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Jo S, Roh S, Shim J, Yu JW, Jung Y, Jang WY, Seo B, Won YY, Yoo J. Modulating the Thermoresponsive Characteristics of PLGA-PEG-PLGA Hydrogels via Manipulation of PLGA Monomer Sequences. Biomacromolecules 2024; 25:5374-5386. [PMID: 39014545 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.4c00817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2024]
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Hydrogels are promising materials for biomedical applications, particularly in drug delivery and tissue engineering. This study highlights thermoresponsive hydrogels, specifically poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA)-poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-PLGA triblock copolymers, and introduces a feed rate-controlled polymerization (FRCP) method. By utilizing an organic catalyst and regulating the monomer feed rate, the sequence distribution of PLGA within the triblock copolymer is controlled. Various analyses, including 13C NMR and rheological measurements, were conducted to investigate the impact of sequence distribution. Results show that altering sequence distribution significantly influences the sol-gel transition, hydrophobicity-hydrophilicity balance, and drug release profile. Increased sequence uniformity lowers the glass transition temperature, raises the sol-gel transition temperature due to enhanced hydrophilicity, and promotes a more uniform drug (curcumin) distribution within the PLGA domain, resulting in a slower release rate. This study emphasizes the importance of PLGA sequence distribution in biomedical applications and the potential of FRCP to tailor thermoresponsive hydrogels for biomedical advancements.
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Affiliation(s)
- SeongHoon Jo
- Center of Biomaterials, Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Center of Biomaterials, Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
- Department of Applied Bioengineering, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Biological Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea
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- Center for AI and Natural Sciences, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul 02455, Republic of Korea
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- Center of Biomaterials, Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
- Division of Bio-Medical Science and Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Nano, Regeneration, Reconstruction, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Biological Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States
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- Center of Biomaterials, Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
- Division of Bio-Medical Science and Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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Yoo J, Viswanath D, Won YY. Strategy for Synthesis of Statistically Sequence-Controlled Uniform PLGA and Effects of Sequence Distribution on Interaction and Drug Release Properties. ACS Macro Lett 2021; 10:1510-1516. [PMID: 35549141 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Extensive studies have been conducted to elucidate the effects of such parameters as molecular weight, polydispersity, and composition on the controlled release properties of poly(d,l-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA). However, studies dealing with the effect of monomer sequence distribution have been sparse mainly because of the difficulty of precisely controlling the monomer sequence in PLGA. Herein, we present a semibatch copolymerization strategy that enables the production of statistically sequence-controlled "uniform PLGA" polymers through control of the rate of comonomer addition. Using this method, a series of PEG-PLGA samples having a comparable molecular weight and composition but different sequence distributions (uniform vs gradient) were prepared. The properties of these materials (PEG crystallization/melting, hygroscopicity, aqueous sol-gel transition, drug release kinetics) were found to significantly vary, demonstrating that sequence control only at the statistical level still significantly influences the properties of PLGA. Most notably, uniform PLGA exhibited the more sustained drug release behavior compared to gradient PLGA.
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- Jin Yoo
- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States of America
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States of America
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States of America
- Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States of America
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Localized delivery of active targeting micelles from nanofibers patch for effective breast cancer therapy. Int J Pharm 2020; 584:119412. [PMID: 32418898 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Nanofibers based transdermal drug delivery is a promising platform, and it effectively delivers the drug to tumor sites. The objective of the study was to fabricate stimuli-responsive polymeric nanofibers encapsulated with an active targeting micellar system for in situ drug delivery. Stimuli-responsive core-shell nanofibers release thedrug at target sites with minimum side effects to the other organs, decrease the drug administration concentration. Initially, we prepared CA conjugated PCPP polymeric micelles loaded with PTX. Then, core-shell nanofibers were prepared using PHM with coaxial electrospinning and distinct core-shell nanofibers formation confirm by SEM and TEM. Nanofibers showed a homogenous distribution of micelles inside the fiber mesh, diffusion, and erosion processes lead to a controlled release of PTX.In vitro drug release and swelling, revealed the pH based sustained release of the drug for 180 h from the nanofibers mat. Functional and stimuli-responsive nanofibers highly absorb H+ ions and repulsion of cations promoting maximum swelling to release more drugs in acidic pH. An increased transportation rate of 70% drug release through epidermis for 120 h. Nanofibers effectively internalize to the skin, and it confirmed by confocal microscopy. MCF-7 cells grown and spread over the nanofibers, which show the biocompatibility of nanofibers. Compared to PTX, drug-loaded nanofibers exhibited higher cytotoxicity for 8 days which was confirmed by the flow cytometry. These promising results confirm, the novel stimuli-responsive core-shell nanofibers actively target breast cancer cells and lead the way to safe cancer therapy.
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Cao PF, de Leon A, Rong L, Yin KZ, Abenojar EC, Su Z, Tiu BDB, Exner AA, Baer E, Advincula RC. Polymer Nanosheet Containing Star-Like Copolymers: A Novel Scalable Controlled Release System. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2018; 14:e1800115. [PMID: 29700977 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201800115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Revised: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL)-based nanomaterials, such as nanoparticles and liposomes, have exhibited great potential as controlled release systems, but the difficulties in large-scale fabrication limit their practical applications. Among the various methods being developed to fabricate polymer nanosheets (PNSs) for different applications, such as Langmuir-Blodgett technique and layer-by-layer assembly, are very effort consuming, and only a few PNSs can be obtained. In this paper, poly(ε-caprolactone)-based PNSs with adjustable thickness are obtained in large quantity by simple water exposure of multilayer polymer films, which are fabricated via a layer multiplying coextrusion method. The PNS is also demonstrated as a novel controlled guest release system, in which release kinetics are adjustable by the nanosheet thickness, pH values of the media, and the presence of protecting layers. Theoretical simulations, including Korsmeyer-Peppas model and Finite-element analysis, are also employed to discern the observed guest-release mechanisms.
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- Peng-Fei Cao
- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830, USA
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
- Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
- Department of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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Stabilization of poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(ε-caprolactone) star block copolymer micelles via aromatic groups for improved drug delivery properties. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 514:468-478. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.12.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Revised: 12/16/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Dehvari K, Lin KS, Hammouda B. Small-angle neutron scattering studies of microenvironmental and structural changes of Pluronic micelles upon encapsulation of paclitaxel. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2016.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zhang J, Xiao Y, Xu H, Zhou C, Lang M. Synthesis of well-defined carboxyl poly(ε-caprolactone) by fine-tuning the protection group. Polym Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6py00932h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Carboxyl functionalized polycaprolactone with a well-defined structure was synthesized via ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of substituted caprolactone monomer and acidic hydrolysis.
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- Jun Zhang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Petrochemical New Materials
- Anqing
- China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
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Wu S, Zheng L, Zhou W, Li C, Xiao Y, Zhu W. Efficient synthesis of ionic triblock copolyesters and facile access to charge-reversal hybrid micelles. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/pola.27968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Shaohua Wu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS); Beijing 100190 People's Republic of China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049 People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS); Beijing 100190 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Chemical Defence; Beijing 102205 People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS); Beijing 100190 People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS); Beijing 100190 People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS); Beijing 100190 People's Republic of China
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