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Prajapati BG, Sharma JB, Sharma S, Trivedi ND, Gaur M, Kapoor DU. Harnessing polyelectrolyte complexes for precision cancer targeting: a comprehensive review. Med Oncol 2024; 41:145. [PMID: 38727885 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-024-02354-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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Polyelectrolytes represent a unique class of polymers abundant in ionizable functional groups. In a solution, ionized polyelectrolytes can intricately bond with oppositely charged counterparts, giving rise to a fascinating phenomenon known as a polyelectrolyte complex. These complexes arise from the interaction between oppositely charged entities, such as polymers, drugs, and combinations thereof. The polyelectrolyte complexes are highly appealing in cancer management, play an indispensable role in chemotherapy, crafting biodegradable, biocompatible 3D membranes, microcapsules, and nano-sized formulations. These versatile complexes are pivotal in designing controlled and targeted release drug delivery systems. The present review emphasizes on classification of polyelectrolyte complex along with their formation mechanisms. This review comprehensively explores the applications of polyelectrolyte complex, highlighting their efficacy in targeted drug delivery strategies for combating different forms of cancer. The innovative use of polyelectrolyte complex presents a potential breakthrough in cancer therapeutics, demonstrating their role in enhancing treatment precision and effectiveness.
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- Bhupendra G Prajapati
- Shree S. K. Patel College of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ganpat University, Kherva, Gujarat, 384012, India.
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- MM College of Pharmacy, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, 133207, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali, Rajasthan, 304022, India
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- AR College of Pharmacy & GH Institute of Pharmacy, VV Nagar, Anand, Gujarat, 388120, India
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- Rajasthan Pharmacy College, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 302026, India
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- Dr. Dayaram Patel Pharmacy College, Bardoli, Gujarat, 394601, India.
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Qiu Q, Wang Z, Lan L. Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Complex Nanofibrous Membranes for Antibacterial Applications. Polymers (Basel) 2024; 16:414. [PMID: 38337304 DOI: 10.3390/polym16030414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 01/28/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes (PESCs) have garnered significant attention due to their extensive range of biological and industrial applications. Most present applications are predominantly used in liquid or emulsion states, which limits their efficacy in solid material-based applications. Herein, pre-hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile (HPAN) and quaternary ammonium salts (QAS) are employed to produce PESC electrospun membranes via electrospinning. The formation process of PESCs in a solution is observed. The results show that the degree of PAN hydrolysis and the varying alkyl chain lengths of surfactants affect the rate of PESC formation. Moreover, PESCs/PCL hybrid electrospun membranes are fabricated, and their antibacterial activities against both Gram-negative Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) are investigated. The resulting electrospun membranes exhibit high bactericidal efficacy, which enables them to serve as candidates for future biomedical and filtration applications.
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- Qiaohua Qiu
- College of Textile Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- College of Textile Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- College of Textile Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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Petretto E, Ong QK, Olgiati F, Mao T, Campomanes P, Stellacci F, Vanni S. Monovalent ion-mediated charge-charge interactions drive aggregation of surface-functionalized gold nanoparticles. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:15181-15192. [PMID: 36214308 PMCID: PMC9585526 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr02824g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Monolayer-protected metal nanoparticles (NPs) are not only promising materials with a wide range of potential industrial and biological applications, but they are also a powerful tool to investigate the behaviour of matter at nanoscopic scales, including the stability of dispersions and colloidal systems. This stability is dependent on a delicate balance between attractive and repulsive interactions that occur in the solution, and it is described in quantitative terms by the classic Derjaguin-Landau-Vewey-Overbeek (DLVO) theory, that posits that aggregation between NPs is driven by van der Waals interactions and opposed by electrostatic interactions. To investigate the limits of this theory at the nanoscale, where the continuum assumptions required by the DLVO theory break down, here we investigate NP dimerization by computing the Potential of Mean Force (PMF) of this process using fully atomistic MD simulations. Serendipitously, we find that electrostatic interactions can lead to the formation of metastable NP dimers at physiological ion concentrations. These dimers are stabilized by complexes formed by negatively charged ligands belonging to distinct NPs that are bridged by positively charged monovalent ions present in solution. We validate our findings by collecting tomographic EM images of NPs in solution and by quantifying their radial distribution function, that shows a marked peak at interparticle distance comparable with that of MD simulations. Taken together, our results suggest that not only van der Waals interactions, but also electrostatic interactions mediated by monovalent ions at physiological concentrations, contribute to attraction between nano-sized charged objects at very short length scales.
