刺激响应聚合物微针在经皮给药中的应用

聚合物微针自身具有良好的机械性能和优异的生物相容性,能以微创的方式刺穿皮肤角质层,实现药物的高效经皮吸收,从而有效治疗各种疾病,如糖尿病、癌症、肥胖以及眼部疾病等.如何调控聚合物微针中负载药物的释放行为,是微针经皮给药需要关注的核心要素.刺激响应释放聚合物微针作为一种新兴的按需给药技术,能根据外界环境条件或自身生理环境...     

网络互穿的固相微萃取聚乙烯醇复合涂层的制备

通过反复冷冻-解冻和溶胶-凝胶方法制备了聚乙烯醇/SiO₂有机/无机双交联网络互穿的固相微萃取涂层, 并利用红外光谱(FTIR)、 热重分析(TGA)、 扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和气相色谱(GC)等方法对该涂层进行了结构及性能表征. 该固相微萃取涂层具有很好的热稳定性(T_d>300 ℃), 通过化学键合作用于玻璃或石英纤维表面, 稳定性好, 不易脱落. 对正丙醇、 正丁醇、 异戊醇和甲苯进行萃取, 结果表明, 该纤维涂层对带有羟基的极性物质有很好的选择性, 并且相对标准偏差(RSD, n=3)小于5.0%.     

Crosslinked Alginate Films as Rate Controlling Membranes for Transdermal Drug Delivery Application

The present investigation was undertaken to prepare and evaluate the crosslinked sodium alginate (SA) films as rate controlling membranes (RCM) for transdermal drug delivery application. The drug free films of SA were prepared by mercury substrate method and evaluated for thickness uniformity, tensile strength and water vapor permeation (WVP). The films were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Drug diffusion characteristics of the films were studied using diclofenac diethylamine as a model drug. The prepared membranes were thin, flexible and smooth. Tensile strength measurement and DSC analysis suggested that as the crosslink density increases, the tougher membranes were formed. The WVP and drug diffusion were dependent upon the crosslink density and thickness of the films. The permeability was decreased with increasing crosslink density and thickness of the films. The molar mass between the crosslinks and crosslink density were calculated using empirical equations. The primary skin irritation study indicated that the prepared membranes were less irritant and safe for transdermal application.     

Interaction Between Liposomes and Neutral Polymers: Effect of Adsorption on Drug Release

The processes of adsorption of two neutral polymers (poly(vinyl pyrrolidone), PVP and poly(vinyl alcohol), PVA) were investigated on liposomes composed of soy lecithin/dicetyl phosphate/cholesterol = 25:2:3 (molar ratio). The liposomes were prepared in buffered solution at pH = 7.4 and mixed with the solution of the measured polymers in the desired polymer/lipid (w/w) ratios. Adsorption was measured by determination of the equilibrium bulk concentration of the polymer. In the case of PVA quantitative adsorption measurements with a specific reagent were possible. Adsorption isotherms were recorded at 25 ± 1°C. It was concluded that adsorbed and unadsorbed PVA molecules are in equilibrium even at low polymer/ lipid ratios. The results were confirmed by dynamic laser light scattering (DLS), and thermal activity monitoring (TAM) experiments. Another group of the liposomes was prepared in 60 mM ammonium sulphate (pH = 5.0) and we filled the vesicles with a test dye, acridine orange (AO) using the pH-gradient (remote loading) method. The AO release property of liposomes was tested with a special vertical diffusion cell after we had made PVA adsorb on their surface in different PVA/lipid (w/w) ratios.     

Investigation of Microemulsion System for Transdermal Drug Delivery of Amphotericin B

