聚乙二醇相对分子质量及用量对温敏型PCL-PEG-PCL水凝胶的制备及释药性研究

采用开环聚合法制备PCL-PEG-PCL共聚物,并将其制成温敏性水凝胶,探究了PEG(聚乙二醇)相对分子质量及质量浓度对水凝胶温敏性的影响.水凝胶的相变温度由翻转小瓶法测定.通过FTIR、热分析仪和SEM等技术对其组成及结构进行表征.以疏水性姜黄素(Cur)为模型药物,制备出载Cur PCL-PEG-PCL水凝胶,并研究其体外释药行为.FTIR结果表明:实验制备的共聚物中含有PCL和PEG的链段.热分析结果表明:在25℃~65℃内水凝胶存在相变过程.SEM结果表明:水凝胶剖面具有疏松多孔.体外释药结果表明:PCL-PEG-PCL水凝胶对Cur具有缓释作用,释药机理符合Higuchi骨架溶蚀模型.     

载万古霉素PLGA-PEG-PLGA温度敏感水凝胶的体外抗菌性能

利用聚乙二醇（PEG 1500）引发乙交酯和D,L-丙交酯开环共聚合制备聚丙交酯乙交酯（PLGA）三嵌段共聚物（PLGA-PEG-PLGA）温敏水凝胶材料,并通过核磁共振氢谱（¹H NMR）确定产物的结构及组成.应用倒置小瓶法测量得到不同浓度下PLGA-PEG-PLGA水凝胶的溶胶-凝胶相变温度为27~32℃.此外,体外降解实验及细胞毒性实验结果表明,质量分数为25%的水凝胶有满意的降解速度及良好的生物相容性.同时,利用紫外-可见光谱分析了载万古霉素水凝胶的体外药物释放行为,结果表明,万古霉素可以持续释放12 d.抗菌实验结果表明,载万古霉素水凝胶具有良好的抗菌效果.表明PLGA-PEG-PLGA三嵌段温敏水凝胶是一种较理想的万古霉素缓释载体,具有良好的临床应用前景.     

聚己内酯/聚缩水甘油醚两亲性超枝状大分子的合成及表征

通过简单的两步反应, 合成出新型超枝状聚己内酯/聚缩水甘油醚嵌段共聚物. 以月桂醇为引发剂, 通过开环聚合反应合成羟基封端的聚己内酯; 将聚己内酯进一步和萘钾反应, 得到基于己内酯的大分子引发剂; 引发缩水甘油醚的聚合, 最终形成聚己内酯/聚缩水甘油醚嵌段共聚物. 通过核磁共振氢谱、红外光谱和葡聚糖凝胶色谱对聚合物进行定性表征. 结果表明, 所得到的聚合物既具有聚己内酯的特征峰, 又有聚缩水甘油醚的特征峰, 通过核磁共振氢谱计算出二者在嵌段共聚物中的比例. 在这些聚合物骨架上存在大量的羟基末端基团, 葡聚糖凝胶色谱表征得到单峰, 进一步证明聚合物为嵌段共聚物. 相对于单纯的聚己内酯, 这种聚合物结构的突出优势在于其具有大量可修饰的高活性端基基团, 通过对端基基团的后修饰, 可实现各类配体及多种药物的偶联, 使这种新型材料有可能应用于多功能靶向药物传递.     

载银离子PLGA-PEG-PLGA温度敏感水凝胶的制备及体外抗菌性能

利用聚乙二醇(PEG 1000)引发乙交酯和 D,L-丙交酯开环共聚合, 制备了聚丙交酯乙交酯(PLGA)三嵌段共聚物(PLGA-PEG-PLGA)温敏水凝胶材料; 利用核磁共振氢谱( ¹H NMR)确定了产物的结构及组成. 通过还原硝酸银的方法制备银纳米粒子(AgNPs), 并将其与PLGA-PEG-PLGA三嵌段共聚物水凝胶混合, 制得新型AgNPs/PLGA-PEG-PLGA复合水凝胶; 对该复合水凝胶的相关性能进行了表征. AgNPs/PLGA-PEG-PLGA复合水凝胶仍然具有温敏性能, 随着温度升高可发生溶胶-凝胶的相转变; 还可以持续释放银纳米粒子, 从而发挥抗菌性能. 体外细胞实验结果表明, AgNPs/PLGA-PEG-PLGA复合水凝胶具有良好的生物相容性, 未见明显细胞毒性, 是具有应用前景的新型复合水凝胶.     

