热磁双重响应性载药微囊的制备及其性能研究

采用LbL模板技术,将天然聚电解质壳聚糖CS和海藻酸钠ALG、磁性纳米颗粒Fe3O4或带负电荷或双亲性磷脂在单分散胶体表面进行组装,制备了一种具有热磁双重响应性的新型载药微囊.通过透射电镜、激光共聚焦显微镜、zeta-电位分析仪、紫外分光光度计等对微囊结构及载药、释药性能进行了表征.实验结果表明:微囊的载药量最高可达到22.40%,且具有磁导向作用.微囊外层组装具有热敏性质的磷脂层能有效地克服壳聚糖/海藻酸钠微囊通透性大而导致在较低温(正常生理环境)的输送过程中药物泄漏问题,而在较高温条件下又可使药物迅速释放,从而实现药物的可控释放.     

海藻酸钠和聚N-异丙基丙烯酰胺半互穿网络水凝胶的溶胀动力学研究

以海藻酸钠 (SA)和N 异丙基丙烯酰胺 (NIPAM)为原料 ,制备出具有温度敏感性的半互穿网络水凝胶 (SA PNIPAMsemi IPN) .主要研究了海藻酸钠用量、水介质温度及pH值对该凝胶溶胀速率的影响 .结果表明 ,在PNIPAM最低临界溶解温度 (LCST)以下 ,该凝胶的溶胀速率随着凝胶网络中SA组分的增加而增大 ,且溶胀速率取决于高分子链的松弛速率 ;pH对凝胶溶胀速率的影响与温度有关 ,温度对溶胀速率的影响与pH有关 .     

重金属离子敏感型聚合物胶体晶体的研究

以含有双硫键的二丙烯酰胱胺与双丙烯酰胺作为交联剂, 与单体丙烯酰胺紫外光引发聚合, 嵌入聚苯乙烯胶体晶体, 制备了聚丙烯酰胺胶体晶体水凝胶. 将水凝胶中双硫键打断形成巯基, 利用巯基可与重金属离子偶合的作用, 水凝胶体积收缩而改变胶体晶体中胶粒之间的距离, 根据胶体晶体带隙位移, 可分析水中重金属离子的浓度. 紫外可见光反射图谱表明, 胶体晶体带隙最大可蓝移约80 nm. 带隙移动与时间的关系曲线表明, 胶体晶体水凝胶对重金属离子有较好的灵敏度. 该体系可用于分析铅、锌等重金属离子.     

交联聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)/(海藻酸钠/聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺))半互穿网络水凝胶的制备及其溶胀性能

将线性聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)(PNIPAAm)和海藻酸钠(SA)分子同时引入到PNIPAAm凝胶中,制备了交联聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)/(海藻酸钠/聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺))半互穿网络(Cr-PNIPAAm/(SA/PNIPAAm)semi-IPN)水凝胶。在弱碱性条件下(pH=7.4),改变SA与线性PNIPAAm的质量比对Cr-PNIPAAm/(SA/PNIPAAm)semi-IPN水凝胶的溶胀度没有太大的影响。在酸性条件下(pH=1.0),其溶胀度随着SA与线性PNIPAAm质量比的减小而增大。由于亲水性SA与线性PNIPAAm的协同作用,Cr-PNIPAAm/(SA/PNIPAAm)semi-IPN水凝胶的消溶胀速率得到很大提高。     

