Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 890-894.doi: 10.1007/s40242-015-5075-5

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Disulfide-crosslinked Poly(L-glutamic acid) Grafted Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles and Their Potential Application in Drug Delivery

WU Huiyong1, LI Jianhui1, WEI Junchao1, DAI Yanfeng1, PENG Zhiping1, CHEN Yiwang1, LIU Tianxi1,2   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, P. R. China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
  • Received:2015-03-02 Revised:2015-07-01 Online:2015-10-01 Published:2015-07-30
  • Contact: WEI Junchao, E-mail: weijunchao@ncu.edu.cn E-mail:weijunchao@ncu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51203073, 51463013, 51263017) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province, China(Nos.20142BAB203018, 20151BAB206011).

Abstract:

Poly(L-glutamic acid)(PLGA) was grafted onto the surface of mesoporous silica nanoparticles(MSN) via the ring opening polymerization of γ-benzyl-L-glutamate N-carboxyanhydride(BLG-NCA) and its subsequent deprotection of benzyl groups. The PLGA chains were cross-linked with cystamine, and thus forming a type of redox responsive drug delivery system(MSN-cPLGA). The structures were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectrometry(FTIR), transmission electron microscopy(TEM) and energy disperse spectrometry(EDS), demonstrating that disulfide groups existed on the surfaces of MSN-cPLGA particles. The thermal gravimetric analysis(TGA) results show that the PLGA mass fraction is about 33.4% in the MSN-cPLGA hybrid. The in vitro drug release experiments showed that the MSN-cPLGA hybrid can realize the controlled release of model drugs(5-fluorouracil) in response to redox environment. Even 0.1 mmol/L dithiothreitol(DTT) can accelerate the drug release speed, and a concentration of 10.0 mmol/L DTT is higher enough to trigger the open of cross-linked PLGA network so as to realize rapid release of drugs. All the results demonstrate that the cross-linked PLGA chains on the surface of MSN could act as efficient gatekeepers to control the on-off of the pores, showing potential application in drug delivery system.

Key words: Mesoporous silica nanoparticle, Redox responsive, Drug delivery, Surface modification, Hybrid