Abstract
We prepared hyaluronic acid (HA)-based nanogels conjugated with dihydroxyflavone (DHF) and evaluated their cellular uptake and antitumoral efficiency. 4-(4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-4-methylmorpholinium chloride (DMTMM) was used as a conjugation agent for esterification between DHF and HA as well as crosslinking among HA. The conjugations were confirmed by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, UV/vis spectroscopy, and high-performance liquid chromatography. The size and Zeta-potential of the DHF/HA nanogels were reduced with an increase in the concentration of DMTMM due to the involvement of more HA molecules for the conjugation reactions. The DHF/HA nanogel with a smaller size was greatly taken up by two kinds of tumor cells (HeLa and HepG2), compared to NIH3T3. The cell viabilities were reduced to approximately 60% for HeLa and HepG2 cells after 48 h post treatment with DHF/HA nanogels.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 690-697 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces |
Volume | 171 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Nov 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning ( NRF-2015R1A4A1042350 and 2017R1A2B4008093 ), a research fund of Biostream Technologies, R&D program of KITECH, the Research Fund, 2018 of The Catholic University of Korea, and a grant of the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea ( HI17C0886 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
Keywords
- Dihydroxyflavone
- Hyaluronic acid
- Nanogel
- Tumor therapy