羧甲基壳聚糖/海藻酸钠半互穿网络水凝胶的制备及性能研究

以羧甲基壳聚糖(CMC)和海藻酸钠(SA)为原料,京尼平(GP)为交联剂,制备具有pH敏感性的CMC/SA半互穿网络(semi-IPN)水凝胶.利用特性黏数、红外光谱对CMC/SA水凝胶的半互穿网络结构及形成机理进行了分析与表征;对水凝胶的力学性能进行了测试;探讨了pH值及交联剂含量对水凝胶溶胀性能的影响.结果表明,京尼平交联的CMC/SA水凝胶具有半互穿网络结构.当w(CMC)∶w(SA)=5∶5时,CMC/SA水凝胶的断裂强度达到最大值(59 MPa),分别比纯的CMC(40 MPa)和SA(36 MPa)提高了47.5%和63.9%;当SA含量为60%时,CMC/SA水凝胶的断裂伸长率达到最大值(13.0%).当pH3.0时,溶胀率随pH值的增大而减小,pH=3.0时,溶胀率最小(186%);当pH3.0时,溶胀率随pH值的增大而增大,pH=9.0时,溶胀率最大(886%).京尼平交联的CMC/SA半互穿网络水凝胶具有明显的pH敏感性、溶胀可逆性及对pH的快速响应性.     

聚乙烯醇/海藻酸钠互穿网络水凝胶结构与性能研究

采用天然高分子海藻酸钠(SA)与聚乙烯醇(PVA)复合,通过化学交联法制备PVA/SA互穿网络水凝胶。SA的加入减弱了PVA分子间的氢键作用,而随SA含量增加,SA分子与PVA分子间的氢键作用增强。同时凝胶网络由致密变得疏松,网孔增大,出现微相分离的"核壳"结构。由于交联后的SA与PVA分子的Tg较接近,水凝胶仅有一个Tg,两相仍为部分相容。应变及频率扫描曲线中低应变区的储能模量远大于损耗模量,其网络松弛因子n值接近0,证明该凝胶具有较完整的网络结构,并表现为弹性。适量的SA可提高凝胶的力学及溶胀性能。     

稀土离子及其配合物与磷脂脂质体的相互作用

用核磁共振(NMR)方法研究了稀土离子及其配合物与二棕榈酰磷脂酰胆碱(DPPC)和鞘磷脂(SPM)脂质体的相互作用.磷脂极性头平行于膜平面.稀土离子与磷脂极性头P—O键键合,与经典模型不同,键合后极性基团仍平行于膜平面,而不是垂直于膜平面.稳定的稀土配合物对磷脂脂双层结构影响很小.将稀土离子引入磷脂脂质体和小分子配体的混合物中,稀土首先与小分子配体配位.     

酸敏感型嵌段共聚物mPEG-acetal-PIB的合成、表征及用于构筑水凝胶敷料

利用点击化学(“Click”)反应, 成功制备了一种通过酸敏感缩醛基团键合的两亲性嵌段共聚物, 聚乙二醇单甲醚-acetal-聚异丁烯(简写为mPEG-acetal-PIB). 通过核磁共振氢谱(¹H NMR)、红外光谱(FT-IR)和凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)对聚合物的结构、分子量及分子量分布进行表征. 利用芘荧光探针法、动态激光光散射(DLS)和透射电子显微镜(TEM), 研究共聚物在水溶液中组装的临界聚集浓度(CAC), 胶束的粒径大小、分布以及形貌. 利用DLS跟踪测试聚合物胶束在酸性条件下的粒径变化, 验证mPEG-acetal-PIB的酸敏感性质. 随后, 在体系中引入α-环糊精(α-CD), 诱导形成超分子水凝胶. 利用X射线衍射(XRD)分析PEG与α-CD的包结络合作用, 流变仪测试水凝胶的凝胶化时间和黏弹性. 通过体外细胞毒性试验(MTT法)证明嵌段共聚物mPEG-acetal-PIB及水凝胶均具有良好的生物相容性. 这种水凝胶能够保持创面湿润, 具有温和的冷却作用, 并且由于其带有酸敏感基团, 能够在偏酸性环境降解, 减少炎症发生率, 在水凝胶创伤敷料中具有潜在的应用.     

