Dendritic Carrier Based on PEG: Design and Degradation of Acid‐sensitive Dendrimer‐like Poly(ethylene oxide)s

Degradable dendrimer‐like PEOs were designed using an original ABC‐type branching agent featuring a cleavable ketal group, following an iterative divergent approach based on the anionic ring opening polymerization (AROP) of ethylene oxide and arborization of PEO chain ends. A seventh generation dendrimer‐like PEO carrying 192 peripheral hydroxyls and exhibiting a molar mass of 446 kg · mol⁻¹ was obtained in this way. The chemical degradation of these dendritic scaffolds was next successfully accomplished under acidic conditions, forming linear PEO chains of low molar mass (≈2 kg · mol⁻¹), as monitored by ¹H NMR, SEC, and MALDI‐TOF mass spectrometry as well as by AFM.

     

聚酰胺-胺型树枝状大分子及其衍生物在基因传递中的应用

基因治疗通过基因载体将治病基因导入病患的特异细胞以治疗心血管、神经系统疾病和癌症等。寻找安全高效的非病毒基因载体一直是基因治疗以及生物材料领域中的前沿课题。聚酰胺-胺型(PAMAM)树枝状高分子作为一类三维的、结构高度有序的新型载体,由于具有安全性好、易于修饰、携带外源基因容量大等特点,已经引起了广泛的关注。但是另一方面,合成步骤相对繁琐、后期产物纯化困难以及转染效率相对较低等问题限制了这类载体的进一步发展。本文结合本课题组的研究情况,针对如何提高PAMAM的转染效率以及增强其基因传递的靶向性等相关问题,对近几年在PAMAM树枝状分子修饰改性方面所做的一些有意义的工作进行了综述,并对前景进行了展望。     

外围萘修饰PAMAM树枝形聚合物的合成及其质子化过程研究

合成了外围修饰有萘基团的0～3代聚酰胺-胺树枝形聚合物GnN (n＝0～3), 化合物通过了IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR和MALDI TOF的表征. 稳态光物理研究表明, 甲醇溶液中GnN外围萘基团与骨架胺之间发生电子转移过程, 形成最大发射峰在450 nm的激基复合物, 萘的荧光被明显猝灭; 当GnN骨架被质子化, 分子内光致电子转移过程和萘与骨架胺基间激基复合物的形成被抑制, 萘单体荧光发射大大增强; 由于质子化后树枝形聚合物骨架趋于伸展构象, 外围萘基团间相互作用增强, 部分形成最大发射峰在400 nm的激基缔合物.     

新型三苯胺树枝状分子的合成及其性能

以2,7-二溴-9,9-二苯基芴为起始原料,采用发散合成策略,合成了一种新型三苯胺树枝状分子--2,7-二［N,N-二（4-二苯胺基苯基）胺基］-9,9-二苯基芴(FTPA),其结构经¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, HR-MS和元素分析表征。并对热稳定性、光谱性质和电化学性质进行了研究。结果表明：FTPA的热分解温度和玻璃化转变温度分别为592 ℃和154 ℃; FTPA的吸收峰位于309 nm, 349 nm和409 nm,最大发射波长为465 nm; FTPA的第一、第二及第三氧化电势分别为0.37 V, 0.49 V和0.83 V。     

Potential Antitumor Dendrimers： Synthesis and Characterizations of Rhenium（Ⅰ） and Cis-platin Containing Dendrimers

The chemistry of dendrimers is a fast developing field and has brought about a tsunami of research activity since Vogtle reported the first preparation in 1978. These hyperbranched macromolecules have grown out of chemists＇ imagination and have challenged synthetic chemists with their architectural complexity and intriguity. The potentials of these macromolecules are extensive and are synthesized using both organic and inorganic cores from which different scaffoldings are built, and upon which functionalities are attached for specific applications. The synthesis and characterizations of cisplatin and rhenium（Ⅰ） containing PAMAM derivatives will be discussed.     

