Investigation on the self-assembly of the NFL-TBS.40-63 peptide and its interaction with gold nanoparticles as a delivery agent for glioblastoma
Résumé
NFL-TBS.40-63 peptide is a recently discovered peptide derived from the light neurofilament chain (NFL). In this study, we demonstrated that the Biotinylated-NFL-peptide (BIOT-NFL) can spontaneously self-assemble into well-organized nanofibers (approximately 5 nm width and several micrometers in length) in several solutions, whereas the typical self-assembly was not systematically observed from other peptides with or without coupling. The critical aggregation concentration that allows the BIOT-NFL-peptide to aggregate and auto associate was determined at 10-4 mol/L by surface tension measurements. X-ray scattering of BIOT-NFL-peptide also demonstrated its beta-sheet structure that can facilitate the intermolecular interactions involved in the self-assembly process. The possible disassembly of self-assembled BIOT-NFL-peptide-nanofibers was examined via a dialysis membrane study. We further investigated the interaction between nanofibers formed by BIOT-NFL-peptide and gold nanoparticles. Interestingly, a strong interaction was demonstrated between these nanoparticles and BIOT-NFL-peptide resulted in the formation of BIOT-NFL-peptide-nanofibers grandly decorated by gold nanoparticles. Finally, we investigated the internalization of gold nanoparticles coupled with BIOT-NFL-nanofibers into F98 rat glioblastoma cells, which was increased compared to the non-coupled control gold nanoparticles. All these results indicate that this peptide could be a promising therapeutic agent for targeted delivery.
Mots clés
- NFL-TBS.40-63 peptide
- the scrambled NFL-TBS.40–63 peptide (with the same amino acids as the NFL-peptide but in a different order)
- NFL-peptide
- neurofilament light subunit derived 24 amino acid tubulin-binding site peptide NFL-TBS.40–63
- SDS
- sodium dodecyl sulfate
- Self-assembly
- TEM
- transmission electron microscopy
- Targeted drug delivery
- UPLC
- ultra-performance liquid chromatography system
- XRS
- CAC
- x-ray scattering
- aCSF
- artificial cerebrospinal fluid
- nude-NFL
- the NFL-TBS.40–63 peptide with no labeling
- BIOT-NFL
- the NFL-TBS.40–63 peptide coupled to the biotin
- BIOT-NFL-peptide-nanofibers
- critical aggregation concentration
- DMEM
- dulbecco's modified eagle medium
- FAM-NFL
- the NFL-TBS.40–63 peptide coupled to 5-carboxy-fluorescein
- Glioblastoma
- Gold nanoparticles
- NFL-SCR
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