直接缩聚法海藻酸钠/乳酸低聚物接枝共聚物的合成及释药性能研究

通过直接缩聚法使乳酸与海藻酸钠接枝聚合,实现了对海藻酸钠的疏水改性。结果发现,疏水改性后的海藻酸钠水溶液中出现粒径为80~110nm的颗粒,说明海藻酸钠接枝改性成功。将改性后的海藻酸钠溶液滴入到氯化钙溶液中制备成直径1.5mm左右凝胶微球。以布洛芬为药物模型进行释放研究,结果表明,所得凝胶微球对药物的载药率和包封率较改性前得到提高,缓释效果增强。药物在弱碱性溶液中释放比较快,而在酸性环境中基本不释放。利用此特点,可将共聚物制备成药物载体,用于肠道内的控制释放。     

高强度聚乙烯醇水凝胶微球的制备

以三氯甲烷/丙酮为凝固液, 用高压静电技术制备了高强度、物理交联的聚乙烯醇(PVA)水凝胶微球. 研究了凝固液组成、PVA溶液浓度、温度和湿度、电场强度、进样速度及微球冷冻次数等对PVA微球的形貌、粒径和强度的影响. 结果表明, 采用常压水蒸气控制PVA溶液温度与湿度的高压静电技术, 可克服高浓度PVA溶液在强电场下出现微丝现象, 形成的水凝胶微球具有强度高、粒径在一定范围内可控的特点.     

Preparation and characterization of PVA/SA/HA composite hydrogels for wound dressing

A composite hydrogel based on, by introducing, polyvinyl alcohol, sodium alginate, and hyaluronic acid was fabricated using CaCl₂ as a cross-linker. The physical properties including morphology, water vapor transmission rate, and hydrophilicity were investigated. All PVA/SA/HA composite hydrogels with different compositions had highly homogeneous and interconnected pores, and the morphologies of the PVA/SA/HA hydrogels ranged from fibrous structure to irregular structure with increasing content of SA. The introduction of sodium alginate enhanced the hydrophilicity and water vapor transmission capacity of the hydrogel; however, the hydrophilicity of the composite hydrogels decreased with the increasing cross-linker content.     

Stability of phospholipid vesicles studied by asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation and capillary electrophoresis

The stability of zwitterionic phosphatidylcholine vesicles in the presence of 20 mol% phosphatidyl serine (PS), phosphatidic acid (PA), phosphatidyl inositol (PI), and diacylphosphatidyl glycerol (PG) phospholipid vesicles, and cholesterol or calcium chloride was investigated by asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation (AsFlFFF). Large unilamellar vesicles (LUV, diameter 100 nm) prepared by extrusion at 25 °C were used. Phospholipid vesicles (liposomes) were stored at +4 and −18 °C over an extended period of time. Extruded egg yolk phosphatidylcholine (EPC) particle diameters at peak maximum and mean measured by AsFlFFF were 101 ± 3 nm and 122 ± 5 nm, respectively. No significant change in diameter was observed after storage at +4 °C for about 5 months. When the storage period was extended to about 8 months (250 days) larger destabilized aggregates were formed (172 and 215 nm at peak maximum and mean diameters, respectively). When EPC was stored at −18 °C, large particles with diameters of 700–800 nm were formed as a result of dehydration, aggregation, and fusion processes. In the presence of calcium chloride, EPC alone did not form large aggregates. Addition of 20 mol% of negatively charged phospholipids (PS, PA, PI, or PG) to 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) vesicles increased the electrostatic interactions between calcium ion and the vesicles and large aggregates were formed. In the presence of cholesterol, large aggregates of about 250–350 nm appeared during storage at +4 and −18 °C for more than 1 day.

The effect of liposome storage temperature on phospholipid coatings applied in capillary electrophoresis (CE) was studied by measuring the electroosmotic flow (EOF). EPC coatings with and without cholesterol, PS, or calcium chloride, prepared from liposomes stored at +25, +4, and −18 °C, were studied at 25 °C. The performances of the coatings were further evaluated with three uncharged compounds. Only minor differences were observed between the same phospholipid coatings, showing that phospholipid coatings in CE are relatively insensitive to storage at +25, +4 °C or −18 °C.     

