Assembly of an artificial protein hydrogel through leucine zipper aggregation and bisulfide bond formation
Assembly of an artificial protein hydrogel through leucine zipper aggregation and bisulfide bond formation
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2006 Elsevier Inc
Accession number: 05219120535
Title: Assembly of an artificial protein hydrogel through leucine zipper aggregation and bisulfide bond formation
Authors: Shen, Wei; Lammertink, Rob G.H.; Sakata, Jill K.; Kornfield, Julia A.; Tirrell, David A.
Author affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States
Serial title: Macromolecules
Abbreviated serial title: Macromolecules
Volume: v 38
Issue: n 9
Issue date: May 3 2005
Publication year: 2005
Pages: p 3909-3916
Language: English
ISSN: 0024-9297
CODEN: MAMOBX
Document type: Journal article (JA)
Publisher: American Chemical Society, Columbus, OH 43210-3337, United States
Abstract: We present a strategy to stabilize artificial protein hydrogels through covalent bond formation following physical association of terminal leucine zipper domains. Artificial proteins consisting of two terminal leucine zipper domains and a random coil central domain form transient networks above a certain concentration, but the networks dissolve when placed in excess buffer. Engineering of a cysteine residue into each leucine zipper domain allows formation of disulfide bonds templated by leucine zipper aggregation. Circular dichroism spectra show that the zipper domains remain helical after cysteine residues and disulfide bonds are introduced. Asymmetric placement of the cysteine residues in the leucine zipper domains suppresses intramolecular disulfide bonds and creates linked "multichains" composed of ca. 9 protein chains on average, as determined by multiangle light scattering measurements. These "multichains" act as the building units of the physical network formed by leucine zipper aggregation. The increased valency of the building units stabilizes the hydrogels in open solutions, while the physical nature of their association allows the reversibility of gelation to be retained. The gel networks dissolve at pH 12.2, where the helicity of the leucine zipper domains is reduced by ca. 90%, and re-form upon acidification. The hydrogels show anisotropic swelling when anchored on aminated surfaces and may find applications in tissue engineering, controlled release, and microarray technologies on the basis of their stability, reversibility, and swelling behavior. ? 2005 American Chemical Society.
Number of references: 39
Ei main heading: Proteins
Ei controlled terms: Hydrogels - Agglomeration - Chemical bonds - Gelation - pH effects - Dissolution - Rheology - Swelling - Light scattering
Uncontrolled terms: Artificial proteins - Acidification - Anisotropic swelling - Tissue engineering
Ei classification codes: 804.1 Organic Compounds - 801.3 Colloid Chemistry - 802.3 Chemical Operations - 801.4 Physical Chemistry - 801.1 Chemistry, General - 931.1 Mechanics - 741.1 Light/Optics
Treatment: Theoretical (THR); Experimental (EXP)
DOI: 10.1021/ma048348s
Database: Compendex
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