Thermo- and pH-Responsive Copolymers Bearing Cholic Acid and Oligo(ethylene glycol) Pendants: Self-Assembly and pH-Controlled Release

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (44) ◽  
pp. 24649-24655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Guang Jia ◽  
X. X. Zhu
2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (20) ◽  
pp. 4188-4191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiong Zhou ◽  
Guocan Yu ◽  
Li Shao ◽  
Bin Hua ◽  
Feihe Huang

The first water-soluble biphen[3]arene was synthesized. Its pH-responsive host–guest complexation with secondary ammonium salts in water was investigated. This novel recognition motif was further used in controllable self-assembly and controlled release.


2015 ◽  
Vol 815 ◽  
pp. 359-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Yun Yu ◽  
Lu Bin Lin ◽  
Xue Yu Xing ◽  
Hai Liang Dong ◽  
Xiao Ze Jiang ◽  
...  

Two pH-responsive block glycopolymers, poly (ethylene glycol)-b-Poly (2- (diethylamino) ethyl methacrylate-co-2-gluconamidoethyl methacrylate) (PEG113-b-P(DEA55-co-GAMA12)) and poly (ethylene glycol)-b-poly (2-(diethylamino) ethyl methacrylate)-b-poly (2-gluconamido ethyl methacrylate) (PEG113-b-PDEA55-b-PGAMA15), were synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) by directly or successively polymerization of GAMA and DEA monomers using a PEG-based macroinitiator, respectively, without protecting group chemistry. Those block glycopolymers were confirmed by proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1H NMR) and Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC), and their self-assembly behaviors were characterized by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and Zeta-potential. The results show both synthetic block glycopolymers were dissolved molecularly in aqueous solution at acidic pH (such as pH 3), thus it can reversibly convert to be two-layer micelles comprising DEA and GAMA cores, PEG coronas with size of around 50 nm, or micelles comprising DEA cores, GAMA and PEG outer coronas with bigger size of 70 nm for PEG113-b- P(DEA55-co-GAMA12) and PEG113-b-PDEA55-b-PGAMA15), respectively, at basic condition. Both glycopolymers have the micellization process at middle pH (pH 6-8), but possess different isoelectric points (pIs) (at pH 8.0 and 7.8) for their pH responsive block of PEG113-b-P(DEA55-co-GAMA12) and PEG113-b-PDEA55-b-PGAMA15 with DEA-co-GAMA random structure or DEA chain only, respectively. This study not only reveals the self-assembly of pH responsive block glycopolymers with different architectures by fixing similar degree polymerization (DP) of their blocks, but also provides a tool to investigate pH induced dynamic covalent interaction between glycopolymers and phenylboronic acid derivatives or a light for designing novel drug delivery carriers.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingwei Li ◽  
Ziquan Cao ◽  
Guojie Wang

A multiple-stimuli-responsive polymer nanocarrier has been self-assembled for NIR/UV light- and pH-controlled cargo release.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 2723-2729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Li ◽  
Yuxia Gao ◽  
Bo Wang ◽  
Jie Hao ◽  
Jun Hu ◽  
...  

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingjie Feng ◽  
Weiqiu Wen ◽  
Yong-Guang Jia ◽  
Sa Liu ◽  
and Jianwei Guo

One of the most famous anticancer drugs, paclitaxel (PTX), has often been used in drug controlled-release studies. The polymers derived from bio-compound bile acids and degradable poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) form a reservoir and have been used as a drug delivery system with great advantages. Herein, we grafted poly(N,N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate) and poly(poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) into the bile acid-derived three-armed macroinitiator CA-(PCL)3, resulting in the amphiphilic block copolymers CA-(PCL-b-PDEAEMA-b-PPEGMA)3. These pH-responsive three-armed block copolymers self-assembled into micelles in aqueous solution and PTX was encapsulated into the micellar core to form PTX-loaded micelles with a drug loading of 29.92 wt %. The micelles were stable in PBS at pH 7.4 and showed a pH-triggered release behavior of PTX under acidic environments, in which 55% of PTX was released at pH 5.0 in 80 h. These cholic acid-based functionalized three-armed block polymers present good biocompatibility, showing great potential for drug controlled-release.


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