference between β2-GPI isolated from the two species. To investigate whether structural features were responsible for this physiological difference, we compared the chemical, physical and biochemical properties of the two proteins. Despite possessing 76% amino acid identity and 86% sequence homology, we found that mouse β2-GPI differs from the human protein in size, carbohydrate chain location, heterogeneity and secondary structural content. These data suggest that the structural differences result in mouse Ab recognition of soluble human but not mouse β2-GPI and attenuated IR-induced injury. We conclude that caution should be exercised in interpreting results obtained by using human β2-GPI in a mouse model.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maurizio Tomasi
- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, United States
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