PMID- 37947780 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231217 IS - 1520-5827 (Electronic) IS - 0743-7463 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 46 DP - 2023 Nov 21 TI - Formation of Polyion Complex Aggregate Formed from a Cationic Block Copolymer and Anionic Polysaccharide. PG - 16484-16493 LID - 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02404 [doi] AB - Block copolymers (P(m)M(n); P(20)M(101) and P(100)M(98)) comprising poly(2-(methacryloyloxy)ethylphosphorylcholine) (PMPC, P) containing biocompatible phosphorylcholin pendants and cationic poly((3-acryloylaminopropyl) trimethylammonium chloride) (PMAPTAC, M) were synthesized via a controlled radical polymerization method. The degrees of polymerization of the PMPC and PMAPTAC segments are denoted by subscripts (P(m)M(n)). The mixture of cationic P(m)M(n) and anionic sodium chondroitin sulfate C (CS) with the pendant anionic carboxylate and sulfonate groups formed polyion complex (PIC) aggregates in phosphate-buffered saline. A charge-neutralized mixture of P(20)M(101) with CS formed P(20)M(101)/CS PIC vesicles with a hydrodynamic radius (R(h)) of 97.2 nm, zeta potential of ca. 0 mV, and aggregation number (N(agg)) of 23,044. PMPC shells covered the surface of the PIC vesicles. The mixture of P(100)M(98) and CS formed PIC spherical micelles with the PIC core and hydrophilic PMPC shells. The R(h), zeta potential, and N(agg) of the PIC micelles were 26.4 nm, ca. 0 mV, and 404, respectively. At pH < 4, the carboxylate anions in CS were protonated. Thus, the charge balance in the PIC micelles shifted to decrease the core density owing to the electrostatic repulsions of the excess cations in the core. The PIC micelles dissociated at a NaCl concentration >/=0.6 M owing to the charge screening effect. The positively charged PIC micelles with excess P(100)M(98) can encapsulate anionic dyes owing to electrostatic interaction. FAU - Ogata, Kazushi AU - Ogata K AD - Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2280, Japan. FAU - Hashizume, Mineo AU - Hashizume M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8162-5173 AD - Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan. FAU - Takahashi, Rintaro AU - Takahashi R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2168-9436 AD - Department of Energy Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan. FAU - Hamaguchi, Tasuku AU - Hamaguchi T AD - Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan. FAU - Jinnai, Hiroshi AU - Jinnai H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3400-1928 AD - Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan. FAU - Yusa, Shin-Ichi AU - Yusa SI AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2838-5200 AD - Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2280, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231110 PL - United States TA - Langmuir JT - Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids JID - 9882736 SB - IM EDAT- 2023/11/10 12:45 MHDA- 2023/11/10 12:46 CRDT- 2023/11/10 10:33 PHST- 2023/11/10 12:46 [medline] PHST- 2023/11/10 12:45 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/11/10 10:33 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02404 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Langmuir. 2023 Nov 21;39(46):16484-16493. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02404. Epub 2023 Nov 10.