RRC ID 74246
Author Sakamoto Y, Suehiro F, Akiba I, Nishimura T.
Title Supramolecular Shear-Thinning Glycopeptide Hydrogels for Injectable Enzyme Prodrug Therapy Applications.
Journal Langmuir
Abstract Transplantable catalytic reactors have attracted considerable attention as therapeutic biomedical materials. However, existing transplantable reactors such as biocatalytic films are limited by their invasiveness. Here, we report the fabrication of biocatalytic supramolecular hydrogels via self-assembly of amphiphilic glycopeptides. We show that the hydrogels have shear-thinning properties, demonstrating their potential to be administered using a syringe. Enzymes can be loaded into the hydrogels by simply adding enzyme solution, and the enzyme-loaded hydrogels can transform a prodrug into an anticancer drug that inhibits tumor cell growth. This study demonstrates the potential of these biocatalytic hydrogels as injectable therapeutic reactors for enzyme prodrug therapy.
Volume 38(18)
Pages 5883-5890
Published 2022-5-10
DOI 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00504
PMID 35471982
MeSH Biocompatible Materials Glycopeptides Humans Hydrogels / chemistry Neoplasms* Prodrugs* / pharmacology
IF 3.557
Resource
Human and Animal Cells Colon-26(RCB2657)