Rational Construction of Protein-Mimetic Nano-Switch Systems Based on Secondary Structure Transitions of Synthetic Polypeptides.
J Am Chem Soc
; 145(20): 11206-11214, 2023 05 24.
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The manipulation of the flexibility/rigidity of polymeric chains to control their function is commonly observed in natural macromolecules but largely unexplored in synthetic systems. Herein, we construct a series of protein-mimetic nano-switches consisting of a gold nanoparticle (GNP) core, a synthetic polypeptide linker, and an optically functional molecule (OFM), whose biological function can be dynamically regulated by the flexibility of the polypeptide linker. At the dormant state, the polypeptide adopts a flexible, random-coiled conformation, bringing GNP and OFM in close proximity that leads to the "turn-off" of the OFM. Once treated with alkaline phosphatase (ALP), the nano-switches are activated due to the increased separation distance between GNP and OFM driven by the coil-to-helix and flexible-to-rigid transition of the polypeptide linker. The nano-switches therefore enable selective fluorescence imaging or photodynamic therapy in response to ALP overproduced by tumor cells. The control over polymer flexibility represents an effective strategy to manipulate the optical activity of nano-switches, which mimics the delicate structure-property relationship of natural proteins.
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Nanopartículas del Metal
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