Mixed protein blends composed of gelatin and Bombyx mori silk fibroin: effects of solvent-induced crystallization and composition

Biomacromolecules
Eun S GilRichard J Spontak

Abstract

Novel protein blends have been prepared by mixing gelatin (G) with Bombyx mori silk fibroin (SF) and using aqueous methanol (MeOH) to post-induce SF crystallization. When co-cast from solution, amorphous blends of these polymers appear homogeneous, as discerned from visual observation, microscopy, and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Upon subsequent exposure to aqueous MeOH, SF undergoes a conformational change from random coil to beta sheet. This transformation occurs in pure SF, as well as in each of the G/SF blends, according to X-ray diffractometry and thermal calorimetry. The influence of MeOH-induced SF crystallization on structure and property development has been ascertained in terms of preparation history and blend composition. Thermal gravimetric analysis reveals that the presence of beta sheets in SF and G/SF blends improves thermal stability, while extensional rheometry confirms that SF crystallization enhances the tensile properties of the blends. By preserving a support scaffold above the G helix-to-coil transition temperature, the formation of crystalline SF networks in G/SF blends can be used to stabilize G-based hydrogels for biomaterial and pharmaceutical purposes. The present study not only exa...Continue Reading

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