Citation: Lei Ji, Xue-hao Zhang, Zi-xin Yang, Zeng-ying Qiao, Hao Wang. Microenvironment-induced in situ Self-assembly of Polymer-Peptide Conjugates[J]. Acta Polymerica Sinica, ;2019, 50(6): 642-652. doi: 10.11777/j.issn1000-3304.2019.19039 shu

Microenvironment-induced in situ Self-assembly of Polymer-Peptide Conjugates

Lei Ji ^1,2 ,
Xue-hao Zhang ^1,2 ,
Zi-xin Yang ^1,, ,
Zeng-ying Qiao ² ,
Hao Wang ^2,,

1.
College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070
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The National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190

Corresponding author: Zi-xin Yang, zixinyang@mail.hzau.edu.cn Hao Wang, wanghao@nanoctr.cn
Received Date: 25 February 2019
Revised Date: 25 March 2019
Available Online: 5 May 2019

The " in vivo self-assembly” strategy was adopted to improve the efficacy of polymer-peptide conjugates (PPCs) in tumor destruction. Briefly, a pH-sensitive PPC was designed and synthesized, which could penetrate deep into the solid tumors as a single chain. Such single chain would subsequently respond to the mildly acidic environment inside the solid tumor and assemble into a ball, thereby acquiring higher internalization capacity and achieving an enhanced therapeutic function. The major work in this research is as follows. First, several β-thioester polymers were synthesized via a condensation polymerization, and two peptides were produced by solid-phase peptide synthesis. One of the peptides was modified with a pH-sensitive group, cis-aconitic anhydride, and then as-designed polymer-peptide conjugates were prepared by coupling the peptides with polymers through the Michael addition. The PPC products remained stable in a single stranded form under the neutral aqueous condition but aggregated at pH = 6.5. According to TEM observation, the size of PPCs in a pH = 6.5 solution increased from 17 nm to 88 nm in 12 h due to self-assembly, while no obvious size change was noticed under the pH = 7.4 condition. The PPCs modified with DBD group (PS-KFx-CAA-DBD) were dissolved in PBS at different pHs for FL measurement; the FL intensity was significantly increased at pH = 6.5 but barely changed at pH = 7.4, which verified acid-induced aggregation. The mechanism of peptide cytotoxicity is rooted in the destructive effect of α-helix structure on mitochondria membranes. Within 12 h, the content of α-helix structure increased slightly from 19.5% to 25.8% at pH = 7.4 but markedly to 58.9% at pH = 6.5. Based on the rapid hydrolysis of PPCs at pH = 6.5, the better recovery of α-helix structure implied a higher therapeutic activity. Therefore, this in vivo self-assembly strategy enables the peptide nanomaterials to penetrate deeper into the tumor cells and thus endows them with enhanced therapeutic efficacy.
- In vivo self-assembly,
- pH-sensitive,
- Polymer-peptide conjugates,
- Tumour
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