Issue 9, 2016

Preparation of pH and redox dual-sensitive core crosslinked micelles for overcoming drug resistance of DOX

Abstract

In this paper, we first synthesized an amphiphilic block copolymer poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(2,4,6-trimethoxybenzylidene-pentaerythritol carbonate-co-5-methyl-5-propargyl-1,3-dioxan-2-one), i.e., PEG-P(TMBPEC-co-MPMC), with pendant reactive alkynyl groups as well as pH-sensitive acetal groups. Next, core crosslinked (CCL) micelles were prepared by the introduction of 1,6-diazidohexane and bis(azidoethyl)disulfide into micelles via azide–alkyne click chemistry, which were denoted as CCL/CC and CCL/SS, respectively. The CCL micelles had superior stability and drug loading efficiency to the uncrosslinked (UCL) micelles. In comparison with free DOX, drug-loaded CCL micelles exhibited lower cell viability in MCF-7/ADR cells due to their “stealth” endocytosis effect that might be beneficial for overcoming delivery barriers of drug resistance. More interestingly, as compared with CCL/CC micelles, CCL/SS micelles were found to further enhance cytotoxicity in MCF-7/ADR cells because of their better on-demand drug release capability of pH and redox dual-sensitive CCL/SS micelles. These results suggest that the self-assembled pH and redox dual-sensitive CCL/SS micelles have promising applications to overcome multi-drug resistance in tumor treatments.

Graphical abstract: Preparation of pH and redox dual-sensitive core crosslinked micelles for overcoming drug resistance of DOX

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Nov 2015
Accepted
24 Jan 2016
First published
25 Jan 2016

Polym. Chem., 2016,7, 1719-1729

Preparation of pH and redox dual-sensitive core crosslinked micelles for overcoming drug resistance of DOX

X. Yi, Q. Zhang, D. Zhao, J. Xu, Z. Zhong, R. Zhuo and F. Li, Polym. Chem., 2016, 7, 1719 DOI: 10.1039/C5PY01783A

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