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    两亲刚性三嵌段聚多肽的合成及其自组装行为

    Synthesis and Self-assembly of Amphiphilic Rigid Triblock Copolypeptides

    • 摘要: 通过胱胺三甲基硅氮烷(N-TMS)引发N-羧基内酸苷(NCA)开环聚合,合成了2种两亲刚性三嵌段聚多肽聚(L-赖氨酸-ε-端甲基二缩乙二醇酰胺)-b-聚(L-谷氨酸-γ-苄酯)-b-聚(L-赖氨酸-ε-端甲基二缩乙二醇酰胺)(PLys-(EG)2-b-PBLG-b-PLys-(EG)2)和聚(L-谷氨酸-γ-苄酯)-b-聚(L-赖氨酸-端甲基二缩乙二醇酰胺)-b-聚(L-谷氨酸-γ-苄酯)(PBLG-b-PLys-(EG)2-b-PBLG),并用其在NN-二甲基甲酰胺(DMF)-水的混合溶液中制备了三嵌段聚多肽的自组装体。采用核磁共振氢谱(1H-NMR)和凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)表征了三嵌段聚多肽的结构,通过透射电子显微镜(TEM)研究了三嵌段聚多肽在混合溶液中的自组装行为。结果表明:通过N-TMS引发NCA开环聚合得到的三嵌段聚多肽的分子量与其理论值基本一致,且分子量分布窄;聚多肽在DMF-水的混合溶液中分别形成了球状胶束、大复合胶束、棒状大复合胶束等组装体;其自组装行为与特殊的全刚性嵌段结构有关。

       

      Abstract: Triblock copolypeptides poly(L-lysine-Nε-2-2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxyacetyl)-b-poly(L-glutamate-γ-benzyl)-b-poly(L-lysine-Nε-2-2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxyacetyl) (PLys-(EG)2-b-PBLG-b-PLys-(EG)2) and poly(L-glutamate-γ-benzyl)-b-poly(L-lysine-Nε-2-2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxyacetyl)-b-poly(L-glutamate-γ-benzyl) (PBLG-b-PLys-(EG)2-b-PBLG) were synthesized via N-carboxyanhydride (NCA) ring opening polymerization using N, N'-(disulfanediylbis(ethane-2, 1-diyl))bis(1, 1, 1-trimethylsilanamine) (N-TMS) as the initiator. The hydrophilic block poly(L-lysine-Nε-2-2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxyacetyl) (PLys-(EG)2) and hydrophobic block poly(L-glutamate-γ-benzyl) (PBLG) maintained stable α-helix conformation in water and N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF) mixture. The a-helices were in rigid rod-like constellation and inflexible in self-assembly. Therefore, the amphiphilic copolypeptides were expected to show distinct self-assembly behavior in selective solutions. Herein, DMF-water mixture was adopted as the media and copolypeptides were allowed self-assembly through traditional strategies. 1H-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1H-NMR) and Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) confirmed the formation of desired copolypeptides. The assemblies were observed with Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). Results demonstrated that the obtained polypeptides showed controllable molecular weights (Mw) and narrow polydispersity index (PDI). PLys-(EG)2-b-PBLG-b-PLys-(EG)2 self-assembled into small micelles while containing long hydrophilic PLys-(EG)2 blocks, otherwise only spherical and rod-like large compound micelles with different dimensions were observed. In contrast, PBLG-b-PLys-(EG)2-b-PBLG self-assembled into larger micelles while containing long hydrophilic blocks, which showed unstableness while the hydrophobic blocks turned longer. The unusual all-rigid skeletons and the confined conformation of the amphiphilic triblock copolypeptides might be the reason of these results.

       

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