PMID- 36241333 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221018 LR - 20221018 IS - 1879-1344 (Electronic) IS - 0144-8617 (Linking) VI - 298 DP - 2022 Dec 15 TI - The design of multi-responsive nanohydrogel networks of chitosan for controlled drug delivery. PG - 120143 LID - S0144-8617(22)01048-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120143 [doi] AB - High swelling hydrogel networks (HSHNs) are materials with the ability to high swelling and outstanding candidates for sustained drug delivery systems (DDSs). The present paper demonstrates three different chitosan nanohydrogel networks (CNHN I-III) prepared through covalent and non-covalent interactions. These hydrogels have a high swelling ratio (up to 38-fold their dry weight) in various conditions. Two types of these hydrogels (CNHN I and II), swelled rapidly in an acidic environment, were able to successfully load an extraordinary amount (up to 95 %) of a model drug doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX.HCl) at a 1:1 ratio (wt./wt.). The CNHN III had substantial swelling in pH 7.4, with a loading capacity of 92 % 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) at a 1:1 ratio (wt./wt.). The CNHN I and II have been considered for systemic drug delivery, while the CNHN III is one of the best candidates for oral drug delivery. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Omrani, Mohsen AU - Omrani M AD - Research Laboratory of Green Organic Synthesis & Polymers, Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, 16846-13114 Tehran, Iran. FAU - Naimi-Jamal, M Reza AU - Naimi-Jamal MR AD - Research Laboratory of Green Organic Synthesis & Polymers, Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, 16846-13114 Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: naimi@iust.ac.ir. FAU - Far, Bahareh Farasati AU - Far BF AD - Research Laboratory of Green Organic Synthesis & Polymers, Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, 16846-13114 Tehran, Iran. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220923 PL - England TA - Carbohydr Polym JT - Carbohydrate polymers JID - 8307156 RN - 0 (Drug Carriers) RN - 0 (Hydrogels) RN - 80168379AG (Doxorubicin) RN - 9012-76-4 (Chitosan) RN - U3P01618RT (Fluorouracil) SB - IM MH - *Chitosan MH - Doxorubicin MH - Drug Carriers MH - Drug Delivery Systems MH - Drug Liberation MH - Fluorouracil MH - Hydrogels MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration OTO - NOTNLM OT - Covalent and non-covalent interactions OT - Ionic H-bond OT - Multi-responsive nanohydrogel networks OT - Oral drug delivery OT - Systemic drug delivery COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2022/10/15 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/19 06:00 CRDT- 2022/10/14 21:04 PHST- 2022/05/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/09/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/09/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/10/14 21:04 [entrez] PHST- 2022/10/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/19 06:00 [medline] AID - S0144-8617(22)01048-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120143 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Carbohydr Polym. 2022 Dec 15;298:120143. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120143. Epub 2022 Sep 23.