Data Entry: Please note that the research database will be replaced by UNIverse by the end of October 2023. Please enter your data into the system https://universe-intern.unibas.ch. Thanks
Towards Targeted Drug Delivery by Covalent Ligand-Modified Polymeric Nanocontainers
Journal
Macromolecular Symposia
Volume
296
Pages / Article-Number
278-285
Keywords
block copolymers, drug delivery systems, fluorescence, functionalization of polymers, nanoparticles
Abstract
Here we present a novel strategy for specific cellular targeting of polymeric nanocontainers by using self-assembly of block copolymers consisting of either Polydimethoxysiloxane-b-Polymethyloxazoline-b-Polydimethoxysiloxane (PDMS-b-PMOXA-b-PDMS) or functionalized PDMS-b-PMOXA-b-PDMS. Covalent functionalization of the above copolymer was accomplished using either the fluorescent dye sulforhodamine B or a poly-guanosin ligand, the latter by using the Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddn. The success of the covalent modification of the block copolymer has been detd. by studying functionalized sulforhodamine B by NMR and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. The covalent click chem. approach leads to efficiently functionalized polymeric nanocontainers which enables specific uptake by activated macrophages overexpressing the scavenger receptor A1. [on SciFinder(R)]