Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Protein-responsive protein release of supramolecular/polymer hydrogel composite integrating enzyme activation systems

  • Hajime Shigemitsu,
  • Ryou Kubota,
  • Keisuke Nakamura,
  • Tomonobu Matsuzaki,
  • Saori Minami,
  • Takuma Aoyama,
  • Kenji Urayama,
  • Itaru Hamachi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17698-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Responsive hydrogels are of interest for diagnostic and controlled drug release applications. Here, the authors report on the design of a hydrogel with protein triggered release of an embedded protein through recovery of enzyme activity and subsequent degradation of supramolecular fibers.