PCL-PEG-PCL嵌段共聚物的合成与性能

研究了氮气保护下，以辛酸亚锡和聚乙二醇为共引发剂，引发ε－己内酯的开环聚合反应。在聚乙二醇（PEG）链段分子量保持不变的情况下，全盛了不同分子量聚己丙酯链段的PCL－PEG－PCL三嵌段共聚物，以及不同分子量PEG链段而聚己内酯链段相同的嵌段共聚物。采用GPC、DSC、FTIR、^1H-NMR及吸水性测试等分析手段表征了共聚物的结构和性能。结果表明聚合反应为可控反应，可通过调整聚乙二醇与ε－己内酯的比例来控制聚合物的分子量；聚乙二醇组分的引入有效地改善了聚合物的亲水性，并破坏了其结晶性。     

新型温度/pH敏感性ABA型三嵌段共聚物的合成、胶束化及凝胶化行为研究

采用原子转移自由基聚合（ATRP）方法合成了水溶性良好的不同聚合度的三嵌段共聚物P（DEAEMA-co-MEO₂MA-co-HMAM）-b-PEG-b-P（DEAEMA-co-MEO₂MA-co-HMAM）. 利用傅里叶变换红外光谱（FT-IR）、核磁共振氢谱（¹H NMR）以及凝胶渗透色谱（GPC）对聚合物结构及组成进行表征;通过透光率、表面张力的测定以及动态光散射（DLS）、荧光探针和透射电镜（TEM）技术研究了共聚物水溶液的性质及胶束化行为. 通过对不同pH下共聚物的凝胶状态和不同pH下温度诱导的溶胶-凝胶转变过程的观察,研究了温度和pH对共聚物凝胶化行为的影响. 测定了载药凝胶分别在不同温度和不同pH的缓冲溶液中对药物的累积释放率. 结果表明：ABA型三嵌段共聚物具有良好的温敏性和pH敏感性,在温度或pH诱导下可形成核壳胶束和凝胶. 载药凝胶对药物的累积释放率随温度和pH的降低而升高.     

温度/pH响应性MPEG-b-PCL/PNVCL-b-PCL共聚物复合胶束的制备及载药性质

以基于亚胺键的嵌段共聚物为构筑单元的温度/pH响应性共聚物复合胶束(CMs), 由于具有亚胺键和核-壳-冠结构, 表现出较高的灵敏度和稳定性. 以聚乙二醇单甲醚(MPEG)、 N-乙烯基己内酰胺(NVCL)和ε-己内酯(ε-CL)为原料, 分别制备了端醛基聚乙二醇单甲醚(MPEG-CHO)、 端醛基聚N-乙烯基己内酰胺(PNVCL-CHO)和端氨基聚己内酯(H₂N-PCL), 利用希夫碱反应, 进一步制备了基于亚胺键的聚乙二醇单甲醚-b-聚己内酯(MPEG-b-PCL)和聚N-乙烯基己内酰胺-b-聚己内酯(PNVCL-b-PCL)嵌段共聚物, 对共聚物结构进行了确认. 以MPEG-b-PCL和PNVCL-b-PCL为构筑单元, 制备了共聚物复合胶束, 研究了复合胶束对阿霉素的包载、 释放性质和细胞毒性等. 研究结果表明, 室温下MPEG-b-PCL和PNVCL-b-PCL能够在水中自组装形成以PCL为核、 MPEG和PNVCL为混合壳的共聚物复合胶束, 在生理温度下, 温敏性PNVCL链段发生相变塌缩在PCL核表面, 能够防止药物扩散释放, 亲水性MPEG链段形成可控通道. 药物体外释放结果表明, 在弱酸性环境中, 亚胺键能够断裂, 胶束被破坏, 促进药物的释放, 噻唑蓝(MTT)实验表明, 复合胶束的细胞毒性较低.     

