Synthesis of nanosized chitosan-poly(acrylic acid) particles by a dropping method

Macromol Biosci. 2004 Apr 19;4(4):416-20. doi: 10.1002/mabi.200300072.

Abstract

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) vaccines are being investigated extensively because of their excellent potential over conventional protein ones. A suitable DNA carrier, consisting of uniformly dispersed chitosan-poly(acrylic acid) particles with an average size of 30 nm, was successfully synthesized by a dropping method with a ratio of chitosan solution to poly(acrylic acid) solution of 1:1 and was incubated in a buffer solution with a pH value of 3.0. The particle size increased from 35.76 to 45.90 nm when the pH value of the buffer solution was increased from 3.0 to 7.4. After freeze-drying, the non-incubated mixed solution showed a membranous morphology. A powdered product was formed from the mixed solution as incubated in buffer solution with pH values of 3.0 and 5.3. However, when the mixed solution was incubated in a buffer solution of pH 7.4, a mixture of membrane and powder was obtained.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acrylic Resins / chemical synthesis*
  • Acrylic Resins / chemistry
  • Chitosan / chemical synthesis*
  • Chitosan / chemistry
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Acrylic Resins
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • chitosan-poly(acrylic acid)
  • Chitosan