Peltier Raoul, Chen Ganchao, Lei Haipeng, Zhang Mei, Gao Liqian, Lee Su Seong, Wang Zuankai, Sun Hongyan
Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Dec 18;51(97):17273-6. doi: 10.1039/c5cc06889d.
The development of hydrogels that are responsive to external stimuli in a well-controlled manner is important for numerous biomedical applications. Herein we reported the first example of a hydrogel responsive to hydrogen sulphide (H2S). H2S is an important gasotransmitter whose deregulation has been associated with a number of pathological conditions. Our hydrogel design is based on the functionalization of an ultrashort hydrogelating peptide sequence with an azidobenzyl moiety, which was reported to react with H2S selectively under physiological conditions. The resulting peptide was able to produce hydrogels at a concentration as low as 0.1 wt%. It could then be fully degraded in the presence of excess H2S. We envision that the novel hydrogel developed in this study may provide useful tools for biomedical research.
以良好可控的方式响应外部刺激的水凝胶的开发对于众多生物医学应用而言至关重要。在此,我们报道了首个对硫化氢(H₂S)有响应的水凝胶实例。H₂S是一种重要的气体信号分子,其失调与多种病理状况相关。我们的水凝胶设计基于用叠氮苄基部分对超短水凝胶化肽序列进行功能化,据报道该部分在生理条件下能与H₂S选择性反应。所得肽能够在低至0.1 wt%的浓度下形成水凝胶。然后在过量H₂S存在的情况下它可以完全降解。我们设想本研究中开发的新型水凝胶可能为生物医学研究提供有用的工具。