Poly(2-oxazoline)-based nanogels as biocompatible pseudopolypeptide nanoparticles

Biomacromolecules. 2015 Jan 12;16(1):183-91. doi: 10.1021/bm501393q. Epub 2014 Nov 26.

Abstract

Hydrophilic nanogels based on partially hydrolyzed poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) were synthesized in dilute aqueous media in the presence of 1,6-hexanediol diglycidyl ether as a cross-linker. Nanogel formation was monitored by DLS and HSQC NMR spectroscopy, and the final nano-objects were characterized by DLS, TEM, AFM, and NanoSight analyses. Nanogels with a hydrodynamic radius of 78 nm exhibiting a slight positive surface charge were obtained. MTS assays (cell metabolic activity test) evidenced that nanogels were nontoxic in the investigated concentration range (i.e., 0.1 to 400 μg/mL) and that no specific interaction with bovine serum albumin was observed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biocompatible Materials / chemistry*
  • Biocompatible Materials / metabolism
  • Cattle
  • Cell Line
  • Mice
  • Nanogels
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Nanoparticles / metabolism
  • Oxazoles / chemistry*
  • Oxazoles / metabolism
  • Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry*
  • Polyethylene Glycols / metabolism
  • Polyethyleneimine / chemistry*
  • Polyethyleneimine / metabolism
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / metabolism

Substances

  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Nanogels
  • Oxazoles
  • poly(2-oxazoline)
  • polyethylene glycol polyethyleneimine nanogel
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • Polyethyleneimine