缺血
基质金属蛋白酶
金属蛋白酶
血管生成
再灌注损伤
医学
基质金属蛋白酶9
肽
内科学
化学
生物化学
作者
Qi Liu,Qi Liu,Qi Liu,Qi Liu,Qi Liu,Qi Liu,Qi Liu,Qi Liu
出处
期刊:PubMed
日期:2025-02-01
卷期号:20 (2): 503-517
标识
DOI:10.4103/nrr.nrr-d-23-01322
摘要
JOURNAL/nrgr/04.03/01300535-202502000-00028/figure1/v/2024-05-28T214302Z/r/image-tiff Vascular endothelial growth factor and its mimic peptide KLTWQELYQLKYKGI (QK) are widely used as the most potent angiogenic factors for the treatment of multiple ischemic diseases. However, conventional topical drug delivery often results in a burst release of the drug, leading to transient retention (inefficacy) and undesirable diffusion (toxicity) in vivo. Therefore, a drug delivery system that responds to changes in the microenvironment of tissue regeneration and controls vascular endothelial growth factor release is crucial to improve the treatment of ischemic stroke. Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) is gradually upregulated after cerebral ischemia. Herein, vascular endothelial growth factor mimic peptide QK was self-assembled with MMP-2-cleaved peptide PLGLAG (TIMP) and customizable peptide amphiphilic (PA) molecules to construct nanofiber hydrogel PA-TIMP-QK. PA-TIMP-QK was found to control the delivery of QK by MMP-2 upregulation after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion and had a similar biological activity with vascular endothelial growth factor in vitro. The results indicated that PA-TIMP-QK promoted neuronal survival, restored local blood circulation, reduced blood-brain barrier permeability, and restored motor function. These findings suggest that the self-assembling nanofiber hydrogel PA-TIMP-QK may provide an intelligent drug delivery system that responds to the microenvironment and promotes regeneration and repair after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury.
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