二嵌段共聚物PCL-b-PB与PVME共混体系的结晶行为比较

用^1H—NMR对两种不同共聚组成的己内酯-丁二烯嵌段共聚物（PCL-b-PB）链结构进行了分析。尽管两种共聚物中丁二烯百分含量不N,但丁二烯链段的平均长度基本一致。用红外光谱、差示扫描量热法和偏光显微镜研究了在两种己内酯-丁二烯嵌段共聚物中加入非晶组分聚乙烯基甲基醚（PVME）所形成共混体系的混容性和结晶行为。结果表明具有较长己内酯链段的PCL1-b-PB和较短己内酯链段的PCL2-b-PB与PVME形成的共混体系中均存在着分子间相互作用,且都具有一定的混容性。然而由于嵌段共聚物中己内酯链段的长度不同,样品的结晶能力存在明显差异,PCL1-b—PB／PVME体系中PCL链段结晶能力明显较强。并且结晶形态具有一定的差异：形成清晰环带球晶的温度、组成范围不一致。     

酶促开环聚合和原子转移自由基聚合制备新型H型嵌段共聚物

在生物酶催化剂Novozyme-435的作用下, 乙二醇引发己内酯(ε-CL)酶促开环聚合, 再用三乙胺作催化剂, 将PCL端羟基与2,2-二氯代乙酰氯反应, 生成四官能度大分子引发剂, 引发甲基丙烯酸环氧丙酯(GMA)的原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP), 合成了H型三嵌段共聚物(PGMA)2-b-PCL-b-(PGMA)2. 嵌段共聚物的结构通过核磁共振和凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)得到了确证, 其多分散性为1.32, 分子量为32000. 通过差热扫描量热法对嵌段共聚物的热性能进行了研究.     

多重敏感性共聚物的制备及其自组装行为研究

采用开环聚合(ROP)和原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)的方法合成了具有多重敏感性的聚乙二醇单甲醚-聚己内酯-聚甲基丙烯酸二乙氨基乙酯(mPEG-b-PCL-b-PDEAEMA)三嵌段共聚物,利用傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、核磁共振(NMR)和凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)对嵌段共聚物的结构及分子量进行了表征,改变投料比可有效调控各嵌段长度,所得共聚物的分子量分布均保持在1.3左右;其自组装后改变体系的pH、温度和CO2加入量可以有效控制聚集体的粒径大小,随CO2加入量的增加,粒径由238nm增大到538nm,而通入N2后其粒径大小恢复原状;对聚集体进行载药性能研究,发现CO2的加入可提高载药量及包封率,在释放阶段降低体系的pH或通入CO2可增加药物的释放速率和释放量。     

Thermosensitive polylactide‐glycolide delivery systems for treatment of narcotic addictions

Environmental switches may be fabricated for the controlled release of pharmaceutical drug using a thermally responsive polymer with the intrinsic chemical and physical nature of stimuli‐sensitive smart materials. Particularly, much attention has been paid to the biomedical applications of poly(N‐isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAAm) because of its unique reversible transition at a specific lower critical solution temperature (LCST).Thermally sensitive block copolymers, poly(N‐isopropyl acrylamide‐b‐poly(L ‐lactide‐co‐glycolide) (PNIPAAm‐b‐PLGA), and polyethylene glycol‐poly (lactide‐co‐glycolide) (PEG‐PLGA) triblock copolymers with different compositions and length of PLGA block were synthesized via ring‐opening polymerization of lactide and glycolide in the presence of OH‐terminated PNIPAAm or PEG. The composition and structure of the polymer were determined by NMR and FTIR. The effect of important factors, such as ionic strength, pH, and polymer concentration on the phase transition behavior of temperature‐sensitive polymers, were investigated by cloud point measurements. The resulting thermosensitive polymers were used for the entrapment of a narcotic antagonist drug, naltrexone, as the model drug. The loading efficiency and drug release behavior of naltrexone‐loaded hydrogels were investigated. The naltrexone loaded thermosensitive polymers were able to sustain the release of naltrexone for different periods of time, depending on the polymer composition, and concentration. In vitro release studies showed that these thermosensitive polymers are able to deliver naltrexone in biologically active forms at a controlled rate for 3–8 weeks. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Preparation and characterization of biodegradable nanoparticles based on amphiphilic poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) triblock copolymer

Amphiphilic triblock copolymers of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB-PEG-PHB) were directly synthesized by the ring-opening copolymerization of β-butyrolactone monomer using PEG as macroinitiator. Their structure, thermal properties and crystallization were investigated by ¹H NMR, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction. It was found that both PHB and PEG blocks were miscible. With the increase in the PHB block length, the triblock copolymers became amorphous because amorphous PHB block remarkably depressed the crystallization of the PEG block. Biodegradable nanoparticles with core-shell structure were prepared in aqueous solution from the amphiphilic triblock copolymers, and characterized by ¹H NMR, SEM and fluorescence. The hydrophobic PHB segments formed the central solid-like core, and stabilized by the hydrophilic PEG block. The nanoparticle size was close related to the initial concentrations of the nanoparticle dispersions and the compositions of the triblock copolymers. Moreover, the PHB-PEG-PHB nanoparticles also showed good drug loading properties, which suggested that they were very suitable as delivery vehicles for hydrophobic drugs.     