基于Pickering乳液的磁性高强水凝胶的制备及性能表征

合成了一种磁性Fe3O4纳米颗粒稳定的水包油(O/W)Pickering乳液并以其作为交联剂,在适宜条件下引发单体丙烯酰胺聚合来制备了一种新型的磁性高强复合水凝胶.采用X射线衍射(XRD)及场发射扫描电子显微镜(SEM)分别对磁性Fe3O4纳米颗粒和复合水凝胶的结构进行了表征,结果表明Pickering乳胶粒子较均匀地分布在复合凝胶网络中.溶胀性能测试及溶胀动力学分析表明复合水凝胶具有良好的溶胀性能,能够吸收自身干重100倍左右的水,其溶胀过程不遵循Fickian扩散模型;拉伸测试表明该水凝胶具有优异的力学性能,其拉伸强度能够达到150 kPa左右,断裂伸长率能够达到300%左右,并且当其承受的应力释放后能快速地恢复到初始形态.磁性能测试的结果显示该水凝胶具有良好的磁性.     

Hybrid Vesicles Enable Mechano-Responsive Hydrogel Degradation

Stimuli-responsive hydrogels are intriguing biomimetic materials. Previous efforts to develop mechano-responsive hydrogels have mostly relied on chemical modifications of the hydrogel structures. Here, we present a simple, generalizable strategy that confers mechano-responsive behavior on hydrogels. Our approach involves embedding hybrid vesicles, composed of phospholipids and amphiphilic block copolymers, within the hydrogel matrix to act as signal transducers. Under mechanical stress, these vesicles undergo deformation and rupture, releasing encapsulated compounds that can control the hydrogel network. To demonstrate this concept, we embedded vesicles containing ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid (EGTA), a calcium chelator, into a calcium-crosslinked alginate hydrogel. When compressed, the released EGTA sequesters calcium ions and degrades the hydrogel. This study provides a novel method for engineering mechano-responsive hydrogels that may be useful in various biomedical applications.     

Determination of metals in phospholipids by atomic-absorption spectrophotometry

A procedure is described for the determination of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium and manganese in phospholipids by atomic-absorption spectrophotometry. The method uses a solution of phospholipid in isopentyl acetate; phosphate interference is controlled by the addition of aqueous lanthanum chloride solution homogenized with ethanol. Standards are prepared in a similar solvent mixture. A comparison between the described method and that of standard additions show it to be free of phospholipid matrix effects.     

纳米图案化高分子凝胶的制备

A new method was proposed to prepare binary composite colloidal crystal hydrogels by interlocking the as-prepared polystyrene/sulfonated polystyrene core/shell colloidal crystal hydrogel with a second responsive gel. The shell thickness thus the core size were synchronously controlled by altering the sulfonation time and temperature. The proper monomers were radically polymerized forming the second gel within the first gel network. The composition and structure were confirmed. Nanopatterued hydrogel including porous bulk hydrogels and surface patterned hydrogels were derived by properly treating the binary composite hydrogels. Specially, some typical patterns such as arrays of “nano-bowls” ,arrays of “nano-ribbons” and “nano-mask” were achieved by changing the treatment method such as by immersion in the solvent, after solvent evaporation from the sample surface during high rate rotation. This work provides a method to prepare nanopatterued hydrogels.     

A Spray‐Filming Self‐Healing Hydrogel Fabricated from Modified Sodium Alginate and Gelatin as a Bacterial Barrier

