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Phan QT, Zhang H, Pham DA, Rabanel JM, Filippini A, Boffito D, Banquy X. Multicompartment Micro- and Nanoparticles Using Supramolecular Assembly of Core-Shell Bottlebrush Polymers. ACS Macro Lett 2023; 12:1589-1594. [PMID: 37942990 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Multicompartment particles have been produced to date by the self-assembly of linear multiblock polymers. Besides the large diversity of structures that can be obtained with this approach, these are highly sensitive to dilution and environmental factors. Here we show that using core-shell bottlebrush polymers with a hydrophobic polyester core as starting materials it is possible to create compartmentalized particles from the micrometer size down to the molecular scale. These polymers can be used as building blocks to create multicompartment particles and networks via a self-assembly process. The polymers can encapsulate active compounds and slowly degrade in water into polymeric micelles, making them promising materials for drug delivery applications.
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- Quoc Thang Phan
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, 2940 Chemin de Polytechnique, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, 2940 Chemin de Polytechnique, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, 2940 Chemin de Polytechnique, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, 2940 Chemin de Polytechnique, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, 2940 Chemin de Polytechnique, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, 2500 Chemin de Polytechnique, Montréal, Québec H3C 3A7, Canada
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, 2940 Chemin de Polytechnique, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
- Biomedical Engineering Institute, Université de Montréal, 2940 Chemin de Polytechnique, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Université de Montréal, 2940 Chemin de Polytechnique, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
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Li J, Chen SL, Hou Y, Yuan Q, Gan W. Revealing the mechanisms of vesicle formation with multiple spectral methods. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:12465-12475. [PMID: 35575256 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01183b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The investigation of the self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules and the formation of micelles/vesicles has attracted significant attention. However, in situ and real-time methods for such studies are rare. Here, a surface-sensitive second harmonic generation (SHG) technique was applied to study the formation of vesicles in solutions of an anti-cancer drug, doxorubicin (DOX), and a generally used surfactant (sodium bis (2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate, AOT). With the aid of two-photon fluorescence (TPF), Rayleigh scattering and TEM, we revealed the structural evolution of the aggregated micelles/vesicles. It was found that AOT and DOX molecules rapidly aggregated and formed micelles in the solution. The residual DOX then acted as a "glue" that induced the aggregating/growing of the micelles and the transformation from aggregates to vesicles. The existence of lipid films, which was considered as the necessary intermediate state for vesicle formation, was excluded via the SHG observations, indicating that hollow shells may be directly transformed from solid aggregated micelles in the self-assembly formation of complex vesicles. The combined spectroscopic methods were also used to investigate the formation of vesicles from a commonly used lipid (i.e., 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-rac-(1-glycerol) sodium salt, DOPG) from its stacked bilayers. The swelling, curving and sealing of the DOPG bilayers for vesicle formation was monitored and clear dynamics were revealed. This work shows that the vesicle formation mechanism varies with the initial state of the surfactant/lipid molecules. It not only demonstrates the capability of the combined spectroscopic methods in investigating the aggregated systems but also provides new insight for understanding the formation of vesicles.
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- Jianhui Li
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Flexible Printed Electronics Technology, also School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), University Town, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structure Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Flexible Printed Electronics Technology, also School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), University Town, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang, China.
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Flexible Printed Electronics Technology, also School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), University Town, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Flexible Printed Electronics Technology, also School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), University Town, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang, China.
