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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2025

Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels from Liquid-Liquid Phase Separations of FUS-Derived Peptides.

Elisabetta Rosa, Mariantonietta Pizzella, Luca Cimmino, Valeria Castelletto, Ian W Hamley, Luigi Vitagliano, Alfonso De Simone, Antonella Accardo

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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 4 papers.

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Elisabetta RosaDepartment of Pharmacy, Research Centre on Bioactive Peptides (CIRPeB), University of Naples "Federico II", Via De Amicis 95, Naples 80145, Italy.
Mariantonietta PizzellaDepartment of Pharmacy, Research Centre on Bioactive Peptides (CIRPeB), University of Naples "Federico II", Via De Amicis 95, Naples 80145, Italy.
Luca CimminoIRCCS SYNLAB SDN, Via Ferraris 144, Naples 80146, Italy.
Valeria CastellettoSchool of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Food Biosciences, University of Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AD, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-3705-0162
Ian W HamleySchool of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Food Biosciences, University of Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AD, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-4549-0926
Luigi VitaglianoInstitute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, CNR, Via Castellino 111, Napless 80131, Italy.
Alfonso De SimoneDepartment of Pharmacy, Research Centre on Bioactive Peptides (CIRPeB), University of Naples "Federico II", Via De Amicis 95, Naples 80145, Italy.
Antonella AccardoDepartment of Pharmacy, Research Centre on Bioactive Peptides (CIRPeB), University of Naples "Federico II", Via De Amicis 95, Naples 80145, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7899-2359

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Defining soft biomaterials, including stimuli-responsive hydrogels, is essential for advancing applications such as targeted drug delivery, biosensing, and tissue engineering due to their ability to respond to environmental triggers dynamically. In this study, we characterized phase-separating peptides and elucidated the principles governing their self-assembly into hydrogels. Low-complexity aromatic-rich kinked segments (LARKS) were employed as building blocks to generate stimuli-responsive materials. By analyzing the properties of various multi-LARKS peptides, we developed a model informing the rational design of point mutations to modulate the mechanical properties and temperature stability of LARKS-based hydrogels, resulting in stimuli-responsive matrices. Our findings were further supported by demonstrating that these hydrogels effectively act as reservoir matrices capable of releasing drugs efficiently at 40 °C, highlighting their potential for biotechnological and medical applications.

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HydrogelsPeptidesBiocompatible MaterialsPhase SeparationTemperatureBiocompatible MaterialsHydrogelsPeptidesbiomaterialslow-complexity aromatic-rich kinked segments (LARKS)protein liquid–liquid phase separations (LLPS)rheological characterizationstimuli-responsive hydrogels

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PMID40990389
PMCPMC12516689

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