Self‐healing hydrogels as wound dressings still face challenges in infection prevention, especially in the dressing of mass wounds, due to their inflexibility and the slow formation of the protective film on the wound. Therefore, designing a spray‐filming (rapid‐forming) hydrogel that can serve as a bacterial barrier is of particular significance in the development of wound dressings. Here, a self‐healing hydrogel based on adipic acid dihydrazide‐modified gelatin (Gel‐ADH) and monoaldehyde‐modified sodium alginate(SA‐mCHO) is prepared. Using dynamic, Schiff base bonds, the hydrogels exhibit excellent self‐healing properties. Moreover, the gelation time of SA‐mCHO/Gel‐ADH (SG) hydrogels is shortened to 2–21 s, resulting in rapid filming by spraying the two precursor solutions. In addition, the rapid spray‐filming ability might offer sufficient flexibility and rapidity for dealing with mass and irregular wounds. Notably, the bacterial barrier experiments show that the SG hydrogel films could form an effective barrier to Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans for 12 h. Therefore, SG hydrogels could be used in wound dressings and they show great promise in applications associated with mass and irregular traumas.     

A controlled-release strategy for the generation of cross-linked hydrogel microstructures

Microscale hydrogels of controlled sizes and shapes are useful for cell-based screening, in vitro diagnostics, tissue engineering, and drug delivery. However, the rapid cross-linking of many chemically and pH cross-linkable hydrogel materials prevents the application of existing micromolding techniques. In this work we present a method for fabricating micromolded calcium alginate and chitosan structures through controlled release of the gelling agent from a hydrogel mold. Replica molding was employed to generate patterned membranes, whereas microtransfer molding was used to produce microparticles of controlled shapes. To explore the viability of this technique for producing complex tissue engineering micro-architectures, this approach was used to generate cell-laden size- and shape-controlled 3D microgels as well as composite hydrogels with well-defined spatially segregated regions. In addition, shape-controlled microstructures that can exhibit differential release properties were loaded with macromolecules to verify the potential of this approach for drug delivery applications.     

Nanometre-sized molecular oxygen sensors prepared from polymer stabilized phospholipid vesicles

Nanometre-sized, chemically-stabilized phospholipid vesicle sensors have been developed for detection of dissolved molecular oxygen. Sensors were prepared by forming 150 nm phospholipid vesicles from 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC) or DOPC doped with small (<1%) mole percentages of 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanol amine-N-(7-nitro-2-1,3-benzoxadiazol-4-yl) (NBD-PE). Sensors were stabilized via cross-linking polymerization of hydrophobic methacrylate monomers partitioned into the hydrophobic interior of the DOPC bilayer. The resultant unilamellar, nanometre-sized, polymer-lipid vesicles are spherical, biocompatible and protect sensing components that are loaded into the aqueous interior of the vesicle from interfering species in the exterior environment. For O(2) detection, the oxygen-sensitive fluorescent dye, tris(1,10-phenanthroline)ruthenium(II) chloride (Ru(phen)(3)) was encapsulated into the aqueous interior of the polymerized phospholipid vesicle. NBD-PE was introduced into the phospholipid bilayer of the sensor as a reference dye, allowing ratiometric sensors to be constructed. The resultant sensors show high sensitivity, excellent reversibility and excellent linearity over a physiological range of dissolved oxygen concentrations. These results suggest that polymerized phospholipid vesicle sensors can be used for monitoring intracellular O(2) dynamics.     

Asymmetric distribution of phosphatidyl serine in supported phospholipid bilayers on titanium dioxide

Supported phospholipid bilayers (SPBs) are useful for studying cell adhesion, cell-cell interactions, protein-lipid interactions, protein crystallization, and applications in biosensor and biomaterial areas. We have recently reported that SPBs could be formed on titanium dioxide, an important biomaterial, from vesicles containing anionic phospholipid phosphatidyl serine (PS) in the presence of calcium. Here, we show that the mobility of the fluorescently labeled PS present in these bilayers is severely restricted, whereas that of the zwitterionic phosphatidyl choline is not affected. Removal of calcium alleviated the restriction on the mobility of PS. Both components were found to be mobile in SPBs of identical compositions prepared in the presence of calcium on silica. To explain these results, we propose that, on TiO2, PS is trapped in the proximal leaflet of the bilayers. This proposal is supported by the results of protein adsorption experiments carried out on bilayers containing various amounts of PS prepared on silica and titania.