Journal
BIOMACROMOLECULES
Volume 12, Issue 10, Pages 3549-3558Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bm200763y
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- National Institutes of Health (NIBIB) [1R01EB009701]
- National Institutes of Health (NCI) [U54 CA151880]
- Chicago Biomedical Consortium
- National Science Foundation [CHE-0802286]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Chemistry [0802286] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The noncovalent coassembly of multiple different peptides can be a useful route for producing multifunctional biomaterials. However, to date, such materials have almost exclusively been :investigated as homogeneous self-assemblies, having functional components uniformly distributed throughout their, supramolecular structures. Here we illustrate control over the intermixing of Multiple different self-assembling peptides, in turn providing a simple but powerful means for modulating these materials mechanical and biological properties. In beta-sheet fibrillizing hydrogels, significant cant increases in stiffening, could be achieved using heterobifunctional cross-linkers by sequestering peptides bearing different reactive groups into distinct populations of fibrils, favoring interfibril cross-linking. Further, by specifying the intermixing of RGD-bearing peptides in 2-D and 3-D self-assemblies, the growth of HUVECs and NIH 3T3 cells could be significantly modulated. This approach may be immediately applicable toward a wide variety of self-assembling systems that form stable supramolecular structures.
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