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Deaton TA, Aydin F, Li NK, Chu X, Dutt M, Yingling YG. Dissipative Particle Dynamics Approaches to Modeling the Self-Assembly and Morphology of Neutral and Ionic Block Copolymers in Solution. FOUNDATIONS OF MOLECULAR MODELING AND SIMULATION 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-6639-8_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Real-time monitoring of oil-induced micellar transitions in viscoelastic surfactants by small-angle X-ray scattering. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 580:399-406. [PMID: 32688128 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.07.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Viscoelastic surfactant solutions with entangled wormlike micelles (WLMs) display dramatic changes in rheological properties when exposed to hydrophobic substances. This change is key in the oil and gas industry and for drug delivery. The changes in viscoelastic properties are believed to be a result of changes in micellar shape due to the oil solubilization. The time dependence of the process has practical importance, yet its mechanism is unknown. We set out to map the structural changes with time using small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS). EXPERIMENT A surfactant system with erucamidopropyl hydroxypropyl sulfobetaine as the active ingredient was homogenized with three concentrations of n-decane (70 mM, 140 mM, 280 mM) in 600 mM CaCl2. The samples were monitored with time using SAXS. Model fits were used to determine the structures present in the sample at each time interval. FINDINGS The entangled WLMs disappeared while spherical decane-swollen micelles formed with time, explaining the sharp decrease in viscosity. It was shown that the time at which the spherical swollen micelles appeared depends on the concentration of n-decane. This insight allows control of the spherical micelle appearance time, which is important for the successful application of WLMs in sectors that require WLMs to persist for a set time before they transform.
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Takahashi R, Miwa S, Rössel C, Fujii S, Lee JH, Schacher FH, Sakurai K. Polymersome formation induced by encapsulation of water-insoluble molecules within ABC triblock terpolymers. Polym Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0py00426j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We found a morphological transition from spherical micelles to polymersomes induced by encapsulation of hydrophobic guest molecules.
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- Rintaro Takahashi
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Kitakyushu
- Kitakyushu
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Kitakyushu
- Kitakyushu
- Japan
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- D-07743 Jena
- Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Kitakyushu
- Kitakyushu
- Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Kitakyushu
- Kitakyushu
- Japan
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- D-07743 Jena
- Germany
- Jena Center for Soft Matter (JCSM)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of Kitakyushu
- Kitakyushu
- Japan
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Luo H, Jiang K, Liang X, Hua C, Li Y, Liu H. Insights into Morphological Transition of Pluronic P123 Micelles as a Function of Gallate. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Rode García T, García Ac A, Lalloz A, Lacasse FX, Hildgen P, Rabanel JM, Banquy X. Unified Scaling of the Structure and Loading of Nanoparticles Formed by Diffusion-Limited Coalescence. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:5772-5780. [PMID: 29708345 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The present study establishes the scaling laws describing the structure of spherical nanoparticles formed by diffusion-limited coalescence. We produced drug-loaded nanoparticles from a poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(d,l-lactic acid) diblock polymer (PEG- b-PLA) by the nanoprecipitation method using different types of micromixing chambers to explore multiple mixing regimes and characteristic times. We first show that the drug loading of the nanoparticles is not controlled by the mixing time but solely by the drug-to-polymer ratio (D:P) in the feed and the hydrophobicity of the drug scaled via the partition coefficient P. We then procure compelling evidence that particles formed via diffusion/coalescence exhibit a relative distribution of PEG blocks between the particle core and its shell that depends only on mixing conditions (not on D:P). Scaling laws of PEG relative distribution and chain surface density were derived in different mixing regimes and showed excellent agreement with experimental data. In particular, results made evident that PEG blocks entrapment in the core of the particles occurs in the slow-mixing regime and favors the overloading (above the thermodynamic limit) of the particles with hydrophilic drugs. The present analysis compiles effective guidelines for the scale up of nanoparticles structure and properties with mixing conditions, which should facilitate their future translation to medical and industrial settings.
