Abstract
Interpenetrating polymer networks (IPN) consisting of pH-sensitive carboxymethyl pullulan (CMP) and thermosensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) were synthesized through a two-step procedure by chemical cross-linking of NIPAAm in the presence of CMP, followed by additional reticulation of the polysaccharide. The hydrogels were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and swelling measurements. Swelling properties of the hydrogels were studied at equilibrium, by investigating pH- and temperature-dependence, dynamic swelling ratio and pulsatile swelling-deswelling kinetics. It was found that IPN hydrogels responded to both temperature and pH changes and such stimuli-responsiveness was reversible. At pH 1.2 and temperature values lower than VPTT, the swelling ratios of IPN hydrogels are smaller than that of pure PNIPAAm because most of the carboxylic groups are protonated forming hydrogen bonds with other carboxylic or amide groups of PNIPAAm. Conversely, in phosphate buffer solutions at pH 7.4, the swelling ratios of IPN hydrogels are higher than that of pure PNIPAAm. In this case, the carboxylic groups of CMP are ionized; therefore, the hydrogen bonds are broken and the electrostatic repulsions lead to a more expanded network. The loading and release profiles of a model drug namely, diphenhydramine (DPH), were also evaluated. The results showed that the release rate of DPH was higher at pH 10 buffer solution than at pH 7.4 and 1.2, at 37 °C. In pseudo physiological conditions, DPH was quickly released from the hydrogel at 20 °C, and showed a sustained release profile at 37 °C.
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Abbreviations
- APS:
-
ammonium persulfate
- BIS:
-
N,N’-methylenebisacrylamide
- CMP:
-
carboxymethyl pullulan
- DPH:
-
diphenhydramine hydrochloride
- ESEM:
-
environmental scanning electron microscopy
- GA:
-
glutaraldehyde
- IPN:
-
interpenetrating polymer network
- LCST:
-
lower critical solution temperature
- MCA:
-
monochloroacetic acid
- NIPAAm:
-
N-isopropylacrylamide
- P:
-
pullulan
- PBS:
-
phosphate buffer at pH 7.4
- TEMED:
-
N,N,N’,N’-tetramethylethylenediamine
- VPTT:
-
volume phase transition temperature
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This work was supported by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS – UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-ID-PCCE-2011-2-0028.
M. Constantin acknowledges the financial support of the European Social Fund – “Cristofor I. Simionescu” Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme (ID POSDRU/89/1.5/S/55216), Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development 2007–2013.
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Asmarandei, I., Fundueanu, G., Cristea, M. et al. Thermo- and pH-sensitive interpenetrating poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)/carboxymethyl pullulan network for drug delivery. J Polym Res 20, 293 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-013-0293-3
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