Thermosensitive Hydrogel-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Parenteral Application of Chemotherapeutics

Hydrogels can offer many opportunities for drug delivery strategies. They can be used on their own, or their benefits can be further exploited in combination with other nanocarriers. Intelligent hydrogels that react to changes in the surrounding environment can be utilized as gatekeepers and provide sustained on-demand drug release. In this study, a hybrid nanosystem for temperature- and pH-sensitive delivery was prepared from MCM-41 nanoparticles grafted with a newly synthesized thermosensitive hydrogel (MCM-41/AA-g-PnVCL). The initial particles were chemically modified by the attachment of carboxyl groups. Later, they were grafted with agar (AA) and vinylcaprolactam (VCL) by free radical polymerization. Doxorubicin was applied as a model hydrophilic chemotherapeutic drug. The successful formulation was confirmed by FT-IR and TGA. Transmission electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering analysis showed small particles with negative zeta potential. Their release behaviour was investigated in vitro in media with different pH and at different temperatures. Under tumour simulating conditions (40 °C and pH 4.0), doxorubicin was almost completely released within 72 h. The biocompatibility of the proposed nanoparticles was demonstrated by in vitro haemolysis assay. These results suggest the possible parenteral application of the newly prepared hydrogel-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles for temperature-sensitive and pH-triggered drug delivery at the tumour site.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Gels (Basel, Switzerland) - 9(2023), 9 vom: 21. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Voycheva, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Slavkova, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Popova, Teodora [VerfasserIn]
Tzankova, Diana [VerfasserIn]
Stefanova, Denitsa [VerfasserIn]
Tzankova, Virginia [VerfasserIn]
Ivanova, Ivelina [VerfasserIn]
Tzankov, Stanislav [VerfasserIn]
Spassova, Ivanka [VerfasserIn]
Kovacheva, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Tzankov, Borislav [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chemotherapy
Doxorubicin
Hydrogel gatekeeper
Journal Article
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles
Stimuli-sensitive delivery

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Date Revised 03.10.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.3390/gels9090769

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362507767