Department of Smart Green Technology Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, South Korea.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, South Korea.
Carbohydr Polym. 2021 May 15;260:117812. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.117812. Epub 2021 Feb 24.
A dual pH-/thermo-responsive hydrogel was designed based on a polyelectrolyte complex of polyacrylic acid (PAA) and norbornene-functionalized chitosan (CsNb), which was synergized with chemical crosslinking using bistetrazine-poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) (bisTz-PNIPAM). The thermo-responsive polymeric crosslinker, bisTz-PNIPAM, was synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation transfer polymerization of NIPAM. FTIR, XRD, rheological and morphological analyses demonstrated the successful formation of the polyelectrolyte network. The highly porous structure generated through the in-situ "click" reaction between Tz and Nb resulted in a higher drug loading (29.35 %). The hydrogel (COOH/NH mole ratio of 3:1) exhibited limited drug release (8.5 %) of 5-ASA at a pH of 2.2, but it provided an almost complete release (92 %) at pH 7.4 and 37 °C within 48 h due to the pH responsiveness of PAA, hydrogel porosity, and shrinkage behavior of PNIPAM. The hydrogels were biodegradable and non-toxic against human fibroblast cells, suggesting their considerable potential for a colon-targeted drug delivery system.
设计了一种基于聚丙烯酸(PAA)和降冰片烯功能化壳聚糖(CsNb)的聚电解质复合物的双 pH-/温度响应水凝胶,该水凝胶通过双四嗪-聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)(bisTz-PNIPAM)的化学交联协同作用得到增强。温敏性聚合物交联剂 bisTz-PNIPAM 通过 NIPAM 的可逆加成-断裂链转移聚合合成。FTIR、XRD、流变和形态分析证明了聚电解质网络的成功形成。Tz 和 Nb 之间的原位“点击”反应产生的高度多孔结构导致更高的药物负载(29.35%)。水凝胶(COOH/NH 摩尔比为 3:1)在 pH 2.2 时仅释放 5-ASA 的有限药物(8.5%),但在 pH 7.4 和 37°C 下在 48 小时内几乎完全释放(92%),这归因于 PAA 的 pH 响应性、水凝胶的多孔性和 PNIPAM 的收缩行为。水凝胶可生物降解且对人成纤维细胞无毒,表明其在结肠靶向药物递送系统方面具有很大的潜力。