A microreactor with thousands of subcompartments: enzyme-loaded liposomes within polymer capsules

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2009;48(24):4359-62. doi: 10.1002/anie.200900386.

Abstract

Fully loaded: Noncovalent anchoring of liposomes into polymer multilayered films with cholesterol-modified polymers allows the preparation of capsosomes-liposome-compartmentalized polymer capsules (see picture). A quantitative enzymatic reaction confirmed the presence of active cargo within the capsosomes and was used to determine the number of subcompartments within this novel biomedical carrier system.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Capsules
  • Liposomes / chemistry*
  • Octoxynol / chemistry
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • beta-Lactamases / chemistry*
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism

Substances

  • Capsules
  • Liposomes
  • Polymers
  • Octoxynol
  • beta-Lactamases