Abstract:
Firstly, using hepta(6-azido-6-deoxy)-
β-cyclodextrin and butyl-3-ynyl-
β-
d-galactoside as the raw material, galactose-
β-cyclodextrin (Gal
7-CD) with liver-targeting function was synthesized by Click reaction. Secondly, using cystamine dihydrochloride and octadecanoic acid as the raw material, cystamine octadecyl amide (NH
2-SS-SA) was obtained through amino protection, acylation reaction and deprotection reaction. Next, adamantyl polyethylene glycol amine (Ad-PEG
1000-NH
2) was synthesized by using the acylation reaction of adamantanecarboxylic acid and amino polyethylene glycol, and then, which reacted with succinic anhydride to obtain adamantyl polyethylene glycol succinic acid (Ad-PEG
1000-COOH). Then NH
2-SS-SA reacted with Ad-PEG
1000-COOH to obtain adamantyl polyethylene glycol amine octadecanamide (Ad-PEG
1000-SS-C
18). Finally, using dialysis method, Gal
7-CD and Ad-PEG
1000-SS-C
18 self-assembled to form amphiphilic polymer through host-guest self-assembly, and then form polymer micelle (Gal
7-SS-C
18). Doxorubicin (DOX) was then used as a model drug to incorporate into Gal
7-SS-C
18 micelles. The particle size of polymer micelles and drug-loaded polymer micelles were determined by dynamic light scattering (DLS) to be (169.2±1.3) nm and (177.9±3.0) nm, respectively. The drug-loading capacity of the drug-loaded polymer micelles was measured by UV-Vis spectrophotometer to be (21.2±0.7)% and the encapsulation efficiency was (71.1±0.5)%. In the
in vitro release experiment, the cumulative release of drug-loaded polymer micelles was lower in the simulated normal physiological environment of PBS, while the cumulative DOX release reached 82.38% within 48 h in the simulated tumor reduction microenvironment of PBS. The cytotoxicity and antitumor activity of polymer micelles were evaluated by using liver cancer cells (HepG2) and normal tissue cells (HEK-293) as cell models. The research results show that the polymer micelles have good biocompatibility. The drug-loaded polymer micelles show good targeting and controllable release properties, which have better tumor inhibition ability than free DOX.