Injectable Chitosan Hydrogels Doped with 2D Peptide Nanosheet-Drug Conjugates for Glutathione-Responsive Sustained Drug Delivery

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The development of novel and effective drug delivery systems aimed at enhancing therapeutic profile and efficacy of therapeutic agents is a critical challenge in modern medicine. This study presents an intelligent drug delivery system based on self-assembled two-dimensional peptide nanosheets (2D PNSs). Leveraging the tunable properties of amino acid structures and sequences, we design a peptide with the sequence of Fmoc-FKKGSHC, which self-assembles into 2D PNSs with uniform structure, high biocompatibility, and excellent degradability. Covalent attachment of thiol-modified doxorubicin (DOX) drugs to 2D PNSs via disulfide bond results in the peptide-drug conjugates (PDCs), which is denoted as PNS-SS-DOX. Subsequently, the PDCs are encapsulated within the injectable, thermosensitive chitosan (CS) hydrogels for drug delivery. The designed drug delivery system demonstrates outstanding pH-responsiveness and sustained drug release capabilities, which are facilitated by the characteristics of the CS hydrogels. Meanwhile, the covalently linked disulfide bond within the PNS-SS-DOX is responsive to intracellular glutathione (GSH) within tumor cells, enabling controlled drug release and significantly inhibiting the cancer cell growth. This responsive peptide-drug conjugate based on a 2D peptide nanoplatform paves the way for the development of smart drug delivery systems and has bright prospects in the future biomedicine field.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) - (2024) vom: 13. März, Seite e202400021

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Luan, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Huiqiang [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Danzhu [VerfasserIn]
He, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Zhengang [VerfasserIn]
Xi, Yongming [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Gang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chitosan hydrogels
DOX
Drug delivery
GSH response
Journal Article
Peptide nanodrug
Peptide nanosheets

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Date Revised 10.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1002/chem.202400021

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369671031