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Wang Y, Song W, Bao L, Wei J, Qian Y, Bi Y. Enzyme and pH dual responsive linear-dendritic block copolymer micelles based on a phenylalanyl-lysine motif and peripherally ketal-functionalized dendron as potential drug carriers. RSC Adv 2023; 13:22079-22087. [PMID: 37483668 PMCID: PMC10360044 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra03790h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Stimuli-responsive linear-dendritic block copolymers (LDBCs) have attracted significant research attention as novel drug carriers. We report here three generations of new enzyme and pH dual responsive linear-dendritic block copolymers (LDBCs) with a phenylalanyl-lysine (Phe-Lys) dipeptide linking hydrophilic linear poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PNVP) and a hydrophobic peripherally ketal-functionalized dendron derived from 2,2'-bis(hydroxymethyl)propionic acid (bis-MPA). The LDBCs are synthesized via a combination of interchange of xanthates/reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (MADIX/RAFT) polymerization of N-vinylpyrrolidone (NVP) and "chain-first" strategy. Their structures are confirmed by 1H NMR spectra. The gel permeation chromatograph (GPC) analysis revealed that the LDBCs have a narrow molecular weight distribution (PDI ≤ 1.25). The amphiphilic LDBCs can self-assemble into spherical nanomicelles in aqueous solution. The presence of enzyme or/and the change of pH cause disassembly of micelles to release encapsulated cargos. The release rates of the guest molecules are faster in buffer solution at pH 5.0 than those upon the addition of the activating enzyme and can be fine-tuned by changing the generation of bis-MPA dendrons. The combination of enzyme and pH dual stimuli results in significantly accelerated and more complete release of the loaded hydrophobic guests. The cell viability assay confirmed the favorable biocompatibility until the LDBC micelle concentration reached 800 μg mL-1. These results indicate that the LDBCs can be considered as a good candidate for targeting drug delivery.
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- Yujia Wang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University Kunming 650500 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University Kunming 650500 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University Kunming 650500 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University Kunming 650500 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University Kunming 650500 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University Kunming 650500 China
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Hybrid Molecules Consisting of Lysine Dendrons with Several Hydrophobic Tails: A SCF Study of Self-Assembling. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032078. [PMID: 36768408 PMCID: PMC9916814 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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In this article, we used the numerical self-consistent field method of Scheutjens-Fleer to study the micellization of hybrid molecules consisting of one polylysine dendron with charged end groups and several linear hydrophobic tails attached to its root. The main attention was paid to spherical micelles and the determination of the range of parameters at which they can appear. A relationship has been established between the size and internal structure of the resulting spherical micelles and the length and number of hydrophobic tails, as well as the number of dendron generations. It is shown that the splitting of the same number of hydrophobic monomers from one long tail into several short tails leads to a decrease in the aggregation number and, accordingly, the number of terminal charges in micelles. At the same time, it was shown that the surface area per dendron does not depend on the number of hydrophobic monomers or tails in the hybrid molecule. The relationship between the structure of hybrid molecules and the electrostatic properties of the resulting micelles has also been studied. It is found that the charge distribution in the corona depends on the number of dendron generations G in the hybrid molecule. For a small number of generations (up to G=3), a standard double electric layer is observed. For a larger number of generations (G=4), the charges of dendrons in the corona are divided into two populations: in the first population, the charges are in the spherical layer near the boundary between the micelle core and shell, and in the second population, the charges are near the periphery of the spherical shell. As a result, a part of the counterions is localized in the wide region between them. These results are of potential interest for the use of spherical dendromicelles as nanocontainers for drug delivery.
