Design of environment-sensitive supramolecular assemblies for intracellular drug delivery: Polymeric micelles that are responsive to intracellular pH change
Design of environment-sensitive supramolecular assemblies for intracellular drug delivery: Polymeric micelles that are responsive to intracellular pH change
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200250653
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发表时间:
2003-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Kataoka, K
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作者:
Bae, Y;Fukushima, S;Kataoka, K
The recent development of biomolecular devices that function within the living body has required the integration of capabilities for sensing in vivo chemical stimuli, generating detectable signals, and effecting suitable responses into a single molecule or molecular complex.[1] In particular, biopharmaceutical systems which interact with intracellular components or events such as ions, proteins, enzymes, and pH changes are becoming important for implementing programmed functions that respond to signatures of the body.[2–6] Supramolecular chemistry is attracting attention as it offers methods for assembling different constituents capable of structural and dynamic changes into single molecules.[7] Herein we demonstrate the intracellular localization of a pH-sensitive supramolecular assembly that changes its structure and fluorescences when activated to induce mortality of malignant cells.There are many difficulties in the clinical use of some biomolecular devices, these problems include phagocytic clearance during blood circulation, systemic spread causing toxic side effects, and exclusion from the cell by membrane transporters. In general, the cells selectively permeable membranes prevent the access of biomolecular devices that have not been appropriately designed. Therefore, the creation of biomolecular devices that are sensitive to the intracellular environment has been suggested as a method to overcome these physiological bottlenecks.[8, 9] From self-assembling acid-sensitive amphiphilic block copolymers we have prepared a polymeric micelle that is activated by the intracellular pHvalue (Figure1). The polymeric micelle is a supramolecular assembly with charac-