Electrostatically-driven Ordering in Model Dendrimer Polyelectrolytes: Effects of Concentration

In this study we extend our previous work in the self-organization of dendrimer polyelectrolytes (Macromolecules, 2008 , 41, 225) by examining the effects of dendrimer concentration and/or total volume fraction in the ordering process and the resulting structure, in the arrangement of counterions and dendrimer beads and in the diffusive motion of dendrimers at different strengths of Coulombic interactions. It is found that as long as the total volume fraction remains low (i.e. no jamming phenomena intervene) the symmetry of the resulted cubic phases is unaltered. At a higher volume fraction and at the strong electrostatic regime a kinetic arrest of the dendrimer molecules much in analogy to a colloidal glass-like transition is observed, inhibiting thus the ordering process. Changes in the strength of electrostatic interactions and dendrimer concentration induces a systematic variation of the counterion - counterion and the counterion - charged-dendrimer-bead spatial arrangement. These findings are in qualitative agreement with previous studies in systems with very different structural details of the considered solutes, indicating a more general behaviour in charged macroion/counterion solutions.     

Immunogenicity of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Dendrimer Peptides: Need for a T-Cell Epitope and Ability to Elicit Heterotypic Responses

An approach based on a dendrimer display of B- and T-cell epitopes relevant for antibody induction has been shown to be effective as a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine. B₂T dendrimers combining two copies of the major FMD virus (FMDV) type O B-cell epitope (capsid proteinVP1 (140–158)) covalently linked to a heterotypic T-cell epitope from non-structural protein 3A (21–35), henceforth B₂T-3A, has previously been shown to elicit high neutralizing antibody (nAb) titers and IFN-γ-producing cells in both mice and pigs. Here, we provide evidence that the B- and T-cell epitopes need to be tethered to a single molecular platform for successful T-cell help, leading to efficient nAb induction in mice. In addition, mice immunized with a non-covalent mixture of B₂T-3A dendrimers containing the B-cell epitopes of FMDV types O and C induced similarly high nAb levels against both serotypes, opening the way for a multivalent vaccine platform against a variety of serologically different FMDVs. These findings are relevant for the design of vaccine strategies based on B- and T-cell epitope combinations.     

Novel Bulky Esters of Biopolymers: Dendritic Cellulose

Dendronized cellulose derivatives are discussed. Regarding our own studies, novel bulky esters of cellulose were synthesized homogeneously in N,N- dimethyl acetamide/LiCl or dimethyl sulfoxide in combination with fluoride ions by conversion of the biopolymer with 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid based aryl polyester dendrons. The carboxylic acid moieties were efficiently activated in situ with N,N′-carbonyldiimidazole or the acid chloride was applied. Cellulose esters with values of the degree of substitution of up to 0.7 were obtained. The functionalization analyzed by NMR spectroscopy occurs not only at position 6 (primary hydroxyl group) but also the secondary one at position 2.     

丹磺酰基为核的树枝状化合物的合成和光谱性质研究

通过收敛法合成了二代丹磺酰基为核、活泼羟乙基为外围基团的新型树枝状化合物, 产物进行了IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, MS, EA表征. 该合成方法无需复杂的官能团保护与去保护, 后处理简便, 产率高. 对产物的荧光光谱的初步研究结果表明, 随着树枝状产物代数的增加, 荧光强度得到成倍增强.     

聚酰胺-胺树形分子荧光性能研究及其在指纹识别领域应用初探

研究了不同温度、浓度、pH值条件下,不同代数、不同端基类型(酯端基和胺端基)的PAMAM(聚酰胺-胺)树形分子的强荧光发射性能.PAMAM树形分子发射强荧光是沿树形结构方向的酰胺基团中的n→π^*跃迁和其密实的球状结构共同作用的结果.树形分子的荧光强度在低pH值或者低温条件下大幅度提高,并且在稀溶液中与浓度成线性关系,在高浓度或者高代数条件下逐渐偏离线性关系.本文还对上述规律的内在机理进行了研究:第一,低pH值条件下,PAMAM树形分子内的叔胺基被氢离子质子化,酰胺荧光发射中心和叔胺基团之间的光诱导电子转移作用被抑制,甚至中断,因此荧光强度急剧升高;第二,随着温度升高,PAMAM树形分子的去活作用增强,荧光强度降低;第三,浓度超过临界点浓度后,由于浓度消光作用,PAMAM树形分子的荧光强度不再随浓度增加而线性增强.最后,将PAMAM树形分子水溶液用于锡纸上油印潜指纹的识别,经处理后的指纹在365 nm紫外光的激发下发射出蓝色荧光,潜指纹被成功地清晰识别.