In order to solve the drawback of poor bioavailability by the oral route and infusion-related side effect for Amphotericin B(AmB), microemulsion vehicles composed of isopropyl myristate(IPM), Tween 80, isopropyl alcohol and water for transdermal delivery of AmB were designed. The pseudo-ternary phase diagrams were constructed by the H2O titration method and the structures of the microemulsion were determined by measuring electrical conducti-vities(σ). The diffusion studies of AmB microemulsion were performed via excised rabbit skin on a drug diffusion apparatus. To obtain a high solubization of AmB, three different methods were tested to incorporate AmB into mi-croemulsion. The result suggests adding AmB in the shape of NaOH solution to the O/W blank microemulsion over the phase inversion temperature(PIT) of the emulsifier obtains the maximum drug content(2.96 mg/mL). The pH value of the system could be adjusted to pH8.5 or pH<5.2, in this range AmB molecules converts from aqueous to the hydrophilic shell of the microemulsion droplets, drug precipitate is no more than 5%, and the formulations were corresponding to the characterizations of microemulsion. At pH 5.14, AmB microemulsion with Km 1:1, O/SC 1:9(mass ratio ofoil phase to surfactant/cosurfactant blend), water content 64.6%, drug content (2.93±0.08) mg/mL,showed the maximum permeation rate(3.255±0.64)μg·cm-2·h-1,which is stable for a long time.     

单体对聚乙烯醇乳化行为的影响及大孔材料的制备

以聚乙烯醇-1788(PVA-1788)为表面活性剂,研究了3种甲基丙烯酸酯系列水溶性单体对水包二氧化碳(C/W)型高内相乳液(HIPE)的形成及稳定性的影响,然后采用HIPE模板法制备了两种大孔材料.结果表明,甲基丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵的存在对C/W型HIPE的形成及稳定影响较小,所得乳液最高能稳定48 h;而甲基...     

Properties of Polyvinyl Alcohol Oligomers: A Molecular Dynamics Study

MD studies of liquid isopropyl alcohol and melts of short poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) oligomers are described. The specific volume was found to depend inversely on the number N of repeat units. If the chain length is enhanced, the viscosity of the PVA melt increases and the peaks in the radial distribution function become sharper. Additional peaks that appear in melts of PVA chains are of pure intramolecular origin. The calculated radius of gyration was found to depend on the number of formula units via . The orientation correlation functions showed that all molecular vectors of PVA melts with chain lengths N = 1, 2, 3 relax completely within a few nanoseconds. The relaxation times for the O H bond vector as obtained via the Kohlrausch‐Williams‐Watts expression showed an exponential dependence on the number of repeat units.

     

Poly(Organophosphazenes): Use in the Improvement of Standard Materials. Application to the Modification of Surface Properties of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol)

Abstract

Modification of surface properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) by grafting of poly(organophosphazenes).     

导电聚合物在药物可控释放领域的应用

导电聚合物(conducting polymers,CPs)是一类与金属具有相似的电、磁和光学特性的有机聚合物,电刺激会引起其氧化-还原状态的改变,从而导致CPs的电荷量、掺杂水平、导电性以及体积发生变化.利用CPs的这些特性,可将其用于药物、蛋白质以及基因等的传递和可控释放.通过对CPs基体进行化学物理修饰,可以扩大CPs基体的载药品种、提高载药量以及优化药物控释手段.本文简要介绍了CPs的性能和制备方法,对CPs基药物传递体系的药物担载和释放机理进行了详细的讨论,并归纳总结了近年来国内外以CPs为基体的药物传递体系的研究进展,最后对CPs基药物传递体系所面临的问题和未来发展进行了总结和展望.     

Preparation of Crosslinked Chitosan/Silk Fibroin Blend Films for Drug Delivery System

Crosslinked chitosan/silk fibroin blend films were prepared by a solution casting technique using glutaraldehyde as crosslinking agent. Drug release characteristics of the blend films with various blend compositions were investigated. Theophylline, diclofenac sodium, amoxicillin trihydrate, and salicylic acid were used as model drugs. The release studies were performed at 37 °C in buffer solutions at pH 2.0, 5.5, and 7.2. It was found that the blend films with 80% chitosan content showed the maximum amount of model drug release at pH 2.0 for all the drugs studied here. This result corresponded to the swelling ability of the blend films. From a swelling study, the maximum degrees of swelling of the drug‐loaded blend films were obtained at this pH and blend composition. The amount of drugs released from the films with 80% chitosan content, from the highest to the lowest values, occurred in the following sequence: salicylic acid > theophylline > diclofenac sodium > amoxicillin.

