| Literature DB >> 23598077 |
Jin Zheng1, Xuejiao Tian, Yangfei Sun, Daru Lu, Wuli Yang.
Abstract
pH-sensitive poly(L-glutamic acid) grafted mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN-PLGA) were prepared by the surface-initiated N-carboxyanhydride polymerization method. The resultant MSN-PLGA was well dispersed in aqueous medium and showed high drug loading efficiency, superior stability, and significantly higher drug release rates. The cumulative release of doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX) from DOX-loaded MSN-PLGA (DOX@MSN-PLGA) was pH-dependent and the release rate was much higher at pH 5.5 than that at pH 7.4. The cytotoxicity results indicated that the blank MSN-PLGA was biocompatible and the DOX@MSN-PLGA had potent in vitro cytotoxicity effect similar to free DOX. Overall, these results demonstrate that MSN-PLGA is a promising platform to build pH controlled drug delivery systems for cancer therapy.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23598077 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.04.014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Pharm ISSN: 0378-5173 Impact factor: 5.875