Peptide-based liquid droplets as emerging delivery vehicles

J Liu, E Spruijt, A Miserez, R Langer - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Peptides are small yet versatile building blocks of biomaterials. This Comment highlights
recent progress in the design of liquid-like microdroplets, or coacervates, based on peptides …

The dawn of a new era: targeting the “undruggables” with antibody-based therapeutics

L Qian, X Lin, X Gao, RU Khan, JY Liao, S Du… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The high selectivity and affinity of antibodies toward their antigens have made them a highly
valuable tool in disease therapy, diagnosis, and basic research. A plethora of chemical and …

Approaches and materials for endocytosis-independent intracellular delivery of proteins

N Chen, Y He, M Zang, Y Zhang, H Lu, Q Zhao… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
The intracellular delivery of proteins is of great significance. For diseases such as cancer,
heart disease and neurodegenerative diseases, many important pharmacological targets …

Cellular Uptake of Phase‐Separating Peptide Coacervates

A Shebanova, QM Perrin, K Zhu, S Gudlur… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Peptide coacervates self‐assembling via liquid‐liquid phase separation are appealing
intracellular delivery vehicles of macromolecular therapeutics (proteins, DNA, mRNA) owing …

Structure–Uptake Relationship Study of DABCYL Derivatives Linked to Cyclic Cell‐Penetrating Peptides for Live‐Cell Delivery of Synthetic Proteins

A Saha, S Mandal, JVV Arafiles… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Modifying cyclic cell‐penetrating deca‐arginine (cR10) peptides with 4‐(4‐
dimethylaminophenylazo) benzoic acid (DABCYL) improves the uptake efficiency of …

Formation of versus recruitment to RNA-rich condensates: controlling effects exerted by peptide side chain identity

J Niu, C Qiu, NL Abbott, SH Gellman - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS), the spontaneous formation of contiguous liquid
phases with distinct compositions, has been long known in chemical systems and more …

Finding ways into the cytosol: Peptide-mediated approaches for delivering proteins into cells

Y Kawaguchi, S Futaki - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
The delivery of functional proteins, including antibodies, into cells opens up many
opportunities to regulate cellular events, with significant implications for studies in chemical …

Fluid protein condensates for bio-inspired applications

MJ Harrington, R Mezzenga, A Miserez - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Since the discovery of tropoelastin liquid–liquid phase separation in the 1950s, it has been
recognized that fluid protein condensates, including coacervates and liquid crystals, are …

First direct evidence for direct cell-membrane penetrations of polycationic homopoly (amino acid) s produced by bacteria

Y Takeuchi, K Ushimaru, K Kaneda… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Bacteria produce polycationic homopoly (amino acid) s, which are characterized by
isopeptide backbones. Although the biological significance of polycationic homopoly (amino …

Liquid-liquid phase separation in nucleation process of biomineralization

D Qin, Z He, P Li, S Zhang - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Biomineralization is a typical interdisciplinary subject attracting biologists, chemists, and
geologists to figure out its potential mechanism. A mounting number of studies have …