Thermogelling behaviors of poly(caprolactone‐b‐ethylene glycol‐b‐caprolactone) triblock copolymer in the presence of hyaluronic acid

In this article, we studied the effect of hyaluronic acid (HA) on thermogelation of poly(caprolactone‐b‐ethylene glycol‐b‐caprolactone) (PCL‐PEG‐PCL) aqueous solution designed as an injectable system for prevention of postsurgical tissue adhesion. The PCL‐PEG‐PCL triblock copolymers were simply synthesized by ring‐opening polymerization of ε‐caprolactone (CL) in the presence of PEG as a polymeric initiator. The synthesized copolymers were confirmed by proton nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H‐NMR) spectroscopy. Possible interactions between HA and PCL‐PEG‐PCL triblock copolymers in the blend were evaluated by Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The effect of HA on the micellization of PCL‐PEG‐PCL aqueous solution was investigated by dye solubilization method and electrophoretic lighting scattering (ELS) spectrophotometer. Also, the thermogelling behaviors of the PCL‐PEG‐PCL triblock copolymers in the presence of HA and their mechanism were investigated by test tube inverting method, ¹³C‐NMR, ¹H‐NMR, Advanced Rheometic Expansion System (ARES), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The PCL‐PEG‐PCL/HA blend aqueous solutions undergo the sol‐gel‐sol transition in response to an increase in temperature (10–60 °C) and the gelation of the PCL‐PEG‐PCL was rather accelerated by HA. Presumably, this accelerated gelation seems to arise from the attractive interactions between them and the effect of chain confinement in the micelle corona region. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 3629–3637, 2008     

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N-t-butylacrylamide)-block-poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N-t-butylacrylamide) triblock copolymers: synthesis and thermogelation properties of aqueous solutions

Novel triblock copolymers with PEG middle blocks of 1–10 kDa and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-t-butylacrylamide) statistical copolymer side arms with DP_n?≈?88 and different compositions, were synthesized by SET-LRP. The thermogelation properties of their aqueous solutions depended on both hydrophobic monomer content of the side blocks and molecular weight (MW) of the poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) middle block, as proven by dynamic rheometry, DSC, and tube inversion method measurements. At constant PEG chain length, increasing TBAM proportions led to a gelation process occurring at progressively lower temperatures, as well as to a lower stability of the forming hydrogels in the case of shorter-PEG-chain block copolymers. By employing longer PEG blocks (M_PEG ≥6,000 Da), stable hydrogels with the gelation temperature below 37 °C could be obtained. For a constant composition of the copolyacrylamide blocks, the dependence of the phase transition temperature (T_ph) on M_PEG displayed a different shape at different polymer solution concentrations, because of the stronger variation of T_ph with polymer concentration as M_PEG increased. Also, the viscoelastic properties of the hydrogels resulting from 20 wt.% polymer aqueous solutions at 37 °C were stronger affected by the MW of the PEG middle block than by the hydrophobic character of the thermosensitive side blocks.     

Synthesis and gelation properties of PEG-PLA-PEG triblock copolymers obtained by coupling monohydroxylated PEG-PLA with adipoyl chloride

Ring-opening polymerization of D,L-lactide was carried out in the presence of monohydroxylated poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) with Mn of 2000 and 5000, using zinc powder as catalyst. The resulting PEG-b-polylactide (PEG-PLA) diblocks with various ethylene oxide/lactyl (EO/LA) ratios were coupled with adipoyl chloride to yield PEG-PLA-PEG triblock copolymers. N-Dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) was used as catalyst. The obtained PEG-PLA-PEG triblock copolymers were characterized by various analytical techniques such as IR, 1H NMR, size exclusion chromatography, X-ray diffraction, and differential scanning calorimetry. Data showed that all the copolymers were semicrystalline with the PEG-type crystalline structure, the crystallinity decreasing with increasing PLA block length. Bioresorbable hydrogels were prepared from the water-soluble triblock copolymers. Rheological measurements showed a gel-sol transition with increasing temperature and gelation was found to be thermoreversible. The copolymer solution behaves like a viscoelastic liquid above the gel point and like a viscoelastic solid below the gel point. The critical gelation concentration, the gel-sol transition temperature at a given concentration, and corresponding moduli depend on both the EO/LA ratio and the molecular weight of the copolymers. It is assumed that gelation results from interactions between PEG blocks at low temperatures and that these interactions are disrupted as the temperature is elevated. The shrinking of PEG blocks with increasing temperature seems to be in agreement with the variation of the gel-sol transition temperatures.     

