Mesoscale Simulations and Experimental Studies of pH-Sensitive Micelles for Controlled Drug Delivery

The microstructures of doxorubicin-loaded micelles prepared from block polymers His(x)Lys10 (x = 0, 5, 10) conjugated with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are investigated under different pH conditions, using dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulations. The conformation of micelles and the DOX distributions in micelles were obviously influenced by pH values and the length of the histidine segment. At pH >6.0, the micelles self-assembled from the polymers were dense and compact. The drugs were entrapped well within the micellar core. The particle size increases as the histidine length increases. With the decrease of pH value to be lower than 6.0, there was no distinct difference for the micelles self-assembled from the polymer without histidine residues. However, the micelles prepared from the polymers with histidine residues shows a structural transformation from dense to swollen conformation, leading to an increased particle size from 10.3 to 14.5 DPD units for DHD-His10Lys10 micelles. This structural transformation of micelles can accelerate the DOX release from micelles under lower pH conditions. The in vitro drug release from micelles is accelerated by the decrease of pH value from 7.4 (physiological environment) to 5.0 (lysosomal environment). The integration of simulation and experiments might be a valuable method for the optimization and design of biomaterials for drug delivery with desired properties.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

ACS applied materials & interfaces - 7(2015), 46 vom: 25. Nov., Seite 25592-600

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qiu Yu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xu Bo [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Can Yang [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Zhi Min [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Xin Dong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

059QF0KO0R
25167-62-8
80168379AG
Delayed-Action Preparations
Dissipative particle dynamics simulation
Docosahexaenoic Acids
Doxorubicin
Drug delivery
Drug distribution
Drug release
Journal Article
Micelles
PH-sensitive micelle
Peptides
Polymers
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Water

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Date Completed 21.09.2016

Date Revised 25.11.2015

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsami.5b08366

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM254357954