PMID- 33423477 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210114 IS - 2373-9878 (Electronic) IS - 2373-9878 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 12 DP - 2019 Dec 9 TI - Crystal-Seeded Growth of pH-Responsive Metal-Organic Frameworks for Enhancing Encapsulation, Stability, and Bioactivity of Hydrophobicity Compounds. PG - 6581-6589 LID - 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b01070 [doi] AB - Zeolitic imidazolate framework-L (ZIF-L) could effectively improve the stability, controlled release, and anticancer activity of natural hydrophobicity drugs in drug delivery systems (DDSs). A simple and universal strategy was developed to prepare the curcumin-loaded ZIF-L (CCM@ZIF-L) by the antisolvent coprecipitation method, which was different from the traditional approaches. The microcrystal molecules of curcumin were used as the core of ZIF-L growth to form CCM@ZIF-L, which has a very high drug encapsulation efficiency of 98.21% and a regular leaf or cruciate flower-like structure. The formation of CCM@ZIF-L with a distinct composite structure was supported by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier-transform infrared, powder X-ray diffraction, and zeta-potential. Because of the protective effect of ZIF-L, CCM@ZIF-L exhibited excellent stability and about a 5-fold increase in temperature stability over free curcumin. CCM@ZIF-L exhibited controlled drug release behavior in simulated in vitro tumor microenvironments (almost 81.2% drug release over a period of 72 h). Furthermore, confocal laser scanning microscopy results and cytotoxicity experiments confirmed that the encapsulated curcumin showed a significant improvement in cellular uptake and anticancer activity against A549 cancer cells. Moreover, the curcumin encapsulated in ZIF-L exhibited remarkable cellular antioxidant activity based on MGC-803 cell models. This work presents a novel approach to solve the drug loading problem by employing ZIF-L and exhibits enormous potential of ZIF-L as an effective DDS in cancer treatments. FAU - Liu, Zexun AU - Liu Z AD - State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China. FAU - Wu, Qiao AU - Wu Q AD - State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China. FAU - He, Jie AU - He J AD - State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China. FAU - Vriesekoop, Frank AU - Vriesekoop F AD - Department of Food Technology and Innovation, Harper Adams University, Newport TF10 8NB, Shropshire, England. FAU - Liang, Hao AU - Liang H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4799-882X AD - State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191126 PL - United States TA - ACS Biomater Sci Eng JT - ACS biomaterials science & engineering JID - 101654670 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - ZIF-L OT - cancer treatment OT - drug delivery OT - microcrystal of curcumin OT - pH-responsive EDAT- 2019/12/09 00:00 MHDA- 2019/12/09 00:01 CRDT- 2021/01/11 05:22 PHST- 2021/01/11 05:22 [entrez] PHST- 2019/12/09 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/09 00:01 [medline] AID - 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b01070 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2019 Dec 9;5(12):6581-6589. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.9b01070. Epub 2019 Nov 26.