Journal
ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS
Volume 3, Issue 8, Pages 1261-1271Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201300549
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Funding
- National Basic Research Program (973 Program) of China [2012CB932600, 2013CB932702, 2011CB911002]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51222203, 51002100]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
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A pH-responsive nanocarrier is developed by coating nanoscale graphene oxide (NGO) with dual types of polymers, polyethylene glycol (PEG) and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH), the latter of which is then modified with 2,3-dimethylmaleic anhydride (DA) to acquire pH-dependent charge reversibility. After loading with doxorubicin (DOX), a chemotherapy drug, the obtained NGO-PEG-DA/DOX complex exhibits a dual pH-responsiveness, showing markedly enhanced cellular uptake under the tumor microenvironmental pH, and accelerated DOX release under a further lowered pH inside cell lysosomes. Combining such a unique behavior with subsequently slow efflux of DOX, NGO-PEG-DA/DOX offers remarkably improved cell killing for drug-resistant cancer cells under the tumor microenvironmental pH in comparison with free DOX. Exploiting its excellent photothermal conversion ability, combined chemo-and photothermal therapy is further demonstrated using NGO-PEG-DA/DOX, realizing a synergistic therapeutic effect. This work presents a novel design of surface chemistry on NGO for the development of smart drug delivery systems responding to the tumor microenvironment and external physical stimulus, with the potential to overcome drug resistance.
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