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Balancing the intermolecular forces in peptide amphiphiles for controlling self-assembly transitions.


ABSTRACT: While the influence of alkyl chain length and headgroup size on self-assembly behaviour has been well-established for simple surfactants, the rational control over the pH- and concentration-dependent self-assembly behaviour in stimuli responsive peptides remains an elusive goal. Here, we show that different amphiphilic peptides can have similar self-assembly phase diagrams, providing the relative strengths of the attractive and repulsive forces are balanced. Using palmitoyl-YYAAEEEEK(DO3A:Gd)-NH2 and palmitoyl-YAAEEEEK(DO3A:Gd)-NH2 as controls, we show that reducing hydrophobic attractive forces through fewer methylene groups in the alkyl chain will lead to a similar self-assembly phase diagram as increasing the electrostatic repulsive forces via the addition of a glutamic acid residue. These changes allow creation of self-assembled MRI vehicles with slightly different micelle and nanofiber diameters but with minimal changes in the spin-lattice T1 relaxivity. These findings reveal a powerful strategy to design self-assembled vehicles with different sizes but with similar self-assembly profiles.

SUBMITTER: Buettner CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6432923 | biostudies-other | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Balancing the intermolecular forces in peptide amphiphiles for controlling self-assembly transitions.

Buettner C J CJ   Wallace A J AJ   Ok S S   Manos A A AA   Nicholl M J MJ   Ghosh A A   Tweedle M F MF   Goldberger J E JE  

Organic & biomolecular chemistry 20170601 24


While the influence of alkyl chain length and headgroup size on self-assembly behaviour has been well-established for simple surfactants, the rational control over the pH- and concentration-dependent self-assembly behaviour in stimuli responsive peptides remains an elusive goal. Here, we show that different amphiphilic peptides can have similar self-assembly phase diagrams, providing the relative strengths of the attractive and repulsive forces are balanced. Using palmitoyl-YYAAEEEEK(DO3A:Gd)-NH  ...[more]

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