Volume 88A, Issue 3 pp. 814-822

Thermo-triggered and biotinylated biotin-P(NIPAAm-co-HMAAm)-b-PMMA micelles for controlled drug release

Cheng Cheng

Cheng Cheng

Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education & Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China

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Hua Wei

Hua Wei

Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education & Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China

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Xian-Zheng Zhang

Corresponding Author

Xian-Zheng Zhang

Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education & Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China

Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education & Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of ChinaSearch for more papers by this author
Si-Xue Cheng

Si-Xue Cheng

Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education & Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China

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Ren-Xi Zhuo

Ren-Xi Zhuo

Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education & Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China

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First published: 23 April 2008
Citations: 28

Abstract

Thermosensitive and biotinylated biotin-poly (N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N-hydroxymethylacrylamide)-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) (biotin-P(NIPAAm-co-HMAAm)-b-PMMA) block copolymers were designed and synthesized. The conjugation of biotin molecule with the copolymer as well as the capability of easily functionalizing with ligands for pretargeting approach of the biotinylated multifunctional drug carrier was confirmed by a novel method called capillary electrophoresis immunoassay (CEIA) based on enhanced chemiluminescence (CL) detection. The biotin-P(NIPAAm-co-HMAAm)-b-PMMA copolymer was capable of self-assembling into nanometer-sized micelle. The anticancer drug methotrexate (MTX), used as a model drug, was loaded in the self-assembled micelles and the thermo-triggered release behavior of MTX was investigated. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res, 2009

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