A virus-mimetic nanogel vehicle
A virus-mimetic nanogel vehicle
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200704121
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发表时间:
2008-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Bae, You Han
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作者:
Lee, Eun Seong;Kim, Dongin;Bae, You Han
Viruses infect specific cells within host organisms, replicate, destroy the cells, and spread from cell to cell in infectious cycles, thus causing disease.[1] These viral properties have inspired synthetic designs of various delivery vehicles,[2–6] particularly for toxic anticancer agents that exhibit numerous side effects. Drug-delivery vehicles often mimic viral aspects, such as size and surface properties, to improve cell entry and residence within the body before being cleared.[2–6] Recent efforts in biomimetic drug-carrier design have aimed to endow advanced functionality.[3] Herein, we describe a synthetic nanosized polymer vehicle that mimics viral properties more significantly than any known delivery systems so far reported. This virus-mimetic nanogel (VM-nanogel) should prove valuable for treating several major disease classes, such as tumors, with greater efficacy.The VM-nanogel we have developed consists of a hydrophobic polymer core and two layers of hydrophilic shell (Figure 1). A particle core made of poly (L-histidine-co-phenylalanine)(poly (His32-co-Phe6),[4] where the numerals indicate the numbers of His and Phe units in the block) is loaded with a model anticancer drug, doxorubicin (DOX). Polyethylene glycol (PEG; number-average molecular weight 2000 Da) forms the inner shell. One PEG end is linked to the core polymer and another to bovine serum albumin (BSA), which forms a capsid-like outer shell.[5] The core and inner shell were constructed by an oil-in-water emulsion method.[2, 6] A single BSA molecule could be linked to multiple PEG ends, as depicted in Figure 1. The BSA and PEG components on the surface may help to avoid potential immune responses.[7]