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ArticleBiopolymers2011

Sol and gel states in peptide hydrogels visualized by Gd(III)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging.

Mahika Weerasekare, Marc B Taraban, Xianfeng Shi, Eun-Kee Jeong, Jill Trewhella, Yihua Bruce Yu

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Article in Biopolymers, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors.

Mahika WeerasekareDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
Marc B Taraban
Xianfeng Shi
Eun-Kee Jeong
Jill Trewhella
Yihua Bruce Yu

Funding

Engineering Peptide-based BiomaterialsR01EB004416 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI YU, YIHUA BRUCE · 2004 to 2010
$2.7M
NIBIB NIH HHS EB004416NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB004416
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hydrogels assembled from a pair of self-repulsive but mutually attractive decapeptides are visualized by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It is found that in the absence of Gd(III)-chelate, gelation has little effect on MRI signal intensity. In the presence of Gd(III)-chelate, gelation leads to significant changes in water relaxation and MR signal intensity. The sol to gel transition is best visualized by T2-weighted imaging using large echo time with the sol producing a bright spot and the gel producing a dark spot. MRI studies point to high local Gd(III)-chelate concentration. Small-angle X-ray scattering study indicates that this local enrichment of Gd(III)-chelate has two contributing processes: first, the aggregation of peptides into fibers; second, within peptide fibers, Gd(III)-chelate further aggregate into clusters. This work demonstrates that the status of peptide-based hydrogels can be visualized by MRI with the aid of covalently linked Gd(III)-chelates. This result has implications for monitoring peptide scaffolds in vivo.

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HydrogelsAmino Acid SequenceChromatography, High Pressure LiquidGadoliniumMagnetic Resonance ImagingMolecular Sequence DataPeptidesScattering, RadiationSpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationGadoliniumHydrogelsPeptides

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PMID22252424
PMCPMC3616518

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