寡肽自组装纳米材料研究进展

肽类自组装是自然界普遍存在的分子自组装现象之一,研究其自组装行为对理解生命现象、仿生制备以及构建功能材料等具有重要的意义.寡肽由于合成简单,结构组成明确,同时具有良好的生物相容性、可控的降解性,其组装体在药物/基因控制释放、细胞培养、组织工程支架材料及生物矿化等领域具有很大的应用前景.本文概述了近年来寡肽自组装的研究进展,系统介绍了线性和环状寡肽的分子结构设计、自组装体形貌及组装机理以及组装体在生物医学等领域的应用.     

两亲性多肽自组装及其应用

两亲性多肽分子具有类似天然磷脂分子的两亲特性、丰富的分子结构、独特新颖的组装体结构以及特殊的生物学功能,是多肽自组装研究的热点领域.本文总结了近年来关于两亲性多肽自组装研究及应用的进展,介绍了几种常见的两亲性多肽,并进一步阐述其分子结构特征、组装行为和机理、组装体结构和功能以及在纳米技术和生物医学领域中的应用.     

多肽分子自组装

源于自然界中广泛存在的蛋白质自组装现象,近年来多肽的自组装逐渐成为材料学和生物医学等领域的研究热点.通过合理调控多肽的分子结构以及改变外界的环境,多肽分子可以利用氢键、疏水性作用、π-π堆积作用等非共价键力自发或触发地自组装形成形态与结构特异的组装体.由于多肽自身具有良好的生物相容性和可控的降解性能,利用多肽自组装技术构建的各种功能性材料在药物控制释放、组织工程支架材料以及生物矿化等领域内有着巨大的应用前景.本文总结了近年来多肽自组装研究的进展,介绍了多肽自组装技术常见的几种结构模型,概括了多肽自组装的机理,并进一步阐述多肽自组装形成的组装体形态及其在材料学和生物医学等领域里的应用.     

自然的启示:多糖与功能材料的集成组装(英文)

从自然界汲取创新灵感,深层次解析生物材料的形成过程以及结构-功能关系是仿生材料研究的核心问题。生物矿物质是一类天然无机-有机界面复合材料,以复杂高级有序结构、多功能以及温和组装为特点,在复合生物大分子诱导调控下构建而成。天然多糖是一类特殊的碳水化合物,具有丰富的化学和结构特性,它们在众多生物矿物质的形成过程中扮演重要角色。科学家预言多糖在创新功能材料研究中举足轻重。文章以贝壳珍珠层、龙虾壳及硅藻为例,概述生物矿物质的形成过程和结构-功能关系,列举仿生先进材料研究代表性工作,扼要介绍多糖自组装特性、生物功能以及无机-多糖共组装化学,并列举该研究领域代表性前沿工作,评述多糖自组装体诱导构建功能界面材料的研究战略,提出对该研究领域未来发展的粗浅看法。期望以此文抛砖引玉,邀请跨学科合作,推动功能材料集成组装研究领域的发展。     

共聚物的自组装研究进展

自组装是分子间通过非共价键相互作用自发组合形成的一类结构明确、稳定,同时具有某种特定功能或性能的分子聚集体或超分子结构的现象。利用共聚物自组装技术可以制备高度有序介观形貌的功能材料,这些材料有望在生物医学、药物释放、智能材料等领域得到广泛的应用。研究表明,不同结构的共聚物的自组装行为和功能一般不同,同时环境条件,如温度、pH值等也对共聚物自组装行为有很大影响。本文从共聚物结构及外部环境条件两个方面综述了近几年来共聚物的自组装行为规律,并分析了相关自组装结构应用的研究进展。     

金纳米棒自组装的研究进展

金纳米棒具有独特的光电性能,其自组装形成的功能组装体能够展现出更加优异的整体协同性能,在纳米材料科学和生物医学领域中有广泛而重要的应用前景.本文从诱导自组装各种驱动作用力的角度,综述了金纳米棒自组装的最新研究进展,具体内容包括:表面张力引发的自组装、化学作用驱动如静电作用或氢键作用等引发的自组装以及生物分子识别作用引发的自组装.     

纤维素纳米晶的空间受限自组装: 从胶体液晶到功能材料

作为最有前途的生物衍生材料之一, 纤维素纳米晶体(CNCs)具有来源广泛、 生物相容性好和可形成光子结构等优点, 在能源、 生物医学和光子材料领域具有重要的应用价值. 本文总结了CNCs的制备、 CNCs形成的胆甾型胶体液晶及CNCs衍生的光子材料的研究进展, 重点评述了CNCs在液滴和毛细管中的自组装和基于CNCs空间受限组装的功能材料研究进展, 并讨论了空间受限CNCs自组装研究面临的挑战和未来的发展方向.     