Biodegradable amphiphilic block copolymers containing functionalized PEO blocks: Controlled synthesis and biomedical potentials

A series of controllable amphiphilic block copolymers composed of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) as the hydrophilic block and poly(?-caprolactone) (PCL) as the hydrophobic block with the amino terminal group at the end of the PEO chain (PCL-b-PEO-NH₂) were synthesized. Based on the further reaction of reactive amino groups, diblock copolymers with functional carboxyl groups (PCL-b-PEO-COOH) and functional compounds RGD (PCL-b-PEO-RGD) as well as the triblock copolymers with thermosensitive PNIPAAm blocks (PCL-b-PEO-b-PNIPAAM) were synthesized. The well-controlled structures of these copolymers with functional groups and blocks were characterized by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. These copolymers with functionalized hydrophilic blocks were fabricated into microspheres for the examination of biofunctions via cell culture experiments and in vitro drug release. The results indicated the significance of introducing functional groups (e.g., NH₂, COOH and RGD) into the end of the hydrophilic block of amphiphilic block copolymers for biomedical potentials in tissue engineering and controlled drug release.     

Synthesis and rheological properties of polylactide/poly(ethylene glycol) multiblock copolymers

Ring-opening polymerization of D,L-lactide was carried out in the presence of poly(ethylene glycol), using Zn powder as catalyst. The hydroxyl-capped PLA-PEG-PLA triblock copolymers were coupled with adipoyl chloride at different molar ratios under mild conditions. N-Dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) was used as catalyst of the coupling reaction. The resulting PLA/PEG multiblock copolymers were characterized by various analytical techniques such as IR, 1H NMR, SEC, and DSC. Sol-gel transition properties of the multiblock copolymers were investigated by mechanical rheology. The data showed that the sol-gel transition temperature and the transition modulus increased with increasing molecular weight and the solution concentration of the multiblock copolymers. [Graph: see text] Variation of storage modulus (G') and loss modulus (G') as a function of temperature for a 20% sample of MB3.     

Synthesis of PDMAEMA-PCL-PDMAEMA triblock copolymers

The synthesis of ABA triblock copolymers of the type PDMAEMA-PCL-PDMAEMA was achieved by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of DMAEMA using difunctional polycaprolactone (PCL) as macroinitiator. First, ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of ε-caprolactone (ε-CL) was carried out in the presence of 1,2-diaminoethane/tin (II) octanoate. Dihydroxy PCL thus obtained was end-functionalized in a quantitative manner using 2-bromoisobutyryl bromide. The resulting Br-PCL-Br was used as macroinitiator in the ATRP of DMAEMA leading to triblock copolymers with PCL as the central block and PDMAEMA sequences of different lengths. NMR and SEC analyses confirmed the formation of ABA triblocks.     

Micellization and gelation of aqueous solutions of star-shaped PEG-PCL block copolymers consisting of branched 4-arm poly(ethylene glycol) and polycaprolactone blocks

Star-shaped block copolymers consisting of non-toxic poly(ethylene glycol) and biodegradable polycaprolactone ((PEG5K-PCL)₄) were synthesized by ring-opening polymerization of the ε-caprolactone monomer with hydroxyl-terminated 4-armed PEG as initiator. These biodegradable, amphiphilic star block copolymers showed micellization and sol-gel transition behaviors in aqueous solution with varying concentration and temperature. In the dilute aqueous solutions of star block copolymers, micellization behavior occurred over specific concentration. The 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH) solubilization method was used to determine the critical micellization concentration (CMC) of star block copolymers. The obtained micelle size increased with increasing hydrophobic PCL block length. In high-concentration solutions, the star block copolymers showed temperature-sensitive sol-gel transition behavior. The morphology of the micelle and gel was investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM). As a result, the micelles showed a core-corona spherical structure at concentration near CMC, while the gel showed a mountain-chain-like morphology picture. It was proposed that with increasing the micelle concentration the worm-like micelle clusters formed firstly and the gel was constructed by the packing of micelle clusters.