Manipulation of the dually thermoresponsive behavior of peptide-based vesicles through modification of collagen-like peptide domains

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Materials that respond to temporally defined exogenous cues continue to be an active pursuit of research toward on-demand nanoparticle drug delivery applications, and using one or more exogenous temperature stimuli could significantly expand the application of nanoparticle-based drug delivery formulations under both hyperthermal and hypothermal conditions. Previously we have reported the development of a biocompatible and thermoresponsive elastin-b-collagen-like polypeptide (ELP-CLP) conjugate that is capable of self-assembling into vesicles and encapsulating small molecule therapeutics that can be delivered at different rates via a single temperature stimulus. Herein we report the evaluation of multiple ELP-CLP conjugates, demonstrating that the inverse transition temperature (T t) of the ELP-CLPs can be manipulated by modifying the melting temperature (T m) of the CLP domain, and that the overall hydrophilicity of the ELP-CLP conjugate also may alter the T t. Based on these design parameters, we demonstrate that the ELP-CLP sequence (VPGFG)6-(GPO)7GG can self-assemble into stable vesicles at 25°C and dissociate at elevated temperatures by means of the unfolding of the CLP domain above its T m. We also demonstrate here for the first time the ability of this ELP-CLP vesicle to dissociate via a hypothermic temperature stimulus by means of exploiting the inverse transition temperature (T t) phenomena found in ELPs. The development of design rules for manipulating the thermal properties of these bioconjugates will enable future modifications to either the ELP or CLP sequences to more finely tune the transitions of the conjugates for specific biomedical applications.

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2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

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Bioengineering & translational medicine - 5(2020), 1 vom: 11. Jan., Seite e10145

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dunshee, Lucas C [VerfasserIn]
Sullivan, Millicent O [VerfasserIn]
Kiick, Kristi L [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1002/btm2.10145

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NLM305852140