多肽自组装技术及其在生物医学上的应用

多肽分子自组装广泛存在于自然界中。多肽具有良好的生物相容性和可调控的降解性能,并且利用多肽自组装技术,可以在分子水平上设计并调控聚集态的形状和结构,这在生物医学材料方面具有巨大的应用潜力。近年来关于多肽自组装的研究成为材料学、医学等领域中研究热点之一,并且在药物缓释载体、组织工程支架研究方面取得进展。本文介绍多肽分子自组装技术的概念,综述了多肽自组装技术在药物缓释载体材料、组织工程支架材料方面的应用。     

聚合物纳米杂化材料的控制合成、自组装及功能化

聚合物纳米杂化材料的制备及功能化是当前国际前沿研究课题之一.特殊结构的聚合物可以通过分子间特殊相互作用,在纳米尺度上自发地组装成具有特殊结构和形态的集合体,这类材料在新材料、电子以及生物医学等领域具有广泛的应用前景.本文介绍国内外,特别是厦门大学在双亲性分子及嵌段共聚物的模板自组装、基于POSS单体纳米构筑单元以及POSS嵌段聚合物自组装的有机/无机纳米杂化材料、模板控制导电高分子材料纳米形态构筑等领域材料的可控合成和组装,与此同时对相关材料的性能及功能化应用进行了简要的讨论.     

刺激响应型肽自组装及其应用

肽自组装体由于具有结构稳定、易调控、生物相容性好、可生物降解等优点,在构筑新型材料及生物医药领域表现出了巨大潜力。本文介绍了肽自组装的概念、机理和应用,详细归纳了刺激响应型肽自组装的研究进展;按照刺激源的不同将刺激响应型肽自组装分为pH响应型肽自组装、温度响应型肽自组装、溶剂响应型肽自组装、光响应型肽自组装、超声波响应型肽自组装以及离子响应型肽自组装;列举了肽自组装在药物控释、脊髓损伤修复、仿酶催化、生物模板等领域的应用。最后,基于目前肽自组装存在的一些问题(如影响肽自组装结构的外界因素不易精准把控、自组装的研究与生命科学领域的交叉程度低等)对肽自组装的发展做了展望。     

光化学在自组装结构调控与探测中的应用

利用光照引发的光化学变化,作为一种通过宏观手段向微观系统提供能量和外加刺激的理想手段,在分子自组装研究中起到了重要的作用.通过光化学变化可以实现对分子自组装结构从分子结构到微观结构,再到宏观性质的多层级调控.反之,通过其他手段调节聚集体的组装结构和分子排列,也可以控制改变聚集体的发光情况.此外,分子荧光探针为认识纳米尺度的分子自组装结构的微观环境提供了有力的支持,是研究自组装结构中不可取代的重要表征手段.本文就光化学手段对分子自组装结构的调控与探测,以及自组装结构对发光分子的光学性质的影响等方面进行了介绍.     

A Double Cation–π-Driven Strategy Enabling Two-Dimensional Supramolecular Polymers as Efficient Catalyst Carriers

The cation–π interaction is a strong non-covalent interaction that can be used to prepare high-strength, stable supramolecular materials. However, because the molecular plane of a cation-containing group and that of aromatic structure are usually perpendicular when forming a cation–π complex, it is difficult to exploit the cation–π interaction to prepare a 2D self-assembly in which the molecular plane of all the building blocks are parallel. Herein, a double cation–π-driven strategy is proposed to overcome this difficulty and have prepared 2D self-assemblies with long-range ordered molecular hollow hexagons. The double cation–π interaction makes the 2D self-assemblies stable. The 2D self-assemblies are to be an effective carrier that can eliminate metal-nanoparticle aggregation. Such 2D assembly/palladium nanoparticle hybrids are shown to exhibit recyclability and superior catalytic activity for a model reaction.     

Biocompatible or biodegradable hyperbranched polymers: from self-assembly to cytomimetic applications

Self-assembly of amphiphilic hyperbranched polymers (HBPs) is a newly emerging research area and has attracted increasing attention due to the great advantages in biomedical applications. This tutorial review focuses on the self-assembly of biocompatible or biodegradable amphiphilic HBPs and their cytomimetic applications, and specialities or advantages therein owing to the hyperbranched structure have also been summarized. As shown here, various supramolecular structures including micelles, vesicles, tubes, fibers and films have been prepared through the primary self-assembly processes. The primary self-assemblies can be further assembled into more complex structures through hierachical self-assembly processes. Besides, the hyperbranched polymer vesicles have demonstrated great potential to be used as model membranes to mimic cellular behaviors, such as fusion, fission and cell aggregation. Other biomedical applications of HBPs as well as their self-assemblies are also briefly summarized.     