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- Teresita Rode García
- Faculté de Pharmacie , Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville , Montréal , Québec H3C 3J7 , Canada
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- Faculté de Pharmacie , Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville , Montréal , Québec H3C 3J7 , Canada
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- Faculté de Pharmacie , Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville , Montréal , Québec H3C 3J7 , Canada
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- Faculté de Pharmacie , Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville , Montréal , Québec H3C 3J7 , Canada
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- Faculté de Pharmacie , Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville , Montréal , Québec H3C 3J7 , Canada
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- Faculté de Pharmacie , Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville , Montréal , Québec H3C 3J7 , Canada
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- Faculté de Pharmacie , Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville , Montréal , Québec H3C 3J7 , Canada
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Pyne A, Kundu S, Banerjee P, Sarkar N. Unveiling the Aggregation Behavior of Doxorubicin Hydrochloride in Aqueous Solution of 1-Octyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride and the Effect of Bile Salt on These Aggregates: A Microscopic Study. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:3296-3306. [PMID: 29474788 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In this article, we have unveiled the aggregation behavior of a potent chemotherapeutic drug, doxorubicin hydrochloride (Dox) in a well-known imidazolium based surface active ionic liquid (SAIL), 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (C8mimCl). The aggregates formed by Dox in C8mimCl have been characterized using dynamic light scattering (DLS), fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), analytical transmission electron microscopy (analytical TEM), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) measurements. It is found that Dox forms large spherical aggregates in the presence of C8mimCl SAIL. We have also explored the driving force behind this aggregation behavior of Dox in C8mimCl. Furthermore, it is observed that in the presence of a common bile salt, sodium cholate (NaCh), Dox/C8mimCl spherical aggregates disrupt to form rodlike fibrillar aggregates. Therefore, formation of spherical aggregates and also its disruption into rodlike fibrillar aggregates have been performed, and this is expected to open a new scope for the design of a new generation smart drug delivery system where the drug itself aggregates to form the delivery system.
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- Arghajit Pyne
- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Technology , Kharagpur 721302 , West Bengal , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Technology , Kharagpur 721302 , West Bengal , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Technology , Kharagpur 721302 , West Bengal , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Technology , Kharagpur 721302 , West Bengal , India
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Deriu MA, Cangiotti M, Grasso G, Licandro G, Lavasanifar A, Tuszynski JA, Ottaviani MF, Danani A. Self-Assembled Ligands Targeting TLR7: A Molecular Level Investigation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:14460-14471. [PMID: 29200306 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are pattern recognition transmembrane proteins that play an important role in innate immunity. In particular, TLR7 plays a role in detecting nucleic acids derived from viruses and bacteria. The huge number of pathologies in which TLR7 is involved has led to an increasing interest in developing new compounds targeting this protein. Several conjugation strategies were proposed for TLR7 agonists to increase the potency while maintaining a low toxicity. In this work, we focus the attention on two promising classes of TLR7 compounds derived from the same pharmacophore conjugated with phospholipid and polyethylene glycol (PEG). A multidisciplinary investigation has been carried out by molecular dynamics (MD), dynamic light scattering (DLS), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), and cytotoxicity assessment. DLS and MD indicated how only the phospholipid conjugation provides the compound abilities to self-assemble in an orderly fashion with a maximal pharmacophore exposition to the solvent. Further EPR and cytotoxicity experiments highlighted that phospholipid compounds organize in stable aggregates and well interact with TLR7, whereas PEG conjugation was characterized by poorly stable aggregates at the cells surface. The methodological framework proposed in this study may be used to investigate, at a molecular level, the interactions generally occurring between aggregated ligands, to be used as drugs, and protein receptors.
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- Marco A Deriu
- Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI), Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi Sull'Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA), Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) , Manno CH-6928, Switzerland
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino , Via Ca' Le Suore 2/4, Urbino,Marche 61029, Italy
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- Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI), Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi Sull'Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA), Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) , Manno CH-6928, Switzerland
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- Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI), Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi Sull'Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA), Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) , Manno CH-6928, Switzerland
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- Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino , Via Ca' Le Suore 2/4, Urbino,Marche 61029, Italy
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- Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI), Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi Sull'Intelligenza Artificiale (IDSIA), Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) , Manno CH-6928, Switzerland
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