Research Progress of Synthetic Polypeptides Materials
YANG Fangping1, SONG Ziyuan1, YIN Lichen1, TANG Haoyu1, CHENG Jianjun2
1 Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China 2 School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310024, China
Abstract: Synthetic polypeptides from the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs) are a type of natural protein mimics. The unique features of these synthetic polypeptides, including the chemical diversity of amino acids, the unique self-assembly structures and conformation transition, and the desired biological activity and good biocompatibility, enable their broad biological applications. The new ROP method represented by auto-accelerated cooperative covalent polymerization provides a new direction for the efficient preparation of polypeptide materials. Additionally, polypeptides with α-helical or β-sheet conformations can be used as building blocks for self-assembly, forming unique chiral and nanomaterials, which benefit the research on structural and functional biomimetics and biomedical applications. The conformational transitions of polypeptide materials, triggered by pH, light, heat, redox, etc, are always accompanied by the changes in their physical pro-perties (such as hydrophobicity), chemical structures (such as charge reversion), and biological activity (such as cytotoxicity), offering a new strategy for materials to adapt to the changes of biological microenvironment and targeted delivery. As a result, polypeptide materials have shown great potentials in biological applications such as antibacterial, antifouling, antitumor, gene delivery, tissue engineering, and immune regulation. This review offers a retrospection of the research process of synthetic polypeptides materials, which covered advanced preparation methods, assembly structure, conformation transition, and biological applications. In order to provide reference for the further research of synthetic polypeptides, we also raised some important questions for this field.
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