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- Emanuele Petretto
- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
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Smirnov MA, Tolmachev DA, Glova AD, Sokolova MP, Geydt PV, Lukasheva NV, Lyulin SV. Combined Use of Atomic Force Microscopy and Molecular Dynamics in the Study of Biopolymer Systems. POLYMER SCIENCE SERIES C 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s1811238221020089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Interactions between an Associative Amphiphilic Block Polyelectrolyte and Surfactants in Water: Effect of Charge Type on Solution Properties and Aggregation. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13111729. [PMID: 34070596 PMCID: PMC8197838 DOI: 10.3390/polym13111729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The study of interactions between polyelectrolytes (PE) and surfactants is of great interest for both fundamental and applied research. These mixtures can represent, for example, models of self-assembly and molecular organization in biological systems, but they are also relevant in industrial applications. Amphiphilic block polyelectrolytes represent an interesting class of PE, but their interactions with surfactants have not been extensively explored so far, most studies being restricted to non-associating PE. In this work, interactions between an anionic amphiphilic triblock polyelectrolyte and different types of surfactants bearing respectively negative, positive and no charge, are investigated via surface tension and solution rheology measurements for the first time. It is evidenced that the surfactants have different effects on viscosity and surface tension, depending on their charge type. Micellization of the surfactant is affected by the presence of the polymer in all cases; shear viscosity of polymer solutions decreases in presence of the same charge or nonionic surfactants, while the opposite charge surfactant causes precipitation. This study highlights the importance of the charge type, and the role of the associating hydrophobic block in the PE structure, on the solution behavior of the mixtures. Moreover, a possible interaction model is proposed, based on the obtained data.
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Balzer C, Jiang J, Marson RL, Ginzburg VV, Wang ZG. Nonelectrostatic Adsorption of Polyelectrolytes and Mediated Interactions between Solid Surfaces. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:5483-5493. [PMID: 33913719 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Polymer-mediated interaction between two solid surfaces is directly connected to the properties of the adsorbed polymer layers. Nonelectrostatic interactions with a surface can significantly impact the adsorption of polyelectrolytes to charged surfaces. We use a classical density functional theory to study the effect of various polyelectrolyte solution properties on the adsorption and interaction between two like-charged surfaces. Our results show that nonelectrostatic interactions not only enhance polyelectrolyte adsorption but can also result in qualitatively different salt effects with respect to the adsorbed amount. In particular, we observe decreasing, increasing, and a previously unreported nonmonotonic behavior in the adsorbed amount of polymer with added salt under the conditions studied, although the nonmonotonic regime only occurs for a narrow range in the parameter space. With sufficient nonelectrostatic adsorption, the adsorbed polymer layers produce a long-range repulsive barrier that is strong enough to overcome dispersive interactions that cause surfaces to attract. Concurrently, a short-range bridging attraction is observed when the two polyelectrolyte layers span both the surfaces. Both the repulsive barrier and bridging attraction depend on the charge density of the polymer backbone and the bulk salt concentration but not on the chain length in the semidilute regime studied.
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- Christopher Balzer
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan 48674, United States
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- Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan 48674, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Effect of head-group of cationic surfactants and structure of ionic groups of anionic polyelectrolyte in oppositely charged polymer-surfactant complexes. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.126075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Gradzielski M, Hoffmann I. Polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes (PESCs) composed of oppositely charged components. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2018.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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