Volume 219, 2019

UV-responsive cyclic peptide progelator bioinks

Abstract

We describe cyclic peptide progelators which cleave in response to UV light to generate linearized peptides which then self-assemble into gel networks. Cyclic peptide progelators were synthesized, where the peptides were sterically constrained, but upon UV irradiation, predictable cleavage products were generated. Amino acid sequences and formulation conditions were altered to tune the mechanical properties of the resulting gels. Characterization of the resulting morphologies and chemistry was achieved through liquid phase and standard TEM methods, combined with matrix assisted laser desorption ionization imaging mass spectrometry (MALDI-IMS).

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Mar 2019
Accepted
12 Apr 2019
First published
24 Sep 2019

Faraday Discuss., 2019,219, 44-57

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UV-responsive cyclic peptide progelator bioinks

A. S. Carlini, M. A. Touve, H. Fernández-Caro, M. P. Thompson, M. F. Cassidy, W. Cao and N. C. Gianneschi, Faraday Discuss., 2019, 219, 44 DOI: 10.1039/C9FD00026G

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