PMID- 32261810 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200408 IS - 2050-7518 (Electronic) IS - 2050-750X (Linking) VI - 2 IP - 38 DP - 2014 Oct 14 TI - Mesoporous organosilica hybrids with a tunable amphoteric framework for controlled drug delivery. PG - 6487-6499 LID - 10.1039/c4tb00808a [doi] AB - The chemical conversion of nitrile groups integrated in the pore wall frameworks of mesoporous organosilica hybrids (MSHs) into either carboxylic acid groups or amine groups by an acid or base hydrolysis method without altering the mesostructural order is suggested. By this approach, bifunctional derivatives could be produced in the silica pore walls. The nitrile groups integrated covalently into the pore walls of the mesoporous organosilica hybrids were converted to reactive functionalities, such as carboxylic acid (-COOH) or amine (-NH(2)) groups, by treatment with H(2)SO(4) or LiAlH(4) as the catalytic reagents. This facile approach allows the production of high amounts of either -COOH groups (3.26 mmol g(-1)) or amine (-NH(2)) groups (4.13 mmol g(-1)) into the pore walls of the mesoporous organosilica hybrids. The synthesised materials were characterised by X-ray diffraction, N(2) sorption isotherms, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and solid state (13)C cross-polarization magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (CP MAS NMR). Owing to the presence of hydrophilic basic diurea functional groups and -COOH or -NH(2) derivatives in the pore walls, the obtained samples could behave like bifunctional materials. The mesoporous organosilica hybrids with chemically derivatised carboxylic acid groups or amine functionalities in the pore wall frameworks were found to be suitable drug carriers for the controlled delivery of both hydrophilic (for example, 5-FU) and hydrophobic (e.g. IBU) drugs under an intracellular environment. The biocompatibility of the synthesised materials was also evaluated using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. The cellular uptake was monitored by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). These results show that the synthesised materials have potential use as efficient carriers for drug delivery applications. FAU - Moorthy, Madhappan Santha AU - Moorthy MS AD - Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea. csha@pnu.edu. FAU - Park, Ji-Hye AU - Park JH FAU - Bae, Jae-Ho AU - Bae JH FAU - Kim, Sun-Hee AU - Kim SH FAU - Ha, Chang-Sik AU - Ha CS LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20140820 PL - England TA - J Mater Chem B JT - Journal of materials chemistry. B JID - 101598493 SB - IM EDAT- 2014/10/14 00:00 MHDA- 2014/10/14 00:01 CRDT- 2020/04/09 06:00 PHST- 2020/04/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/10/14 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/10/14 00:01 [medline] AID - 10.1039/c4tb00808a [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Mater Chem B. 2014 Oct 14;2(38):6487-6499. doi: 10.1039/c4tb00808a. Epub 2014 Aug 20.