Synthesis of a PEGylated Polymeric pH Sensor and Its pH Sensitivity by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
作者:Sung Woo Hong、Cheol-Hee Ahn、June Huh、Won Ho Jo
DOI:10.1021/ma061175h
日期:2006.10.1
A new pH-sensitive polymeric sensor with dispersion stability and biocompatibility is synthesized, and its pH sensitivity is examined on the basis of the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) efficiency. The polymeric pH sensor has a FRET donor and a FRET acceptor attached to both ends of a pH-sensitive polymeric linker and is also PEGylated to enhance the dispersion stability in aqueous media and biocompatibility. The pH sensor emits the blue color corresponding to the emission of the FRET donor at pHs higher than 7.6, but the pH sensor emits the green color corresponding to the emission of the FRET acceptor at pHs lower than 6.8 when both samples are irradiated at 330 nm, indicating that lowering the pH from 7.6 to 6.8 induces the FRET due to the conformational change of polymeric linker from coil to globule.
pH-responsive lipid core micelles for tumour targeting
A new acid-sensitive drug-delivery nanocarrier has been developed for tumour targeting. The self-assembling co-polymer stearoyl-PEG-poly-sulfadimethoxine methacrylate (stearoyl-PEG-polySDM) was prepared to obtain micelles with responsive behaviour in the physiopathologic pH range. Stearoyl-PEG-polySDM was synthesised using a multi-step procedure that includes pH-sensitive sulfadimethoxine methacrylate polymerisation by AGET-ATRP at the amino terminal side of stearoyl-PEG-NH2. Chemical analysis showed that the stearoyl-PEG-polySDM co-polymer contained a mean of seven methacryloyl sulfadimethoxines per molecule. Potentiometric and turbidimetric analyses showed that stearoyl-PEG-polySDM has an apparent pK(a) of 7.2 and a cloud point at pH 7.0. In water at pH 7.4, the co-polymer assembled spontaneously into 13.2 +/- 3.1 nm micelles with a critical micelle concentration (CMC) of 36 mu M. Cell-culture studies showed that the material was more biocompatible with respect to the control Brij-700 (R). The paclitaxel loading capacity of the micelles was 3.25 +/- 0.25% (w/w, %). The colloidal formulations were stable at pH 7.4 for several hours, while at pH 6.5, they rapidly rearranged and aggregated. Fluorescence spectroscopic and cytofluorimetric studies showed that the incubation of MCF-7 tumour cells with fluorescein-labelled stearoyl-PEG-polySDM at pH 6.5 resulted in massive time-dependent cell association, while the incubation at pH 7.4 showed significantly lower cell interaction. Confocal microscopy confirmed that at pH 6.5, the micelles are taken up by cells and that the fluorescein-labelled stearoyl-PEG-polySDM is distributed into the cytosol. At pH 6.5, paclitaxel-loaded stearoyl-PEG-polySDM micelles had a higher cytotoxic effect than the micelles incubated at pH 7.4. The former displayed similar cytotoxic activity to free paclitaxel. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Tunable pH- and CO<sub>2</sub>-Responsive Sulfonamide-Containing Polymers by RAFT Polymerization
作者:Brooks A. Abel、Michael B. Sims、Charles L. McCormick
DOI:10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01453
日期:2015.8.25
The controlled RAFT polymerization of a library of pH- and CO2-responsive methacryloyl sulfonamides (MSAs) that possess pK(a) values in the biologically relevant regime (pH = 4.5-7.4) is reported. Initial polymerizations were conducted at 70 degrees C in DMF with 4-cyano-4-(ethylsulfanylthiocarbonylsulfanyl)pentanoic acid (CEP) or 4-cyanopentanoic acid dithiobenzoate (CTP), resulting in polymers of broad molecular weight distributions (K-w/M-n > 1.20). As well, chain extension of a poly(methacryloyl sulfacetamide) (pSAC) macro-CTA at 70 degrees C was unsuccessful, indicating a loss of "living" chain ends during polymerization. However, by conducting the RAFT polymerization of MSAs at 30 degrees C with 2,2'-azobis(4-methoxy-2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile), polymers with narrow molecular weight distributions (M-w/M-n < 1.15) and improved chain end retention were obtained. Homopolymers of each MSA derivative were synthesized, and the influence of the sulfonamide R group on monomer pK(a) and pH-dependent polymer solubility was determined during these studies. The facility by which these controlled poly(MSAs) can be prepared via low-temperature RAFT without the need for functional group protection and the resulting pK(a)-dependent pH- and CO2-responsive properties point to significant potential in areas including drug and gene delivery and environmental remediation.