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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 5.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Biomed Eng. 2017 Jun 5;1:0078. doi: 10.1038/s41551-017-0078

Table 1.

Summary of GLP1-ELP fusions and their characterization

Construct Name Xaa
Composition
(A:V:L)
VPGXG
Repeats (N)
Tt at Injected
Conc. (°C)
Molecular
Weight (kDa)
Rh
(nm)
In Vitro EC50
(nM)
In Vitro EC50
95% CI (nM)
Transition Temperature Series

GLP1-ELP15.5°C 0:6:4 120 15.5 53,446 5.3 ± 0.1 26.0 14.4 to 47.0
GLP1-ELP21.4°C 0:1:0 120 21.4 52,772 6.2 ± 0.1 13.0 7.5 to 22.4
GLP1-ELP30.2°C 5:5:0 120 30.2 51,209 6.0 ± 0.1 7.1 2.9 to 17.3
GLP1-ELP35.5°C 6:5:0 120 35.5 50,873 6.3 ± 0.1 3.8 2.2 to 6.4
GLP1-ELP48.8°C 9:1:0 120 48.8 49,742 5.9 ± 0.1 6.6 4.4 to 9.9

Molecular Weight Series

GLP1-ELP20.0kDa 0:1:0 40 31.5 20,013 4.4 ± 0.1 12.5 6.4 to 24.3
GLP1-ELP35.8kDa 3:7:0 80 29.9 35,840 5.3 ± 0.1 5.7 1.8 to 17.7
GLP1-ELP67.5kDa 4:6:0 160 30.6 67,476 7.4 ± 0.1 11.8 5.1 to 27.2
GLP1-ELP98.7kDa 5:5:0 240 32.3 98,664 8.0 ± 0.3 10.1 6.2 to 16.4

μSPECT-CT Samples

GLP1-ELPopt 4:6:0 160 30.6 67,476 7.4 ± 0.1 11.8 5.1 to 27.2
GLP1-ELPsol 1:0:0 160 54.6 64,783 7.4 ± 0.1 11.0 5.0 to 24.0