TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-assembled surfactant cyclic peptide nanostructures as stabilizing agents
AU - Mandal, Dindyal
AU - Tiwari, Rakesh K.
AU - Nasrolahi Shirazi, Amir
AU - Oh, Donghoon
AU - Ye, Guofeng
AU - Banerjee, Antara
AU - Yadav, Arpita
AU - Parang, Keykavous
PY - 2013/10/21
Y1 - 2013/10/21
N2 - A number of cyclic peptides including [FR]4, [FK]4, [WK]5, [CR]4, [AK]4, and [WR]n (n = 3-5) containing l-amino acids were produced using solid-phase peptide synthesis. We hypothesized that an optimal balance of hydrophobicity and charge could generate self-assembled nanostructures in aqueous solution by intramolecular and/or intermolecular interactions. Among all the designed peptides, [WR] n (n = 3-5) generated self-assembled vesicle-like nanostructures at room temperature as shown by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and/or dynamic light scattering (DLS). This class of peptides represents the first report of surfactant-like cyclic peptides that self-assemble into nanostructures. A plausible mechanistic insight into the self-assembly of [WR]5 was obtained by molecular modeling studies. Modified [WR]5 analogues, such as [WMeR]5, [WR(Me)2]5, [WMeR(Me)2]5, and [WdR]5, exhibited different morphologies to [WR]5 as shown by TEM observations. [WR]5 exhibited a significant stabilizing effect for generated silver nanoparticles and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity. These studies established a new class of surfactant-like cyclic peptides that self-assembled into nanostructures and could have potential applications for the stabilization of silver nanoparticles and protein biomolecules.
AB - A number of cyclic peptides including [FR]4, [FK]4, [WK]5, [CR]4, [AK]4, and [WR]n (n = 3-5) containing l-amino acids were produced using solid-phase peptide synthesis. We hypothesized that an optimal balance of hydrophobicity and charge could generate self-assembled nanostructures in aqueous solution by intramolecular and/or intermolecular interactions. Among all the designed peptides, [WR] n (n = 3-5) generated self-assembled vesicle-like nanostructures at room temperature as shown by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and/or dynamic light scattering (DLS). This class of peptides represents the first report of surfactant-like cyclic peptides that self-assemble into nanostructures. A plausible mechanistic insight into the self-assembly of [WR]5 was obtained by molecular modeling studies. Modified [WR]5 analogues, such as [WMeR]5, [WR(Me)2]5, [WMeR(Me)2]5, and [WdR]5, exhibited different morphologies to [WR]5 as shown by TEM observations. [WR]5 exhibited a significant stabilizing effect for generated silver nanoparticles and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity. These studies established a new class of surfactant-like cyclic peptides that self-assembled into nanostructures and could have potential applications for the stabilization of silver nanoparticles and protein biomolecules.
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U2 - 10.1039/c3sm50764e
DO - 10.1039/c3sm50764e
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84884375042
SN - 1744-683X
VL - 9
SP - 9465
EP - 9475
JO - Soft Matter
JF - Soft Matter
IS - 39
ER -