Remote Controlled Drug Delivery Material: Bio Catalytic Mechanisms of Drug Release Triggered by Magnetic Field

ID: MPS/DMR/BMAT(7623) 1309469 PI: Minko， Sergiy ORG: Clarkson university标题：远程控制药物递送材料：磁场触发药物释放的生物催化机制技术：拟议研究的目标是为探索磁场触发药物释放的生物催化机制的靶向特异性药物递送系统的新型非侵入性方法开发基础和实用方法。本项目以研究团队在纳米颗粒定向组装领域的前期工作为基础，旨在设计结合酶和模型药物的磁性纳米颗粒载体。在没有磁场作用的情况下，粒子壳的特殊设计将提供酶和药物在生理环境中的保护。最初被粒子壳筛选的药物和酶只有在磁场打开时才会被激活，在磁场关闭后仍保持活性。当酶和药物紧密接触时，磁场脉冲会导致颗粒聚集体的形成，并且由于酶裂解将药物与颗粒结合的化学键而释放药物。提出的研究计划包括磁性纳米颗粒的合成、功能化和表征，这些纳米颗粒携带缀合酶和药物分子。它包括研究这些粒子的自组装和组装的相关生物催化活性的磁场在体外环境，模拟细胞外和细胞内的生物环境和活细胞。为了实现这一目标，研究小组将使用具有无污垢特性的亲水聚合物（聚合物刷）来设计颗粒外壳。酶和药物将嵌入并结合到聚合物外壳中。优化聚合物刷的外壳组成和分子特性，以平衡聚合物刷施加的空间排斥力和磁场中诱导的吸引偶极子-偶极子相互作用。非技术：拟议的项目将设计一个新颖、稳健、非侵入性、选择性和远程控制的药物输送系统平台，可以进一步开发用于抗癌药物、消炎药、造影剂以及组织工程和生物传感器应用的输送系统。这项工作将进一步改进磁性药物靶向，这是最具吸引力的靶向特异性药物递送的非侵入性方法之一，其中治疗药物被远程定向到病变组织。拟议的方法应减少与健康组织非特异性摄取细胞毒性药物相关的副作用，同时允许利用磁性载体的对比特性监测药物载体向病变组织及其周围的运输和分布。该研究项目将有助于教育和培养国家在先进科学技术方面的领导能力。这些影响将通过利用研究团队的跨学科环境培训下一代专业人员，并在PI教授的生物材料课程中讨论与项目相关的主题和发展来实现。吸引高中生和本科生从事科学和专业职业是计划外展的关键要素。政府将做出重大努力，增加攻读科学和工程高等学位的学生人数，尤其是来自代表性不足的群体的学生。该项目的外联部分将通过出版物、在会议上的演讲、发明、在地方和国家媒体上的出版物、与潜在工业伙伴、高中生和当地社区成员的研讨会和会议来实现。

ID: MPS/DMR/BMAT(7623) 1309469 PI: Minko, Sergiy ORG: Clarkson UniversityTitle: Remote Controlled Drug Delivery Material: Biocatalytic Mechanisms of Drug Release Triggered by a Magnetic FieldTechnical: The goal of the proposed research is to develop fundamental and practical approaches for novel non-invasive methods of target-specific drug delivery systems that explore biocatalytic mechanisms of drug release triggered by a magnetic field. Building on the previous work of the research team in the field of directed assembly of nanoparticles, this project aims at the design of magnetic nanoparticle carriers of conjugated enzymes and model drugs. The specific design of the particle shell will provide conservation of the enzymes and drugs in the physiological environment if no magnetic field is applied. The drug and the enzyme initially screened by the particle shell become activated only if the magnetic field is turned on, and remain active after the magnetic field is turned off. A magnetic field pulse will result in the formation of particle aggregates when the enzyme and the drug are in a close contact and the drug is released due to enzymatic cleavage of the chemical bond that binds the drug to the particle. The proposed research plan involves the synthesis, functionalization, and characterization of the magnetic nanoparticles that carry conjugated enzymes and drug molecules. It includes study of the self-assembly of these particles and the related biocatalytic activity of the assemblies in a magnetic field in an in vitro environment that mimics extracellular and intracellular biological environments and in living cells. To accomplish this goal, the research team will design the particle shell using hydrophilic polymers (polymer brushes) with non-fouling properties. The enzymes and drugs will be embedded into and bound to the polymer shell. The composition of the shell and molecular characteristics of the polymer brush will be optimized to balance the steric repulsive forces exerted by the polymer brushes and attractive dipole-dipole interactions induced in the magnetic field. Non-Technical: The proposed project will design a novel, robust, non-invasive, selective, and remotely controlled drug delivery system platform that can be further developed toward delivery systems for anticancer drugs, anti-inflammatories, and contrast agents as well as for tissue engineering and biosensor applications. This work will further improve magnetic drug targeting, one of the most attractive non-invasive methods for target-specific drug delivery, wherein therapeutic medicines are directed remotely to a diseased tissue. The proposed approach should reduce the side effects associated with the non-specific uptake of cytotoxic drugs by healthy tissue and simultaneously allow monitoring of the transport and distribution of drug carriers to and around the diseased tissue using the contrast properties of the magnetic carrier. The research program will contribute to both the education and growth of national leadership in advanced science and technology. These impacts will be realized by training the next generation of professionals using the interdisciplinary environment of the research team and discussing project-related topics and developments in the Biomaterials course taught by the PI. Attracting high school and undergraduate students to scientific and professional careers is a key element of the planned outreach. Significant efforts will be directed toward increasing the number of students, especially from underrepresented groups, who pursue advanced degrees in science and engineering. The outreach components of the project will be realized through publications, presentations at conferences, inventions, publication in local and national media, and seminars and meetings with potential industrial partners, high school students, and local community members.