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Bilayer Hydrogel Composed of Elastin-Mimetic Polypeptides as a Bio-Actuator with Bidirectional and Reversible Bending Behaviors
Biologically derived hydrogels have attracted attention as promising polymers for use in biomedical applications because of their high biocompatibility, biodegradability, and low toxicity. Elastin-mimetic polypeptides (EMPs), which contain a repeated amino acid sequence derived from the hydrophobic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10343461/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37446933 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28135274 |
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author | Kamada, Rui Miyazaki, Hiromitsu Janairo, Jose Isagani B. Chuman, Yoshiro Sakaguchi, Kazuyasu |
author_facet | Kamada, Rui Miyazaki, Hiromitsu Janairo, Jose Isagani B. Chuman, Yoshiro Sakaguchi, Kazuyasu |
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description | Biologically derived hydrogels have attracted attention as promising polymers for use in biomedical applications because of their high biocompatibility, biodegradability, and low toxicity. Elastin-mimetic polypeptides (EMPs), which contain a repeated amino acid sequence derived from the hydrophobic domain of tropoelastin, exhibit reversible phase transition behavior, and thus, represent an interesting starting point for the development of biologically derived hydrogels. In this study, we succeeded in developing functional EMP-conjugated hydrogels that displayed temperature-responsive swelling/shrinking properties. The EMP-conjugated hydrogels were prepared through the polymerization of acrylated EMP with acrylamide. The EMP hydrogel swelled and shrank in response to temperature changes, and the swelling/shrinking capacity of the EMP hydrogels could be controlled by altering either the amount of EMP or the salt concentration in the buffer. The EMP hydrogels were able to select a uniform component of EMPs with a desired and specific repeat number of the EMP sequence, which could control the swelling/shrinking property of the EMP hydrogel. Moreover, we developed a smart hydrogel actuator based on EMP crosslinked hydrogels and non-crosslinked hydrogels that exhibited bidirectional curvature behavior in response to changes in temperature. These thermally responsive EMP hydrogels have potential use as bio-actuators for a number of biomedical applications. |
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spelling | pubmed-103434612023-07-14 Bilayer Hydrogel Composed of Elastin-Mimetic Polypeptides as a Bio-Actuator with Bidirectional and Reversible Bending Behaviors Kamada, Rui Miyazaki, Hiromitsu Janairo, Jose Isagani B. Chuman, Yoshiro Sakaguchi, Kazuyasu Molecules Article Biologically derived hydrogels have attracted attention as promising polymers for use in biomedical applications because of their high biocompatibility, biodegradability, and low toxicity. Elastin-mimetic polypeptides (EMPs), which contain a repeated amino acid sequence derived from the hydrophobic domain of tropoelastin, exhibit reversible phase transition behavior, and thus, represent an interesting starting point for the development of biologically derived hydrogels. In this study, we succeeded in developing functional EMP-conjugated hydrogels that displayed temperature-responsive swelling/shrinking properties. The EMP-conjugated hydrogels were prepared through the polymerization of acrylated EMP with acrylamide. The EMP hydrogel swelled and shrank in response to temperature changes, and the swelling/shrinking capacity of the EMP hydrogels could be controlled by altering either the amount of EMP or the salt concentration in the buffer. The EMP hydrogels were able to select a uniform component of EMPs with a desired and specific repeat number of the EMP sequence, which could control the swelling/shrinking property of the EMP hydrogel. Moreover, we developed a smart hydrogel actuator based on EMP crosslinked hydrogels and non-crosslinked hydrogels that exhibited bidirectional curvature behavior in response to changes in temperature. These thermally responsive EMP hydrogels have potential use as bio-actuators for a number of biomedical applications. MDPI 2023-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10343461/ /pubmed/37446933 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28135274 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kamada, Rui Miyazaki, Hiromitsu Janairo, Jose Isagani B. Chuman, Yoshiro Sakaguchi, Kazuyasu Bilayer Hydrogel Composed of Elastin-Mimetic Polypeptides as a Bio-Actuator with Bidirectional and Reversible Bending Behaviors |
title | Bilayer Hydrogel Composed of Elastin-Mimetic Polypeptides as a Bio-Actuator with Bidirectional and Reversible Bending Behaviors |
title_full | Bilayer Hydrogel Composed of Elastin-Mimetic Polypeptides as a Bio-Actuator with Bidirectional and Reversible Bending Behaviors |
title_fullStr | Bilayer Hydrogel Composed of Elastin-Mimetic Polypeptides as a Bio-Actuator with Bidirectional and Reversible Bending Behaviors |
title_full_unstemmed | Bilayer Hydrogel Composed of Elastin-Mimetic Polypeptides as a Bio-Actuator with Bidirectional and Reversible Bending Behaviors |
title_short | Bilayer Hydrogel Composed of Elastin-Mimetic Polypeptides as a Bio-Actuator with Bidirectional and Reversible Bending Behaviors |
title_sort | bilayer hydrogel composed of elastin-mimetic polypeptides as a bio-actuator with bidirectional and reversible bending behaviors |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10343461/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37446933 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28135274 |
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