scholarly journals Dual-Responsive Alginate Hydrogel Constructed by Sulfhdryl Dendrimer as an Intelligent System for Drug Delivery

Molecules ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 281
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Dongyu Lei ◽  
Jiaojiao Zhang ◽  
Lu Xu ◽  
Jiashan Li ◽  
...  

Intelligent stimulus-triggered release and high drug-loading capacity are crucial requirements for drug delivery systems in cancer treatment. Based on the excessive intracellular GSH expression and pH conditions in tumor cells, a novel glutathione (GSH) and pH dual-responsive hydrogel was designed and synthesized by conjugates of glutamic acid-cysteine dendrimer with alginate (Glu-Cys-SA) through click reaction, and then cross-linked with polyethylene glycol (PEG) through hydrogen bonds to form a 3D-net structure. The hydrogel, self-assembled by the inner disulfide bonds of the dendrimer, is designed to respond to the GSH heterogeneity in tumors, with a remarkably high drug loading capacity. The Dox-loaded Glu-Cys-SA hydrogel showed controlled drug release behavior, significantly with a release rate of over 76% in response to GSH. The cytotoxicity investigation indicated that the prepared DOX-loaded hydrogel exhibited comparable anti-tumor activity against HepG-2 cells with positive control. These biocompatible hydrogels are expected to be well-designed GSH and pH dual-sensitive conjugates or polymers for efficient anticancer drug delivery.

2019 ◽  
Vol 233 ◽  
pp. 230-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-li Lu ◽  
Wen-ya Xiong ◽  
Jun-bin Ma ◽  
Tian-fang Gao ◽  
Si-yuan Peng ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (61) ◽  
pp. 35566-35578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhankar Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Hanitrarimalala Veroniaina ◽  
Tadious Chimombe ◽  
Lidong Han ◽  
Wu Zhenghong ◽  
...  

Protean mesoporous silica nanoparticles are propitious candidates over decades for nanoscale drug delivery systems due to their unique characteristics, including changeable pore size, mesoporosity, high drug loading capacity and biodegradability.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (105) ◽  
pp. 103399-103411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuan-Wei Sun ◽  
Ying-Jie Zhu ◽  
Feng Chen ◽  
Chao Qi ◽  
Bing-Qiang Lu ◽  
...  

The as-prepared yolk–shell porous nanospheres of SPIO@MS exhibit a high drug loading capacity, and a sustained and pH-responsive drug release behaviour.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (21) ◽  
pp. 3898-3906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Gang Zhang ◽  
Ying-Jie Zhu ◽  
Feng Chen ◽  
Tuan-Wei Sun

The composite scaffold comprising ultralong hydroxyapatite microtubes and chitosan with high drug loading capacity and sustained drug release properties has been successfully prepared.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (29) ◽  
pp. 4747-4755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongjian Xie ◽  
Dou Wang ◽  
Taojian Fan ◽  
Chenyang Xing ◽  
Zhongjun Li ◽  
...  

Black phosphorus analogue tin sulfide nanosheets as photothermal and drug delivery agents with high drug loading capacity for cancer therapy.


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