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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2025

Self-Assembled Peptide-Based Fibrous Hydrogel as a Biological Catalytic Scaffold for Nitric Oxide Generation and Encapsulation.

Muhammad Younis, Tanveer A Tabish, Cherly Firdharini, Mohamed Aslam, Mostafa Khair, Dalaver H Anjum, Xuehai Yan, Manzar Abbas

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Muhammad YounisDepartment of Chemistry, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, 127788 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Tanveer A TabishDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, U.K.
Cherly FirdhariniDepartment of Chemistry, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, 127788 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Mohamed AslamDepartment of Chemistry, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, 127788 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Mostafa KhairCore Technology Platforms, New York University Abu Dhabi, 129188 Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates.
Dalaver H AnjumDepartment of Physics, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, 127788 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0003-2336-2859
Xuehai YanUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-0890-0340
Manzar AbbasDepartment of Chemistry, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, 127788 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0001-8474-8742

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomolecular hydrogels are promising scaffolds for biomedical applications ranging from controlled drug release to personalized medicine. However, existing macromolecular scaffolds for nitric oxide (NO) release face several challenges, such as a low payload capacity, rapid release, and limited biocompatibility. Here, we present the design of short peptide derivatives as low-molecular-weight gelators that spontaneously self-assemble into nanofibrous hydrogels under basic aqueous conditions. Hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interactions are central driving forces for the assembly process and contribute to tuning the mechanical properties. The nanofibrous hydrogel exhibits secondary structure properties, and the nanofibers show crystalline behavior. The terminal primary amines in the peptide building blocks could act as nucleophiles, facilitating the endogenous generation of NO gas, thus making the hydrogel scaffold a catalyst. The nanofibrous hydrogels can sequester NO from an external source that could be trapped in the interstices of the entangled fibrous networks. Simultaneously, it demonstrates anti-inflammatory effects in activated murine macrophages. This designer peptide hydrogel for NO generation and encapsulation provides fundamental insights into the design of peptide biomaterials for biomedical applications.

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HydrogelsNanofibersNitric OxidePeptidesAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsBiocompatible MaterialsCatalysisMacrophagesMiceRAW 264.7 CellsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsBiocompatible MaterialsHydrogelsNitric OxidePeptidesanti-inflammatoryhydrogelNO generation and encapsulationnoncovalent interactionspeptidesself-assembly

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PMCPMC12086768

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