Inorganic Self-assembly: Going Bio

The use of self-assembly for building complex functional structures is a current topic of interest in supramolecular chemistry. In this context, the use of biomolecule-based building blocks has paved the way for the development of intracellular assemblies. Currently, the potential functionality of such assemblies in biomedical applications is being disclosed. On the other hand, the use of inorganic (metal-based) building blocks is still in its infancy. The construction of inorganic self-assemblies in-bio is particularly challenging and demands great efforts to reach applications. However, the plethora of thinkable advantages related to the use of inorganic self-assembly in living cells must fuel new discoveries in this area. This Concept reviews the current advances, perspectives, and challenges in inorganic self-assembly in living systems.     

Pathway-Dependent Phase Transitions of Supramolecular Self-assemblies Containing Cationic Amphiphiles with Azobenzene and Disulfide Groups

There have been several attempts to construct supramolecular chemical systems that mimic the phase transitions in living systems. However, most of these phase transitions are one-to-one and induced by one stimulus or chemical; there have been few reports on the pathway-dependent phase transition of supramolecular self-assemblies in multi-step. To induce multistep phase transitions, molecular crystals were prepared that contained a cationic amphiphile bearing azobenzene and disulfide groups. A reducing agent caused the crystals to become vesicles, and adjacent, non-touching vesicles fused under UV and subsequent visible light. Adding a reducing agent to the worm-like aggregates that were generated after UV irradiation of the original crystals resulted in the growth of sheet-like aggregates. ¹H NMR and fluorescence anisotropy measurements showed that a series of phase transitions was induced by changes in the phase structures from molecular conversions of the reactive amphiphiles. The multiple pathway-dependent phase transitions of supramolecular self-assemblies can provide a methodology for developing new stimuli-responsive materials that exhibit the desirable properties under specific circumstances from a systems chemistry viewpoint.     

Peptide Nanomaterials Designed from Natural Supramolecular Systems

Natural supramolecular assemblies exhibit unique structural and functional properties that have been optimized over the course of evolution. Inspired by these natural systems, various bio‐nanomaterials have been developed using peptides, proteins, and nucleic acids as components. Peptides are attractive building blocks because they enable the important domains of natural protein assemblies to be isolated and optimized while retaining the original structures and functions. Furthermore, the peptide subunits can be conjugated with exogenous molecules such as peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, and metal nanoparticles to generate advanced functions. In this personal account, we summarize recent progress in the construction of peptide‐based nanomaterial designed from natural supramolecular systems, including (1) artificial viral capsids, (2) self‐assembled nanofibers, and (3) protein‐binding motifs. The peptides inspired by nature should provide new design principles for bio‐nanomaterials.     

一类Fmoc保护二肽醇类凝胶因子的合成与凝胶化研究

合成了一类Fmoc保护二肽凝胶因子(Fmoc-Lys(Fmoc)-Tyr-OR, R=＝Me, Et, Hex),, 并通过加热溶解-冷却静置方法测试了其凝胶性能。. 它们可在多种脂肪醇类溶剂中形成有机凝胶,, 并且具有热可逆性。. 通过透射电镜发现,, R为Me的凝胶因子在正己醇中可自组装成纳米级纤维状结构,, 相互交织使溶剂得以固定形成半透明凝胶,, 而在正丙醇中则倾向自组装成多刺球状,, 形成不透明白色凝胶。. IR及荧光光谱分析结果表明氢键与π-π stacking作用参与了其凝胶化自组装,, 同时氢键在凝胶态的强度较其固态时降低。. 该结果也从XRD数据中得以进一步证实。     

Melanoma and lymphocyte cell-specific targeting incorporated into a heat shock protein cage architecture

Protein cages, including viral capsids, ferritins, and heat shock proteins (Hsps), can serve as nanocontainers for biomedical applications. They are genetically and chemically malleable platforms, with potential as therapeutic and imaging agent delivery systems. Here, both genetic and chemical strategies were used to impart cell-specific targeting to the Hsp cage from Methanococcus jannaschii. A tumor vasculature targeting peptide was incorporated onto the exterior surface of the Hsp cage. This protein cage bound to alpha(v)beta(3) integrin-expressing cells. Cellular tropism was also imparted by conjugating anti-CD4 antibodies to the exterior of Hsp cages. These Ab-Hsp cage conjugates specifically bound to CD4(+) cells. Protein cages have the potential to simultaneously incorporate multiple functionalities, including cell-specific targeting, imaging, and therapeutic agent delivery. We demonstrate the simultaneous incorporation of two functionalities, imaging and cell-specific targeting, onto the Hsp protein cage.     

Modelling of icosahedral viruses

Theoretical and simulation investigations of viruses attaining icosahedral shape based on molecular models have recently become an exciting and rapidly growing research area. We discuss recent studies addressing the packing of the genome inside the capsid, thermodynamics, and the self-assembly of capsids. Special attention is given to the different packing of double-stranded and single-stranded polynucleotides in the viral capsid and its consequences.