Comparison of the amounts of drug released from chitosan and the blend film with 80% chitosan content at pH 2.0: (filled) chitosan film, and (blank) blend film with 80% chitosan content (SAL = salicylic acid, THEO = theophylline, DFS = diclofenac sodium, AMX = amoxicillin).     

Polycaprolactone-b-Poly(ethylene oxide) Biocompatible Micelles as Drug Delivery Nanocarriers: Dynamic Light Scattering and Fluorescence Experiments

Summary: Dynamic light scattering (DLS) and fluorescence experiments were carried out to study PCL₄₄-b-PEO₁₁₄ biocompatible micelles used as nanocarriers in drug delivery. Micelles prepared by a simple procedure (THF removal under nitrogen flow) exhibited a narrow size distribution with an average diameter of 100 nm. For micelles containing a hydrophobic model compound (pyrene) within the PCL core, a smaller average micellar size of 80 nm was observed, with a simultaneous broadening in the size distribution profile. In parallel to DLS results, fluorescence experiments showed evidence of pyrene encapsulation, and that the onset of the micellization process occurs at approximately 10/90 (v/v) THF/water mixtures in the case of PCL₄₄-b-PEO₁₁₄ polymer.     

The Design of Polymer‐based Nanocarriers for Effective Transdermal Delivery

This study reports a facile and practical means to non‐invasively deliver biologically active ingredients through the skin using polymer‐based nanocarriers. For this, polymer nanocapsules were fabricated with different surface charges as well as glass transition temperatures and we observed their ability to deliver the encapsulated active ingredient, coenzyme Q10, through the skin layer. Direct imaging of a probe molecule, Nile Red, and a matrix polymer labeled with fluorescence moiety, Lucifer Yellow, allowed us to demonstrate that the probe molecule readily permeates into the deep skin, while the matrix polymer stays in the stratum corneum layer due to electrostatic interactions. Quantitative characterization of the penetrating amount of coenzyme Q10 using the Frantz cell method proved that, to achieve improved delivery efficiency, the nanocapsule should have a low glass transition temperature as well as positive surface charges.

     

不同内核结构PEG-b-PCL胶束的制备及其载药性能的研究

以聚乙二醇单甲醚作大分子引发剂,异辛酸亚锡作催化剂,将不同比例的ε-己内酯(CL)与4-甲基-ε-己内酯(MCL)单体开环共聚,并通过控制CL和MCL的投料比以及投料方式,得到了疏水链段上CL和MCL不同比例和分布的4组聚合物.核磁和凝胶渗透色谱法表征了聚合物的结构,示差扫描量热法,广角X射线衍射和红外光谱表征了聚合物的结晶性.采用透析的方法,制备了4种聚合物的纳米胶束,以及载药(阿霉素DOX)胶束,并研究了胶束的自组装行为以及对阿霉素的包裹和释放情况.结果表明MCL单体的引入降低了聚合物的结晶性,提高了对DOX的载药量,加快了DOX的释放.通过激光共聚焦显微镜和流式细胞仪研究了Hep G2肝癌细胞对不同内核结构载药胶束的内吞情况,并用MTT法考察了胶束对细胞的毒害作用,细胞实验发现,Hep G2细胞对载DOX胶束的内吞以及载DOX胶束对细胞的杀伤能力和胶束内核的结构相关.     

树形大分子基药物传输系统结合强度及构型的分子动力学研究

采用全原子分子动力学方法系统研究了聚酰胺(PAMAM)型树形大分子非共价搭载4种抗癌药物分子(CE6,DOX,MTX及SN38)的药物传输复合体系.考察了药物分子种类、数量及树形大分子的代数和聚乙二醇化表面修饰对复合体系的结合强度、尺寸及溶剂中扩散行为的影响.研究发现,PAMAM自身变形能对药物-PAMAM间的结合有重要影响.搭载较多的药物分子可以使PAMAM自身增大,但同样搭载条件下经过聚乙二醇化修饰过的PAMAM变化并不明显.PAMAM分子表面的聚乙二醇化可以更高的强度结合更多的药物分子,并减缓其扩散速度,因而提高药物分子的搭载效率和体内滞留时间.为新型树形大分子基药物传输体系的设计提供理论依据.     

