Tuning the drug multimodal release through a co-assembly strategy based on magnetic gels

Self-assembled short peptide-based gels are highly promising drug delivery systems. However, implementing a stimulus often requires screening different structures to obtain gels with suitable properties, and drugs might not be well encapsulated and/or cause undesirable effects on the gel's properties. To overcome this challenge, a new design approach is presented to modulate the release of doxorubicin as a model chemotherapeutic drug through the interplay of (di)phenylalanine-coated magnetic nanoparticles, PEGylated liposomes and doxorubicin co-assembly in dehydropeptide-based gels. The composites enable an enhancement of the gelation kinetics in a concentration-dependent manner, mainly through the use of PEGylated liposomes. The effect of the co-assembly of phenylalanine-coated nanoparticles with the hydrogel displays a concentration and size dependence. Finally, the integration of liposomes as doxorubicin storage units and of nanoparticles as composites that co-assemble with the gel matrix enables the tuneability of both passive and active doxorubicin release through a thermal, and a low-frequency alternating magnetic field-based trigger. In addition to the modulation of the gel properties, the functionalization with (di)phenylalanine improves the cytocompatibility of the nanoparticles. Hereby, this work paves a way for the development of peptide-based supramolecular systems for on-demand and controlled release of drugs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Nanoscale - 14(2022), 14 vom: 07. Apr., Seite 5488-5500

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Veloso, Sérgio R S [VerfasserIn]
Tiryaki, Ecem [VerfasserIn]
Spuch, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Hilliou, Loic [VerfasserIn]
Amorim, C O [VerfasserIn]
Amaral, V S [VerfasserIn]
Coutinho, Paulo J G [VerfasserIn]
Ferreira, Paula M T [VerfasserIn]
Salgueiriño, Verónica [VerfasserIn]
Correa-Duarte, Miguel A [VerfasserIn]
Castanheira, Elisabete M S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3WJQ0SDW1A
47E5O17Y3R
80168379AG
Doxorubicin
Gels
Hydrogels
Journal Article
Liposomes
Peptides
Phenylalanine
Polyethylene Glycols

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.04.2022

Date Revised 08.04.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1039/d1nr08158f

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM338631801