Quinone propionic acid‐based redox‐triggered polymer nanoparticles for drug delivery: Computational analysis and in vitro evaluation

Abstract

Redox‐responsive polymers with pendant quinone propionic acid groups as a redox trigger were optimized by computational modeling to prepare efficient redox‐triggered polymer nanoparticles (NPs) for drug delivery. Lipophilicities at complete reduction of redox‐responsive polymers (In vitro drug release profiles demonstrated the NPs to release >80% of paclitaxel over 24 h at a simulated redox‐state compared with 26.5 to 41.2% release from the control. Cell viability studies revealed that the polymer was nontoxic and the NPs could release paclitaxel to suppress breast cancer cell growth. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014, 131, 40461.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2014
Source ID
10.1002/app.40461

Entities

People

  • Fakhri Mahdi
  • Ho‐wook Jun
  • Jungeun Bae
  • Lingzhou Jiang
  • Manal A. Nael
  • Patrick Taejoon Hwang
  • Robert J. Doerksen
  • S. Narasimha Murthy
  • Seongbong Jo
  • Wael M. Elshamy
  • Yu‐dong Zhou

Organizations

  • National Science Foundation
  • United States Department of Defense
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • University of Mississippi

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Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Aerial Delivery - Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Oncology (Cancer Research).
  • Polymer Science and Technology

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biotechnology - Cancer Biotech