Kang Guiying, Lu Muxin, Zhou Kang, Yu Cuiyun, Wei Hua
College of Chemical engineering and Technology, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui 741001, China.
China PetroChina Lanzhou Lubricating Oil R & D Institute, Lanzhou 730060, China.
Molecules. 2025 Jan 29;30(3):599. doi: 10.3390/molecules30030599.
There is relatively little research on cyclic amphiphilic block polymers, having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic segments placed in the ring and thus resulting in a higher degree of topological restriction, as drug vehicles. Cyclic amphiphilic binary block polymer is synthesized by the click coupling reaction of bimolecular homodifunctional precursors. The results indicate that cyclization between linear polymer precursors is successful if the trace linear by-products generated are ignored, which also suggests that the small molecule bifunctional terminating agent applied in traditional bimolecular homodifunctional ring-closure process can be extended to large molecule. Moreover, the study on the self-assembly behavior of polymers shows that, compared with linear counterparts, the stability and drug loading capacity of micelles based on the resultant cyclic polymer are not significantly improved due to the influence of topological structure and linear impurities. Nevertheless, drug loaded micelles formed by the obtained cyclic polymers still exhibit superior cellular uptake ability. It can be seen that topological effects do play an irreplaceable role in the application performance of polymers. Therefore, the construction and synthesis of cyclic and its derivative polymers with moderate topological confinement and high purity may be a key direction for future exploration of polymer drug delivery carriers.
作为药物载体,对环状两亲性嵌段聚合物的研究相对较少。这种聚合物的亲水和疏水链段位于环中,因此具有更高程度的拓扑限制。环状两亲性二元嵌段聚合物是通过双分子同双功能前体的点击偶联反应合成的。结果表明,如果忽略生成的痕量线性副产物,线性聚合物前体之间的环化是成功的,这也表明传统双分子同双功能闭环过程中使用的小分子双功能封端剂可以扩展到大分子。此外,对聚合物自组装行为的研究表明,与线性对应物相比,由于拓扑结构和线性杂质的影响,基于所得环状聚合物的胶束的稳定性和载药量没有显著提高。然而,由所得环状聚合物形成的载药胶束仍表现出优异的细胞摄取能力。可以看出,拓扑效应在聚合物的应用性能中确实起着不可替代的作用。因此,构建和合成具有适度拓扑限制和高纯度的环状及其衍生物聚合物可能是未来聚合物药物递送载体探索的关键方向。