PMID- 20121262 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100908 LR - 20100526 IS - 1520-5827 (Electronic) IS - 0743-7463 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 11 DP - 2010 Jun 1 TI - Controlling the particle size of interpolymer complexes through host-guest interaction for drug delivery. PG - 9011-6 LID - 10.1021/la9048133 [doi] AB - A new method to adjust the particle size of interpolymer complexes has been developed by introduction of host-guest interaction into the dilute aqueous solution of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG). Because of the cooperative hydrogen-bonding interaction, PAA can form the interpolymer complexes with PEG. Putting beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) into dilute PAA/PEG aqueous solution, the competition between host-guest and hydrogen-bonding interactions happens. The beta-CD/PAA/PEG ternary systems have been well characterized by ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy (UV-vis), dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), diffusion NMR spectroscopy, attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR), and solid-state (13)C NMR spectroscopy. The results indicate that the hydrophobic cavity of beta-CD is threaded by linear polymers so that the hydrophilicity of PAA/PEG interpolymer complexes is improved greatly. Adjusting the amounts of beta-CD, the particle size of the interpolymer complexes can be readily controlled. The low cytotoxicity of various beta-CD/PAA/PEG ternary complexes has been confirmed using the MTT assay in COS-7 cell line. Doxorubicin (DOX), an anticancer drug, has been encapsulated into the beta-CD/PAA/PEG ternary complexes. The DOX-loaded beta-CD/PAA/PEG ternary complexes have been analyzed by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), flow cytometry analysis, and the MTT assay against human cervical carcinoma cell (Hela). The results indicate that beta-CD/PAA/PEG ternary complexes with controlled particle size could be used as safe and promising drug carriers. FAU - Chen, Yan AU - Chen Y AD - School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China. FAU - Pang, Yan AU - Pang Y FAU - Wu, Jieli AU - Wu J FAU - Su, Yue AU - Su Y FAU - Liu, Jinyao AU - Liu J FAU - Wang, Ruibin AU - Wang R FAU - Zhu, Bangshang AU - Zhu B FAU - Yao, Yefeng AU - Yao Y FAU - Yan, Deyue AU - Yan D FAU - Zhu, Xinyuan AU - Zhu X FAU - Chen, Qun AU - Chen Q LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Langmuir JT - Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids JID - 9882736 RN - 0 (Polymers) SB - IM MH - *Drug Delivery Systems MH - Microscopy, Electron, Transmission MH - Particle Size MH - Polymers/*chemistry MH - Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared EDAT- 2010/02/04 06:00 MHDA- 2010/09/09 06:00 CRDT- 2010/02/04 06:00 PHST- 2010/02/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/02/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/09/09 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/la9048133 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Langmuir. 2010 Jun 1;26(11):9011-6. doi: 10.1021/la9048133.