Hollow-Core Magnetic Colloidal Nanocrystal Clusters with Ligand-Exchanged Surface Modification as Delivery Vehicles for Targeted and Stimuli-Responsive Drug Release

The fabrication of hierarchical magnetic nanomaterials with welldefined structure, high magnetic response, excellent colloidal stability, and biocompatibility is highly sought after for drug-delivery systems. Herein, a new kind of hollow-core magnetic colloidal nanocrystal cluster (HMCNC) with porou...

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Main Authors: Li, D., Tang, J., Guo, J., Wang, S., Chaudhary, Deeptangshu, Wang, C.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28669
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author Li, D.
Tang, J.
Guo, J.
Wang, S.
Chaudhary, Deeptangshu
Wang, C.
author_facet Li, D.
Tang, J.
Guo, J.
Wang, S.
Chaudhary, Deeptangshu
Wang, C.
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building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description The fabrication of hierarchical magnetic nanomaterials with welldefined structure, high magnetic response, excellent colloidal stability, and biocompatibility is highly sought after for drug-delivery systems. Herein, a new kind of hollow-core magnetic colloidal nanocrystal cluster (HMCNC) with porous shell and tunable hollow chamber is synthesized by a one-pot solvothermal process. Its novelty lies in the “tunability” of the hollow chamber and of the pore structure within the shell through controlled feeding of sodium citrate and water, respectively. Furthermore, by using the ligand-exchange method, folate-modified poly(acrylic acid) was immobilized on the surface of HMCNCs to create folatetargetedHMCNCs (folate-HMCNCs), which endowed them with excellent colloidal stability, pH sensitivity, and,more importantly, folate receptor-targeting ability. These assemblages exhibited excellent colloidal stability in plasma solution. Doxorubicin (DOX), as a model anticancer agent, was loaded within the hollow core of these folate-HMCNCs (folate-HMCNCs-DOX), and drug-release experiments proved that the folate-HMCNCs-DOX demonstrated pH-dependent release behavior. The folate-HMCNCs-DOXassemblages also exhibited higher potent cytotoxicity to HeLa cells than free doxorubicin. Moreover, folate-HMCNCs-DOX showed rapid cell uptake apart from the enhanced cytotoxicity to HeLa cells. Experimental results confirmed that the synthesized folate-HMCNCs are smart nanovehicles as a result of their improved folate receptor-targeting abilities and also because of their combined pH- and magnetic-stimuli response for applications in drug delivery.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-286692017-09-13T15:15:33Z Hollow-Core Magnetic Colloidal Nanocrystal Clusters with Ligand-Exchanged Surface Modification as Delivery Vehicles for Targeted and Stimuli-Responsive Drug Release Li, D. Tang, J. Guo, J. Wang, S. Chaudhary, Deeptangshu Wang, C. ligand exchange hollow drug delivery core receptors nanostructures The fabrication of hierarchical magnetic nanomaterials with welldefined structure, high magnetic response, excellent colloidal stability, and biocompatibility is highly sought after for drug-delivery systems. Herein, a new kind of hollow-core magnetic colloidal nanocrystal cluster (HMCNC) with porous shell and tunable hollow chamber is synthesized by a one-pot solvothermal process. Its novelty lies in the “tunability” of the hollow chamber and of the pore structure within the shell through controlled feeding of sodium citrate and water, respectively. Furthermore, by using the ligand-exchange method, folate-modified poly(acrylic acid) was immobilized on the surface of HMCNCs to create folatetargetedHMCNCs (folate-HMCNCs), which endowed them with excellent colloidal stability, pH sensitivity, and,more importantly, folate receptor-targeting ability. These assemblages exhibited excellent colloidal stability in plasma solution. Doxorubicin (DOX), as a model anticancer agent, was loaded within the hollow core of these folate-HMCNCs (folate-HMCNCs-DOX), and drug-release experiments proved that the folate-HMCNCs-DOX demonstrated pH-dependent release behavior. The folate-HMCNCs-DOXassemblages also exhibited higher potent cytotoxicity to HeLa cells than free doxorubicin. Moreover, folate-HMCNCs-DOX showed rapid cell uptake apart from the enhanced cytotoxicity to HeLa cells. Experimental results confirmed that the synthesized folate-HMCNCs are smart nanovehicles as a result of their improved folate receptor-targeting abilities and also because of their combined pH- and magnetic-stimuli response for applications in drug delivery. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28669 10.1002/chem.201202249 Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA restricted
spellingShingle ligand exchange
hollow
drug delivery
core
receptors
nanostructures
Li, D.
Tang, J.
Guo, J.
Wang, S.
Chaudhary, Deeptangshu
Wang, C.
Hollow-Core Magnetic Colloidal Nanocrystal Clusters with Ligand-Exchanged Surface Modification as Delivery Vehicles for Targeted and Stimuli-Responsive Drug Release
title Hollow-Core Magnetic Colloidal Nanocrystal Clusters with Ligand-Exchanged Surface Modification as Delivery Vehicles for Targeted and Stimuli-Responsive Drug Release
title_full Hollow-Core Magnetic Colloidal Nanocrystal Clusters with Ligand-Exchanged Surface Modification as Delivery Vehicles for Targeted and Stimuli-Responsive Drug Release
title_fullStr Hollow-Core Magnetic Colloidal Nanocrystal Clusters with Ligand-Exchanged Surface Modification as Delivery Vehicles for Targeted and Stimuli-Responsive Drug Release
title_full_unstemmed Hollow-Core Magnetic Colloidal Nanocrystal Clusters with Ligand-Exchanged Surface Modification as Delivery Vehicles for Targeted and Stimuli-Responsive Drug Release
title_short Hollow-Core Magnetic Colloidal Nanocrystal Clusters with Ligand-Exchanged Surface Modification as Delivery Vehicles for Targeted and Stimuli-Responsive Drug Release
title_sort hollow-core magnetic colloidal nanocrystal clusters with ligand-exchanged surface modification as delivery vehicles for targeted and stimuli-responsive drug release
topic ligand exchange
hollow
drug delivery
core
receptors
nanostructures
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28669