Gold nanoparticle-cored poly(propyleneimine) dendrimers as a new platform for multifunctional drug delivery systems
作者:Marie-Christine Daniel、Margaret E. Grow、Hongmu Pan、Maria Bednarek、William E. Ghann、Kara Zabetakis、Joseph Cornish
DOI:10.1039/c1nj20206e
日期:——
Two poly(propyleneimine) dendrons (PPI dendrons) of third generation, containing eight branches (nitriles or primary amines) and having tyramine as the focal point, were prepared. A tetraethylene glycol spacer (TEG), terminated by a protected thiol group, was attached to their focal points. The obtained TEG–PPI dendrons were successfully used to cap 18 nm spherical gold nanoparticles, with no need for intermediate thioctic acid exchange of citrate, as previously reported for non-anionic ligands. The novel gold nanoparticle-cored PPI dendrimers were characterized by UV-visible and FT-IR spectroscopic techniques, dynamic light scattering (DLS), zeta-potential and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Importantly, the amine terminated gold nanoparticle-cored PPI dendrimer showed great stability in PBS buffer, as well as in the presence of a salt, and they did not show any sign of degradation after freeze-drying. Also, this new type of PPI dendrimer was found to protonate at pH around 4.5 for their internal tertiary amines. The latter being present in large numbers on each gold nanoparticle, their protonation at pH below 5 will produce a proton-sponge effect, which plays a crucial role in lysosomal escape during drug delivery.
我们制备了两种第三代聚(丙烯酰亚胺)树枝状化合物(PPI 树枝状化合物),它们含有八个分支(腈或伯胺),以酪胺为焦点。在这些树枝状化合物的焦点上连接了一个以受保护的硫醇基团为末端的四甘醇间隔物(TEG)。所获得的 TEG-PPI 树枝状化合物被成功地用于 18 纳米球形金纳米粒子的封盖,而无需像之前报道的非阴离子配体那样进行中间硫代柠檬酸交换。通过紫外-可见光和傅立叶变换红外光谱技术、动态光散射(DLS)、ZETA 电位和透射电子显微镜(TEM)对新型金纳米粒子包覆 PPI 树状分子进行了表征。重要的是,胺端金纳米粒子包覆的 PPI 树状聚合物在 PBS 缓冲液和盐存在下都表现出了极高的稳定性,而且在冷冻干燥后也没有出现任何降解迹象。此外,还发现这种新型 PPI 树枝状聚合物在 pH 值为 4.5 左右时,其内部的叔胺会发生质子化。后者大量存在于每个金纳米粒子上,在 pH 值低于 5 时,它们的质子化会产生质子海绵效应,这在给药过程中溶酶体逸出方面起着至关重要的作用。