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Jin W, Yue LL, Chi SM, Yang T, Ruan Q, Zhu HY, Lei Z, Zhao Y. pH-responsive supramolecular nanoparticles based on sulfobutylether7-β-CD/cationic surfactant and its controllable release of doxorubicin. J DISPER SCI TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2021.2006685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Wen Jin
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China
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- Guangdong Goodscend Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd, Shantou, China
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- Guangdong Goodscend Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd, Shantou, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, China
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Wang X, Song Z, Wei S, Ji G, Zheng X, Fu Z, Cheng J. Polypeptide-based drug delivery systems for programmed release. Biomaterials 2021; 275:120913. [PMID: 34217020 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.120913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Recent years have seen increasing interests in the use of ring-opening polymerization of α-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs) to prepare synthetic polypeptides, a class of biocompatible and versatile materials, for various biomedical applications. Because of their rich side-chain functionalities, diverse hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity profiles, and the capability of forming stable secondary structures, polypeptides can assemble into a variety of well-organized nano-structures that have unique advantages in drug delivery and controlled release. Herein, we review the design and use of polypeptide-based drug delivery system derived from NCA chemistry, and discuss the future perspectives of this exciting and important biomaterial area that may potentially change the landscape of next-generation therapeutics and diagnosis. Given the high significance of precise control over release for polypeptide-based systems, we specifically focus on the versatile designs of drug delivery systems capable of programmed release, through the changes in the chemical and physical properties controlled by the built-in molecular structures of polypeptides.
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- Xu Wang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics (Theranostics), School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, PR China; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States; Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States; Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States; Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States.
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Abad M, Martínez-Bueno A, Mendoza G, Arruebo M, Oriol L, Sebastián V, Piñol M. Supramolecular Functionalizable Linear-Dendritic Block Copolymers for the Preparation of Nanocarriers by Microfluidics. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:684. [PMID: 33668750 PMCID: PMC7956801 DOI: 10.3390/polym13050684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Hybrid linear-dendritic block copolymers (LDBCs) having dendrons with a precise number of peripheral groups that are able to supramolecular bind functional moieties are challenging materials as versatile polymeric platforms for the preparation of functional polymeric nanocarriers. PEG2k-b-dxDAP LDBCs that are based on polyethylene glycol (PEG) as hydrophilic blocks and dendrons derived from bis-MPA having 2,6-diacylaminopyridine (DAP) units have been efficiently synthesized by the click coupling of preformed blocks, as was demonstrated by spectroscopic techniques and mass spectrometry. Self-assembly ability was first checked by nanoprecipitation. A reproducible and fast synthesis of aggregates was accomplished by microfluidics optimizing the total flow rate and phase ratio to achieve spherical micelles and/or vesicles depending on dendron generation and experimental parameters. The morphology and size of the self-assemblies were studied by TEM, Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy (cryo-TEM), and Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS). The cytotoxicity of aggregates synthesized by microfluidics and the influence on apoptosis and cell cycle evaluation was studied on four cell lines. The self-assemblies are not cytotoxic at doses below 0.4 mg mL-1. Supramolecular functionalization using thymine derivatives was explored for reversibly cross-linking the hydrophobic blocks. The results open new possibilities for their use as drug nanocarriers with a dynamic cross-linking to improve nanocarrier stability but without hindering disassembly to release molecular cargoes.
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- Miriam Abad
- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; (M.A.); (A.M.-B.); (G.M.); (M.A.); (L.O.)
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; (M.A.); (A.M.-B.); (G.M.); (M.A.); (L.O.)
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; (M.A.); (A.M.-B.); (G.M.); (M.A.); (L.O.)
- Networking Research Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanobiomedicine (CIBER-BNN), 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Aragon Health Research Institute (ISS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technologies, University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; (M.A.); (A.M.-B.); (G.M.); (M.A.); (L.O.)
- Networking Research Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanobiomedicine (CIBER-BNN), 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Aragon Health Research Institute (ISS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technologies, University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; (M.A.); (A.M.-B.); (G.M.); (M.A.); (L.O.)
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; (M.A.); (A.M.-B.); (G.M.); (M.A.); (L.O.)
- Networking Research Centre on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanobiomedicine (CIBER-BNN), 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Aragon Health Research Institute (ISS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technologies, University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain; (M.A.); (A.M.-B.); (G.M.); (M.A.); (L.O.)
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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Yang XL, Wu WX, Li J, Hu ZE, Wang N, Yu XQ. A facile strategy to construct fluorescent pH-sensitive drug delivery vehicle. POLYMER 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2020.122496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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