PMID- 21683437 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20111109 LR - 20211020 IS - 1878-5905 (Electronic) IS - 0142-9612 (Print) IS - 0142-9612 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 27 DP - 2011 Sep TI - Controlled biodegradation of self-assembling beta-hairpin peptide hydrogels by proteolysis with matrix metalloproteinase-13. PG - 6471-7 LID - 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.05.052 [doi] AB - Controlled biodegradation specific to matrix metalloproteinase-13 was incorporated into the design of self-assembling beta-hairpin peptide hydrogels. Degrading Peptides (DP peptides) are a series of five peptides that have varying proteolytic susceptibilities toward MMP-13. These peptides undergo environmentally triggered folding and self-assembly under physiologically relevant conditions (150 mm NaCl, pH 7.6) to form self-supporting hydrogels. In the presence of enzyme, gels prepared from distinct peptides are degraded at rates that differ according to the primary sequence of the single peptide comprising the gel. Material degradation was monitored by oscillatory shear rheology over the course of 14 days, where overall degradation of the gels vary from 5% to 70%. Degradation products were analyzed by HPLC and identified by electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry. This data shows that proteolysis of the parent peptides constituting each gel occurs at the intended sequence location. DP hydrogels show specificity to MMP-13 and are only minimally cleaved by matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), another common enzyme present during tissue injury. In vitro migration assays performed with SW1353 cells show that migration rates through each gel differs according to peptide sequence, which is consistent with the proteolysis studies using exogenous MMP-13. CI - Published by Elsevier Ltd. FAU - Giano, Michael C AU - Giano MC AD - National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21701, USA. FAU - Pochan, Darrin J AU - Pochan DJ FAU - Schneider, Joel P AU - Schneider JP LA - eng GR - ZIA BC011313-01/ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural DEP - 20110616 PL - Netherlands TA - Biomaterials JT - Biomaterials JID - 8100316 RN - 0 (Hydrogels) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Matrix Metalloproteinase 13) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Biodegradation, Environmental MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Humans MH - Hydrogels/*chemistry MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 13/*metabolism MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Peptides/*chemistry/*metabolism MH - *Protein Processing, Post-Translational MH - Protein Structure, Secondary MH - Rheology PMC - PMC3155979 MID - NIHMS306387 EDAT- 2011/06/21 06:00 MHDA- 2011/11/10 06:00 PMCR- 2012/09/01 CRDT- 2011/06/21 06:00 PHST- 2011/04/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/05/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/06/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/06/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/11/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0142-9612(11)00584-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.05.052 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biomaterials. 2011 Sep;32(27):6471-7. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.05.052. Epub 2011 Jun 16.