Nanostructured Amphiphilic Star-Hyperbranched Block Copolymers for Drug Delivery

Langmuir. 2015 Apr 21;31(15):4542-51. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00082. Epub 2015 Apr 6.

Abstract

A robust drug delivery system based on nanosized amphiphilic star-hyperbranched block copolymer, namely, poly(methyl methacrylate-block-poly(hydroxylethyl methacrylate) (PMMA-b-PHEMA) is described. PMMA-b-PHEMA was prepared by sequential visible light induced self-condensing vinyl polymerization (SCVP) and conventional vinyl polymerization. All of the synthesis and characterization details of the conjugates are reported. To accomplish tumor cell targeting property, initially cell-targeting (arginylglycylaspactic acid; RGD) and penetrating peptides (Cys-TAT) were binding to each other via the well-known EDC/NHS chemistry. Then, the resulting peptide was further incorporated to the surface of the amphiphilic hyperbranched copolymer via a coupling reaction between the thiol (-SH) group of the peptide and the hydroxyl group of copolymer by using N-(p-maleinimidophenyl) isocyanate as a heterolinker. The drug release property and targeting effect of the anticancer drug (doxorobucin; DOX) loaded nanostructures to two different cell lines were evaluated in vitro. U87 and MCF-7 were chosen as integrin αvβ3 receptor positive and negative cells for the comparison of the targeting efficiency, respectively. The data showed that drug-loaded copolymers exhibited enhanced cell inhibition toward U87 cells in compared to MCF-7 cells because targeting increased the cytotoxicity of drug-loaded copolymers against integrin αvβ3 receptor expressing tumor cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / chemistry
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / pharmacology*
  • Carbodiimides / chemistry
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell-Penetrating Peptides / chemistry
  • Cross-Linking Reagents / chemistry
  • Cyanates / chemistry
  • Doxorubicin / chemistry
  • Doxorubicin / pharmacology*
  • Drug Compounding
  • Drug Delivery Systems / methods*
  • Gene Expression
  • Humans
  • Integrin alphaVbeta3 / genetics
  • Integrin alphaVbeta3 / metabolism
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Maleimides / chemistry
  • Micelles
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / ultrastructure
  • Oligopeptides / chemistry
  • Organ Specificity
  • Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate / chemistry*
  • Polymerization
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate / chemistry*
  • Protein Binding
  • Surface-Active Agents / chemistry

Substances

  • 1-ethyl-3-(3-(diethylamino)propyl)carbodiimide
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Carbodiimides
  • Cell-Penetrating Peptides
  • Cross-Linking Reagents
  • Cyanates
  • Integrin alphaVbeta3
  • Maleimides
  • Micelles
  • Oligopeptides
  • Surface-Active Agents
  • 4-maleimidophenyl isocyanate
  • Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate
  • arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid
  • Doxorubicin
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate