Issue 23, 2009

The self-aggregation behaviour of amphotericin B-loaded polyrotaxane-based triblock copolymers and their hemolytic evaluation

Abstract

As part of our continuing research work, studies toward the self-aggregation behaviour of amphiphilic triblock copolymers containing β-CD-Pluronic F127 polyrotaxane as a central block and hydrophilic brush-like PPEGMA as flanking blocks in aqueous solution were conducted by using dynamic and static light scattering (DLS and SLS) analyses and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). These self-aggregates are characterized by a unique random coil structure. Their hydrodynamic radius (Rh) and radius of gyration (Rg) decrease as the number of the entrapped β-CD molecules increases, while the core of the random coils becomes looser due to the increase of the rigidity and steric hindrance of the brush-like polymer chains. Interestingly, it was observed that the morphology of the aggregates changes greatly after loading amphotericin B (AmB). According to the DLS/SLS and TEM results, it was speculated that a solid sphere is formed, and that the density of spheres increases as the number of entrapped β-CDs increases. For these self-aggregates, as the number of entrapped β-CDs increases, their drug-loading content (DLC) and drug-loading efficiency (DLE) for AmB increases, while their hemolytic activity against rabbit erythrocytes decreases. It appears that the multiple hydrogen-bonding interactions between AmB and the entrapped β-CDs make a significant contribution to the morphology change of the self-aggregates and their high loading capability for AmB.

Graphical abstract: The self-aggregation behaviour of amphotericin B-loaded polyrotaxane-based triblock copolymers and their hemolytic evaluation

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Jul 2009
Accepted
07 Sep 2009
First published
01 Oct 2009

Soft Matter, 2009,5, 4797-4803

The self-aggregation behaviour of amphotericin B-loaded polyrotaxane-based triblock copolymers and their hemolytic evaluation

X. Zhang, F. Ke, J. Han, L. Ye, D. Liang, A. Zhang and Z. Feng, Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 4797 DOI: 10.1039/B914664D

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