二乙三胺五乙酸吡哆醇酯配体及其钆配合物的合成、弛豫率和肝靶向性研究

由维生素B₆族化合物吡哆醇及其衍生物与二乙三胺五乙酸(DTPA)双酸酐反应合成了一系列二乙三胺五乙酸吡哆醇酯配体.将这些配体与GdCl₃·6H₂O反应后得到了钆配合物.测定了这些配合物在水溶液中水质子的纵向弛豫率R₁.与母体配合物GdDTPA相比,R₁值略有提高.配体用放射性核素⁹⁹Tc标记,研究了其肝靶向性.结果表明,配体2和6的肝靶向性较为明显.动物核磁共振成像实验进一步证实由这两种配体合成的钆配合物对大鼠肝部的造影信号明显增强     

药物磁靶向定位释放模拟装置的设计与应用

采用蠕动泵、钕铁硼永磁铁、聚乙烯管、恒温水浴锅和玻璃管组装了一种模拟人体血液循环的磁靶向装置,并应用于模型磁性载药粒子Fe3O4@DFUR-LDH（DFUR：去氧氟尿苷;LDH：硝酸根插层水滑石）的磁靶向定位和药物释放性能的分析。 研究发现,该装置对磁性载药粒子的滞留量最高可达85.3%,并随载药粒子与磁场的间距增大而减小,随释放介质的流速增大而减小。 而装置中模型磁性载药粒子的药物释放速率随释放介质的流速增大而增大。 同时,通过修改该装置的管路系统模拟了药物在治疗过程中不断被消耗情形下的磁靶向治疗过程。 该装置不但可以实现磁性载药粒子的滞留,还可以分析磁性载药粒子被滞留后的定位释放行为,是磁性载药粒子临床试验前性能分析测试的有效工具。     

磁靶向纳米Fe3O4-TiO2复合物的制备及其对肝癌细胞的光催化杀伤效应

采用三种低温溶胶-凝胶法制备了具有不同Fe₃O₄掺杂量的磁靶向纳米Fe₃O₄-TiO₂复合物, 通过X射线衍射(XRD)、透射电镜(TEM)、傅里叶变换红外(FTIR)光谱、紫外-可见(UV-Vis)光谱、荧光光谱(FS)及磁性能分析等表征方法筛选出包覆均匀、分散性好、磁性能优异及光催化活性较高的纳米Fe₃O₄-TiO₂复合物. 以四甲基偶氮唑蓝(MTT)法检测肝癌细胞(HepG2)的存活率, 考察纳米Fe₃O₄-TiO₂复合物在外磁场作用下对HepG2 细胞的光催化杀伤效应. 结果表明: 采用方法三制备的5%(质量分数)Fe₃O₄-TiO₂复合物具备核-壳结构, 在混悬液中分散性较好, 平均粒径约为50 nm, 具有较强的光催化活性和良好的磁响应性, 同时将纳米TiO₂的光响应范围拓宽至444 nm; 在外磁场作用下, 紫外光和可见光激发纳米Fe₃O₄-TiO₂复合物对HepG2细胞的杀伤效应差异不大, 且均强于纳米TiO₂; 其杀伤效应在0-1.0 T范围内随着外磁场强度的增大而增强.     

Tumor targeting of HPMA copolymer conjugates containing sulfadiazine groups

To develop new tumor targeting macromolecular conjugates,poly（HPMA）-SD-APMA-DTPA（HPMA:N-（2-hydroxypropyl）- methacrylamide;APMA:N-（3-ammopropyl）methacrylamide;DTPA:diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid;SD:sulfadiazine） was synthesized and characterized.The poly（HPMA）-SD-DTPA conjugates were radiolabeled with the radionuclide ^99mTc and tested for uptake by cultured H22 cells in vitro.DTPA-^99mTc（radiotracer 1） and poly（HPMA）-DTPA-^99mTc（radiotracer 2） were also synthesized and characterized for comparison.The uptake of poly（HPMA）-SD-DTPA-^99mTc（radiotracer 3,34.76%） was significantly higher than that of poly（HPMA）-DTPA-^99mTc（16.40%）,indicating that uptake of the poly（HPMA）-SD-DTPA-^99mT was active binding.The uptake of poly（HPMA）-DTPA-^99mTc was significantly higher than that of DTPA-^99mTc（2.98%）, suggesting that uptake of the poly（HPMA）-DTPA-^99mT was passive binding.The data suggest that the poly（HPMA）-SDAPMA -DTPA conjugates might be useful as tumor targeting macromolecular conjugates.     

