Multiple stimuli-responsive polymeric micelles for controlled release

Soft Matter ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 370-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Dong ◽  
Yani Wang ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Xiaowei Zhan ◽  
Siquan Zhu ◽  
...  
Pharmaceutics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongle Luo ◽  
Xujun Yin ◽  
Xi Yin ◽  
Anqi Chen ◽  
Lili Zhao ◽  
...  

Stimuli-responsive polymeric micelles (PMs) have shown great potential in drug delivery and controlled release in cancer chemotherapy. Herein, inspired by the features of the tumor microenvironment, we developed dual pH/redox-responsive mixed PMs which are self-assembled from two kinds of amphiphilic diblock copolymers (poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether-b-poly(β-amino esters) (mPEG-b-PAE) and poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether-grafted disulfide-poly(β-amino esters) (PAE-ss-mPEG)) for anticancer drug delivery and controlled release. The co-micellization of two copolymers is evaluated by measurement of critical micelle concentration (CMC) values at different ratios of the two copolymers. The pH/redox-responsiveness of PMs is thoroughly investigated by measurement of base dissociation constant (pKb) value, particle size, and zeta-potential in different conditions. The PMs can encapsulate doxorubicin (DOX) efficiently, with high drug-loading efficacy. The DOX was released due to the swelling and disassembly of nanoparticles triggered by low pH and high glutathione (GSH) concentrations in tumor cells. The in vitro results demonstrated that drug release rate and cumulative release are obviously dependent on pH values and reducing agents. Furthermore, the cytotoxicity test showed that the mixed PMs have negligible toxicity, whereas the DOX-loaded mixed PMs exhibit high cytotoxicity for HepG2 cells. Therefore, the results demonstrate that the dual pH/redox-responsive PMs self-assembled from PAE-based diblock copolymers could be potential anticancer drug delivery carriers with pH/redox-triggered drug release, and the fabrication of stimuli-responsive mixed PMs could be an efficient strategy for preparation of intelligent drug delivery platform for disease therapy.


RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (66) ◽  
pp. 40206-40214
Author(s):  
Wararat Montha ◽  
Weerakanya Maneeprakorn ◽  
I-Ming Tang ◽  
Weeraphat Pon-On

Drug delivery particles in which the release of biomolecules is triggered by a magnetic simulant have attracted much attention and may have great potential in the fields of cancer therapy and tissue regenerative medicine.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (16) ◽  
pp. 2819-2827 ◽  
Author(s):  
ChenDi Ding ◽  
Ying Liu ◽  
Ting Wang ◽  
JiaJun Fu

Working mechanism of triple-stimuli-responsive nanocontainers: alkaline, acid and Zn2+ stimuli can open the advanced supramolecular nanovalves.


Author(s):  
Maksymilian Marek Zegota ◽  
Michael Andreas Müller ◽  
Bellinda Lantzberg ◽  
Gönül Kizilsavas ◽  
Jaime A. S. Coelho ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (42) ◽  
pp. 6817-6830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Liu ◽  
Jian Dai ◽  
Wei Xue

Stimuli-responsive nanomaterial-based drug delivery systems that are able to actively target the tumor microenvironment, enhance intratumoral accumulation and release drugs at target sites are attractive therapeutic platforms at present.


2018 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 403-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xelhua Marcos ◽  
Cynthia Padilla-Beltrán ◽  
María Josefa Bernad-Bernad ◽  
Martha Cecilia Rosales-Hernández ◽  
Silvia Pérez-Casas ◽  
...  

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