在中性pH值下,从聚博洛块共聚合物的聚合体中释放出对单糖体有反应的胰岛素
Hyunkyu Kim1, Young Ji Kang, Sebyung Kang
1School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), 50 UNIST Road, Ulsan 689-798, Korea.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|February 21, 2012
概括
研究人员使用boroxole单体和可逆添加碎片和链转移 (RAFT) 聚合物开发了对糖敏感的聚合物. 这些聚合物形成纳米结构,可以在中性pH下对糖水平作出反应,输送胰岛素.
科学领域:
- 聚合物化学 聚合物化学
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 含醇的聚合物具有独特的结合能力.
- 控制的激素聚合方法可以实现精确的聚合物合成.
- 响应刺激的材料对于先进的药物输送系统至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 合成和表征新型含醇的氨酸单体.
- 使用可逆添加碎片化和链转移 (RAFT) 聚合,开发对糖有反应性的块共聚物.
- 研究这些聚合物的自我组装和药物输送能力.
主要方法:
- 合成含醇的烯单体.
- 可逆添加碎片化和链转移 (RAFT) 聚合,以创建块共聚合物.
- 聚合物自组装成纳米结构 (,聚合体) 的表征.
- 单糖结合试验 (竞争性结合实验).
- 在体外评估从聚合体中释放的胰岛素.
主要成果:
- 成功合成了一种含醇的烯单体.
- 开发出具有受控分子量的聚乙烯博洛 (PBOx) 和PBOx-PEG块共聚合物.
- 在中性pH酸盐缓冲剂中证明了单糖结合亲和力.
- 实现了自组装成各种纳米结构,包括聚合体.
- 展示了聚合体的糖反应分解和在生理pH下控制的胰岛素释放.
结论:
- 含醇的区块共聚合物是有效的糖反应材料.
- 飞机聚合允许可调节的纳米结构的形成和刺激响应的行为.
- 这些聚合体显示出作为胰岛素的智能输送载体的前景,在生理条件下释放胰岛素以响应葡萄糖水平.
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