Control of orientation for spacecraft formations in the vicinity of the Sun-Earth L2 libration point

Formation flying in the vicinity of the libration point is an important concept for space exploration and demands reliable and accurate techniques for the control of a spacecraft. On the basis of previous works, this paper addresses the problem of relative orientation control of spacecraft formation flying utilizing the framework of the circular restricted three-body problem (CR3BP) with the Sun and Earth as the primary gravitational bodies. Two specific tasks are accomplished in this study. First, the tangent targeting method (TTM), an efficient two-level differential correction algorithm, is exploited to control the Chief/Deputy architecture to maintain a prespecified orientation. The time spent within the orientation error corridor between successive maneuvers is maximized while the relative separation between the vehicles is held constant at each target point. The second task is to further optimize the maneuver intervals by dropping the constraint imposed on the relative vehicle separation. Numerical investigation indicates that the number of maneuvers can be significantly reduced and the length of time between successive maneuvers can be greatly increased by utilizing the TTM.     

In vitro Evaluation of Hexagonal Polymeric Micelles in Macrophage Phagocytosis

This paper develops a non‐spherical polymeric micelle using an amphiphilic block copolymer and a porphyrin crystalline structure. The nanoscale polymer micelles were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), revealing particle sizes of approximately 150 nm with a particular shape in the hexagonal lattice. The shape shows the selective uptake efficacy for the HeLa and macrophage cells, and inhibits phagocytosis against the macrophage.

     

Tunable pH‐Sensitive Poly(β‐amino ester)s Synthesized from Primary Amines and Diacrylates for Intracellular Drug Delivery

The pH sensitivity of a series of PbAEs synthesized from primary amines and diacrylates is studied. By changing alkyl groups of the amine monomers, the pKb can be tuned across a broad range (from 3.5 to 7.2). Micelles formed from a PEG‐PbAE block copolymer retain the pH sensitivity of PbAE and can stably load hydrophobic molecules under neutral pH, while quickly dissociate and release their cargoes at pH ≈ 6.0. When the chemotherapy drug DOX is loaded, the micelles show efficient cell proliferation inhibition to HeLa cells and fast intracellular release. Thus, the primary‐amine‐based PbAEs are shown to be promising in the construction of intracellular targeting drug delivery systems.

     

In vivo NIRF Imaging of Tumor Targetability of Nanosized Liposomes in Tumor‐Bearing Mice

To optimize tumor targetability of nanosized liposomes for application as drug carriers, various liposomes are prepared by incorporating different amounts (10, 30, and 50 wt%) of cationic, anionic, and PEGylated lipids into neutral lipid. In vivo near‐infrared fluorescence images reveal that PEG‐PE/PC liposomes display high tumor accumulation in tumor‐bearing mice, while large amounts of DOTAP/PC liposomes are rapidly captured in the liver, resulting in poor tumor accumulation. These results demonstrate that optimization of the surface properties of liposomes is very important for their tumor targetability, and that in vivo imaging techniques are useful in developing and optimizing nanosized liposome‐based drug carriers.

     

Fabrication and characterization of thermo-sensitive magnetic polymer composite nanoparticles

Novel dual-functional nanospheres composed of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles embedded in a thermo-sensitive polymer were synthesized by emulsifier-free emulsion polymerization. The Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles were prepared by chemical precipitation. The surface of these particles was modified by oleic acid to achieve stability against agglomeration. These stable particles were then polymerized using N-isopropylacrylamide as the main monomer, divinylbenzene as the crosslinker and potassium persulfate as the initiator. The nanospheres were characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectrum, transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, vibrating sample magnetometer and dynamic light scattering. The results show that the lower critical solution temperature of thermo-sensitive magnetic immunomicrospheres was between 40 and 45 °C.