Abstract
In this study, a novel pH-responsive nanogel composed of glycol chitosan (GCS) grafted with functional 3-diethylaminopropyl (DEAP) groups (denoted as GCS-g-DEAP hereafter) was fabricated. The GCS-g-DEAP was designed to have a self-assembled arrangement consisting of hydrophilic block (GCS) and hydrophobic block (DEAP) at physiological pH. As the pH decreased to tumor extracellular pH (pHe), the nanogel was destabilized due to the protonation of DEAP. The pH-responsive property of the nanogel at tumor extracellular pH (pHe) was characterized in drug-release kinetic studies. The release of doxorubicin (DOX) from DOX-loaded nanogels was significantly accelerated at lower pH values, which allowed for increased DOX uptake by non-small lung carcinoma A546 cells under a slightly acidic pH condition, as in tumor pHe.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 120-126 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by a grant from Korea Rural Development Administration, by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ( 2009-0063870 ), by the Research Grant funded by the Gyeonggi Regional Research Center (GRRC) , and by a grant from the Fundamental R&D Program for Core Technology of Materials funded by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Republic of Korea.
Keywords
- 3-Diethylaminopropyl
- Glycol chitosan
- PH-responsive nanogel
- Tumor extracellular pH
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