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Title: Programmable Assembly of Peptide Amphiphile via Noncovalent-to-Covalent Bond Conversion

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b03878· OSTI ID:1374762
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  1. Prometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, and ∥Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium
  2. Institut für Organische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universtität Mainz, Mainz 55099, Germany

Controlling the number of monomers in a supramolecular polymer has been a great challenge in programmable self-assembly of organic molecules. One approach has been to make use of frustrated growth of the supramolecular assembly by tuning the balance of attractive and repulsive intermolecular forces. We report here on the use of covalent bond formation among monomers, compensating for intermolecular electrostatic repulsion, as a mechanism to control the length of a supramolecular nanofiber formed by self-assembly of peptide amphiphiles. Circular dichroism spectroscopy in combination with dynamic light scattering, size-exclusion chromatography, and transmittance electron microscope analyses revealed that hydrogen bonds between peptides were reinforced by covalent bond formation, enabling the fiber elongation. To examine these materials for their potential biomedical applications, cytotoxicity of nanofibers against C2C12 premyoblast cells was tested. We demonstrated that cell viability increased with an increase in fiber length, presumably because of the suppressed disruption of cell membranes by the fiber end-caps.

Research Organization:
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science (CBES)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0000989
OSTI ID:
1374762
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1426435; OSTI ID: 1507998; OSTI ID: 1821870; OSTI ID: 1846802
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 139 Journal Issue: 26; ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 56 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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