Title
Antibacterial activities of physiologically stable, self-assembled peptide nanoparticles
Date Issued
21 November 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Nazeer N.
Simmons J.R.
Rainey J.K.
Ahmed M.
University of Prince Edward Island
Publisher(s)
Royal Society of Chemistry
Abstract
In this study, we report that host defense protein-derived ten amino acid long disulfide-linked peptides self-assemble in the form of β-sheets and β-turns, and exhibit concentration-dependent self-assembly in the form of nanospheres, termed as disulfide linked nanospheres (DSNs). As expected, bare DSNs are prone to aggregation in ionic solutions and in the presence of serum proteins. To yield physiologically stable self-assembled peptide-based materials, DSNs are stabilized in the form of supramolecular assemblies using β-cyclodextrins (β-CD) and fucoidan, as delivery carriers. The inclusion complexes of DSNs with β-CD (β-CD-DSN) and electrostatic complexation of fucoidan with DSNs (FC-DSN) stabilizes the secondary structure of DSNs. Comparison of β-CD-DSNs with FC-DSNs reveals that inclusion complexes of DSNs formed in the presence of β-CD are highly stable under physiological conditions, show high cellular uptake, exhibit bacterial flocculation, and enhance antibacterial efficacies of DSNs in a range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. This journal is
Start page
9041
End page
9054
Volume
9
Issue
43
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Nano-materiales Biología celular, Microbiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85118942547
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Materials Chemistry B
ISSN of the container
2050750X
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by a National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grants (RGPIN/05907-2017, RGPIN-06183/2018), an NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral (CGSD3 – 547561 – 2020), the NSERC CREATE Training Program in BioActives (510963), Canadian Poultry Research Council (CPRC), grant and a Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship. Equipment and infrastructure were obtained through grants from NSERC, Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency (ACOA), innovation PEI, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, and the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation.
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