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FmocFF Peptide Hydrogel Is a Promising Matrix for Encapsulation and Controlled Release of the Anticancer Peptide Drug Bortezomib.

Peter Divanach, Antzela Noti, Panagiotis Vouvopoulos, Thanasis Athanasiou, Nikos Kountourakis, Vagelis Harmandaris, Anastassia N Rissanou, Anna Mitraki

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Article in Biomolecules, 2025. 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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Peter DivanachDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Crete, Voutes Campus, GR-70013 Heraklion, Greece.
Antzela NotiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Crete, Voutes Campus, GR-70013 Heraklion, Greece.
Panagiotis VouvopoulosDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Crete, Voutes Campus, GR-70013 Heraklion, Greece.
Thanasis AthanasiouInstitute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Nikolaou Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, GR-70013 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5106-5184
Nikos KountourakisProteomics Facility, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Nikolaou Plastira 100, GR-70013 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0200-7866
Vagelis HarmandarisInstitute of Applied and Computational Mathematics (IACM), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), GR-71110 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9613-7639
Anastassia N RissanouTheoretical & Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue, GR-11635 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1393-7639
Anna MitrakiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Crete, Voutes Campus, GR-70013 Heraklion, Greece.

Funding

European Union T1EDK-01504the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.) 9578
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One major public health issue is cancer chemotherapy; despite constant progress in the area, administration of anticancer drugs to patients is often associated with serious side effects. It is therefore imperative to develop vehicles for encapsulation and controlled delivery of such drugs. Anticancer drugs include small peptide drugs, such as Bortezomib (BTZ). Self-assembling peptides have been recently reported as promising drug delivery agents. The research reported here proposes the encapsulation of BTZ into peptide hydrogels formed by the self-assembling FmocFF dipeptide as delivery vehicle. We selected FmocFF as an encapsulation vehicle based on our previous simulation study on the complexation propensity of Bortezomib (BTZ) with various peptide gelators. Herein we undertook additional computational studies that highlight the benefits of FmocFF as a potential effective nanocarrier for BTZ combined with experiments of encapsulation and evaluation of BTZ release. Based on these computational and experimental results, we propose the Fmoc-FF dipeptide hydrogel as a promising matrix for the controlled delivery of BTZ.

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Antineoplastic AgentsBortezomibDipeptidesHydrogelsPeptidesDelayed-Action PreparationsDrug CarriersDrug Delivery SystemsDrug LiberationHumansAntineoplastic AgentsBortezomibDelayed-Action PreparationsDipeptidesDrug CarriersHydrogelsPeptidescontrolled releaseFmocFF Bortezomibmolecular dynamicspeptide hydrogelsself-assembly

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PMID40563480
PMCPMC12191350

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