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  • Materials Science
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Nanotechnology
  • Biomedical Engineering

Background:

  • Doxorubicin (DOX) is a potent chemotherapeutic agent with significant cardiotoxicity, damaging cardiac muscle and impairing immune response.
  • Existing drug delivery systems like liposomes have limitations in minimizing DOX-induced cardiac side effects.
  • There is a need for advanced drug carriers that can deliver DOX effectively while mitigating its adverse effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize temperature-responsive poly(3-methyl-N-vinylcaprolactam)-block-poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PMVC-PVPON) diblock copolymers.
  • To investigate the aqueous self-assembly of these copolymers into nanosized polymersomes for drug delivery.
  • To evaluate the efficacy of DOX-loaded polymersomes in minimizing DOX-induced cardiotoxicity compared to liposomal DOX.

Main Methods:

  • RAFT polymerization was employed to synthesize PMVC-PVPON diblock copolymers with tunable temperature-responsiveness.
  • Copolymers were self-assembled into nanosized polymersomes in aqueous solution.
  • Doxorubicin (DOX) was loaded into the polymersomes, and its encapsulation efficiency and capacity were determined.
  • In vivo studies using C57BL/6J mice were conducted to assess the cardiotoxicity and efficacy of DOX-loaded polymersomes versus liposomal DOX.

Main Results:

  • PMVC-PVPON copolymers self-assembled into stable vesicles with tunable lower critical solution temperatures (LCST) below 20 °C.
  • DOX-loaded PMVC58-PVPON65 polymersomes exhibited high loading capacity (49%) and encapsulation efficiency (95%).
  • In vivo studies showed 100% mortality in mice treated with lethal doses of free DOX, while DOX-loaded polymersomes caused no mortality.
  • Polymersome treatment resulted in no significant organ toxicity (heart, lung, spleen) and maintained body weight, unlike liposomal DOX.

Conclusions:

  • Temperature-responsive PMVC-PVPON polymersomes are effective carriers for doxorubicin (DOX).
  • These synthetic polymersomes demonstrate superior in vivo stability and significantly reduce DOX-induced cardiotoxicity compared to liposomal formulations.
  • The developed polymersomes represent a promising next-generation drug delivery system for safer and more effective cancer chemotherapy.