The invention discloses injectable hydrogels which are in the form of crosslinked nano beads or particle in the size range 5 nm to 10 μm, comprising PAMAM dendrimer with asymmetrical peripheral end groups such that one of the terminal groups is involved in formation of hydrogel and the other in involved in the conjugation of drugs or imaging agents and their methods of preparation. The said gel is formed by reaction of the PAMAM dendrimer with asymmetrical end groups with other polymer wherein the other polymer is selected from the group of linear, branched, hyperbranched or star shaped polymers with functionalized terminal groups. The PAMAM dendrimer with asymmetrical terminal groups consists of a Generation 2 and above PAMAM dendrimer with symmetrical end groups modified using the amino acids or their modified forms. The gel disclosed in the present invention is formed as small crosslinked particles in the size range 25 nm to 10 μm and is suitable for injectable delivery of hydrogel to any of the body orifices, tissues by intramuscular or subcutaneous route and ocular delivery for the purpose of therapeutic treatment and imaging.
该发明揭示了一种注射用
水凝胶,其以交联的纳米珠或粒子的形式呈现,尺寸范围为5纳米至10微米,包括具有非对称外周末端基团的PAMAM树状聚合物,其中一个末端基团参与
水凝胶的形成,另一个参与药物或成像剂的结合以及它们的制备方法。所述凝胶是通过PAMAM树状聚合物与非对称末端基团与其他聚合物发生反应形成的,其中其他聚合物选自线性、支化、超支化或星形聚合物,具有官能化末端基团。具有非对称末端基团的PAMAM树状聚合物由对称末端基团的第2代及以上PAMAM树状聚合物通过
氨基酸或其改性形式进行改性而成。本发明披露的凝胶以尺寸范围为25纳米至10微米的小交联颗粒形式存在,适用于通过肌肉内或皮下途径将
水凝胶注射到任何身体口腔、组织,以及眼部递送,用于治疗治疗和成像。