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Chemical modification, Immunological techniques

Author(s): Jayati Banerjee, Andrea J Hanson, Wallace W Muhonen, John B Shabb & Sanku Mallik
Affiliation(s): Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2009.195

Microwave-assisted synthesis of triple-helical, collagen-mimetic lipopeptides

Collagen-mimetic peptides and lipopeptides are widely used as substrates for matrix degrading enzymes, as new biomaterials for tissue engineering, as drug delivery systems and so on. However, the preparation and subsequent purification of these peptides and their fatty-acid conjugates are really challenging. Herein, we report a rapid microwave-assisted, solid-phase synthetic protocol to prepare the fatty-acid conjugated, triple-helical peptides containing the cleavage site for the enzyme matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9). We employed a PEG-based resin as the solid support and the amino acids were protected with Fmoc- and tert-butyl groups. The amino acids were coupled at 50 °C (25 W of microwave power) for 5 min. The deprotection reactions were carried out at 75 °C (35 W of microwave power) for 3 min. Using this protocol, a peptide containing 23 amino acids was synthesized and then conjugated to stearic acid in 14 h.

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