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Tao X, Zhang Q, Ling K, Chen Y, Yang W, Gao F, Shi G. Effect of pullulan nanoparticle surface charges on HSA complexation and drug release behavior of HSA-bound nanoparticles. PLoS One 2012; 7:e49304. [PMID: 23166632 PMCID: PMC3498137 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2012] [Accepted: 10/08/2012] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Nanoparticle (NP) compositions such as hydrophobicity and surface charge are vital to determine the presence and amount of human serum albumin (HSA) binding. The HSA binding influences drug release, biocompatibility, biodistribution, and intercellular trafficking of nanoparticles (NPs). Here, we prepared 2 kinds of nanomaterials to investigate HSA binding and evaluated drug release of HSA-bound NPs. Polysaccharides (pullulan) carboxyethylated to provide ionic derivatives were then conjugated to cholesterol groups to obtain cholesterol-modified carboxyethyl pullulan (CHCP). Cholesterol-modified pullulan (CHP) conjugate was synthesized with a similar degree of substitution of cholesterol moiety to CHCP. CHCP formed self-aggregated NPs in aqueous solution with a spherical structure and zeta potential of -19.9 ± 0.23 mV, in contrast to -1.21 ± 0.12 mV of CHP NPs. NPs could quench albumin fluorescence intensity with maximum emission intensity gradually decreasing up to a plateau at 9 to 12 h. Binding constants were 1.12 × 10(5) M(-1) and 0.70 × 10(5) M(-1) to CHP and CHCP, respectively, as determined by Stern-Volmer analysis. The complexation between HSA and NPs was a gradual process driven by hydrophobic force and inhibited by NP surface charge and shell-core structure. HSA conformation was altered by NPs with reduction of α-helical content, depending on interaction time and particle surface charges. These NPs could represent a sustained release carrier for mitoxantrone in vitro, and the bound HSA assisted in enhancing sustained drug release.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiaojun Tao
- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Material of Tianjin, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Chinese Herbal Pharmacology, Renmin Hospital of Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Material of Tianjin, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Material of Tianjin, Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
- Department of Pharmacology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China
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