- Preparation of dual responsive low-molecular-weight hydrogel for long-lasting drug delivery
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A novel low-molecular-weight hydrogel (LMWG) was fabricated by oligopeptide and phenylboronic acid to obtain a smart molecular hydrogel with dual glucose and pH response for long-term drug delivery in this study. Dual glucose and pH responsiveness of the blank molecular hydrogel was first evaluated by on-line tracking the dynamics curves using UV spectroscopy. Model drugs of phenformin for antidiabetes and doxorubicin for anticancer were selected to evaluate the drug carry and glucose/pH responsive drug release of the molecular hydrogel. The results showed the drug-loaded LMWG had good sustaining and long-lasting drug delivery in physiological or pathological environment.
- Tao, Ning,Li, Guotao,Liu, Miaochang,Gao, Wenxia,Wu, Huayue
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- In search of bioinspired hydrogels from amphiphilic peptides: A template for nanoparticle stabilization for the sustained release of anticancer drugs
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The development of potent stimuli-responsive hydrogels has rapidly expanded in the last decades due to their diversified applications in the field of biomedicines. In accordance with this drift, herein, we aimed at modulating a series of amphiphilic peptide analogues with the general formula Me-(CH2)14-CO-NH-CH(X)-COOH, where X = CH2Ph in hydrogelators I (l-Phe) and II (d-Phe) and X = CH2Ph(OH) in hydrogelator III (l-Tyr), which displayed an excellent propensity to immobilize water at room temperature with a minimum gelation concentration of 0.04%/0.05%/0.02% w/v for hydrogelators I-III, respectively, regardless of their configuration at the C-terminal centre. To validate this threshold concentration difference, we performed computational analysis that demonstrated the ability of the side-chains of hydrogelators I and III to remain highly planar with the methylene units of the amphiphile and aromatic rings, promoting favourable correspondence through van der Waals forces and pi-pi stacking. Consequently hydrogelators I and III self-assembled in an ordered organisation superior to hydrogelator II. Furthermore, the spectroscopic and microscopic experiments revealed that the hydrogelators manifested a β-sheet conformation and nanofibrous morphology at the supramolecular level. As observed visually and additionally confirmed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and rheological measurements, the hydrogels exhibited thermo-reversibility, injectability and high mechanical strength. Importantly, these biomaterials were also found to be resistant towards proteolytic degradation and non-cytotoxic in the cell line HEK 293 using a dose-dependant cell viability assay. To date, the development of a structured approach for the release of drugs in a predictable manner from an optimised formulation, using peptide-based hydrogel nanoparticles as a delivery system remains in its infancy. Hence, we developed hydrogel nanoparticles (HNPs) with our fabricated amphiphilic peptides that exploited the weak noncovalent interactions for their fabrication, unlike other cross-linked polymers that require strong covalent or ionic bonds for their formation. Interestingly, the as-synthesized nanoparticles showed an unprecedented ability to release the anticancer drugs 5-fluoro uracil/doxorubicin at physiological conditions depending on the physico-chemical parameters of the drugs. We believe that the reported injectable, biocompatible, amphiphilic peptide-based hydrogels hold future promise as a potential tool to transport drugs to a targeted site at a greater concentration, thus relieving the patient from surgical injury and simultaneously aiding in a faster recovery.
- Mehra, Radha Rani,Tiwari, Priyanka,Basu, Anindya,Duttkonar, Anita
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p. 11666 - 11678
(2019/07/31)
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- Binding interaction of an anionic amino acid surfactant with bovine serum albumin: physicochemical and spectroscopic investigations combined with molecular docking study
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The interaction of a synthesised amino acid surfactant, sodium-N-dodecanoylphenylalaninate (AAS) with a transport protein, bovine serum albumin (BSA) has been uncovered employing various physicochemical and spectroscopic techniques like tensiometry, electro kinetic potential measurements, steady-state fluorometry, time-resolved measurements and circular dichroism (CD) at physiological pH and 298 K. The difference in tensiometric responses of AAS in the absence and presence of BSA indicates a significant interaction operative between them. The zeta (ξ) potential measurements have been taken into account in assigning the type of binding interaction between them. The steady-state fluorescence study reveals the sequential unfolding of BSA with stepwise addition of AAS. Stern-Volmer and modified Stern-Volmer plots, Scatchard plots and thermodynamic parameters have been employed to find the type of binding of AAS to BSA. Life-time measurements have been carried out to shed light on the relative amplitude of binding of AAS to the two Trp residues of BSA namely Trp-134 and Trp-213. The changes in protein secondary structure induced by AAS are unveiled by CD measurements. Quantum mechanical calculations involving density functional theory (DFT) and molecular docking analysis have been undertaken to highlight the interactive phenomenon between the two. Thus this work shows a total inspection of an amino acid surfactant-BSA interaction.
- Dasmandal, Somnath,Kundu, Arjama,Rudra, Suparna,Mahapatra, Ambikesh
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p. 79107 - 79118
(2015/10/05)
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- Molecular mechanism of physical gelation of hydrocarbons by fatty acid amides of natural amino acids
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A variety of fatty acid amides of different naturally occurring l-amino acids have been synthesized and they are found to form gels with various hydrocarbons. The gelation properties of these compounds were studied by a number of physical methods including FTIR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, rheology, and it was found that gelation depended critically on the fatty acid chain length and the nature of the amino acid. Among them l-alanine based gelators were found to be the most efficient and versatile gelators as they self-assemble into a layered structure to form the gel network. Mechanisms for the assembly and formation of gels from these molecules are discussed.
- Pal, Asish,Ghosh, Yamuna K.,Bhattacharya, Santanu
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p. 7334 - 7348
(2008/02/04)
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