Fluorinated covalent organic frameworks for efficient drug delivery
Baiwei Ma1, Yimeng Xu1, Fujia Hu1
1School of Material and Chemical Engineering, Zhongyuan University of Technology Zhengzhou 450007 P. R. China zhailp@zut.edu.cn.
Abstract:
In this study, two novel fluorine-functionalized crystalline covalent organic frameworks (COFs), namely DF-TAPB-COF and DF-TATB-COF, were synthesized, and their ordered structure, porosity, suitable pore size, and abundant fluorine groups were expected to serve as effective carriers in drug delivery. The excellent cell viability of DF-TAPB-COF and DF-TATB-COF was verified using MTT assays. Both COFs exhibited very high loading capacities in terms of drug loading performance, in particular the drug loading rate of DF-TAPB-COF for 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) was up to 69%. They also exhibited efficient drug release performance in a simulated body fluid environment. Cell endocytosis experiments demonstrated that DF-TAPB-COF and DF-TATB-COF could be effectively endocytosed by cells. Hence, this study offers new insight into the design and development of COF-based drug carrier systems.
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