用聚乙烯醇凝胶为基质的光导纤维铝传感器的研究

本文将桑色素通过氰脲酰氯固定在聚乙烯醇上,以戊二醛作为交联剂,在光导纤维上制得对铝离子产生荧光响应的聚乙烯醇凝胶传感膜,这种光纤传感器对铝离子的响应时间在10s以内,在3×10^-7～10^-4mol/L铝浓度范围内有良好的线性关系,实验结果与理论式相吻合。     

Evaluation of polymeric flocculants for oily water systems using a photometric dispersion analyzer

During oil production and treatment, oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions are formed. These dispersions require treatment prior to disposal. In order to improve oil/water separation processes through any physical process (decanting, flotation, centrifuging etc), the particle size of the dispersed phase should be increased. This may be obtained by a flocculation process, which consists in the agglomeration of several particles or drops using as flocculating agent hydrophilic high molecular weight macromolecules. Poly (ethylene-b-propylene oxide) and poly (vinyl alcohol) polymers have been evaluated as flocculating agents for oily water systems. Their performance is related to the particle size increase of the dispersed phase. In this work, a photometric dispersion analyzer (PDA) has been used to accomplish the oil drop agglomeration. Synthetic as well as produced water was used. Data are in good agreement with previous tests. Qualitative information related to aggregates or particle size distribution of the oily water systems can be obtained using PDA.     

Swelling Kinetics of Interpenetrating Polymer Hydrogels Composed of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol)/Chitosan

Interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) hydrogels based on poly(vinyl alcohol)/chitosan were prepared by UV irradiation. The swelling behavior of the IPN hydrogels was studied by immersion of the films in deionized water at various temperatures and in buffer solutions at various pHs. IPN3 exhibited a relatively high swelling ratio. The swelling ratio increased with an increase in the content of chitosan and were higher in acidic rather than in alkaline pHs. The overall swelling process was anomalous diffusion due to polymer relaxation. The diffusion coefficient values increased with an increase in temperature and the content of chitosan.     

Molecular Nanoworm with PCL Core and PEO Shell as a Non‐spherical Carrier for Drug Delivery

Core/shell wormlike polymer brushes with densely grafted poly(ϵ‐caprolactone)‐b‐poly(ethylene oxide) (PCL‐b‐PEO) are synthesized via grafting an alkynyl terminated PCL‐b‐PEO (ay‐PCL₁₇‐b‐PEO₁₁₃) onto a well‐defined azido functionalized polymethacrylate (PGA₉₄₀) and are evaluated preliminarily as a single molecular cylindrical vehicle for drug delivery. Water soluble molecular worms of ca. 230 nm are obtained and then the anticancer drug doxorubicin (DOX) is loaded into its PCL core by hydrophobic interaction. Compared with spherical micelles from linear PCL₁₇‐b‐PEO₁₁₃, the brushes demonstrate a lower loading efficiency but a faster release rate of DOX. Confocal laser scanning microscopy measurements show that DOX‐loaded cylindrical molecular brushes can easily enter into HeLa and HepG2 cells in 1 h.     

Development of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol)-Based Polymers as Proton Exchange Membranes and Challenges in Fuel Cell Application: A Review

Abstract

Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) is a biodegradable, water-soluble membrane that has low methanol permeation and reactive chemical functionalities. Modification of these features makes PVA an attractive proton exchange membrane (PEM) alternative to Nafion^TM. However, the pristine PVA membrane is a poorer proton conductor than the Nafion^TM membrane due to the absence of negatively charged ions. Hence, modification of PVA matrixes whilst complying with the requirements of projected applications has been examined extensively. Generally, three modification methods of PVA membranes have been highlighted in previous reports, and these are (1) grafting copolymerization, (2) physical and chemical crosslinking, and (3) blending of polymers. The use of each modification method in different applications is reviewed in this study. Although the three modification methods can improve PVA membranes, the mixed method of modification provides another attractive approach. This review covers recent studies on PVA-based PEM in different fuel cell applications, including (1) proton-exchange membrane fuel cells and (2) direct-methanol fuel cells. The challenges involved in the use of PVA-based PEM are also presented, and several approaches are proposed for further study.