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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 211, Issue -, Pages 370-379Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.01.089
Keywords
Heparin; Polyion complex; pH sensitivity; Drug carrier; DOX
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21104005, 81570431]
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Heparin as negative polysaccharide is a universal building block to form polyion complex with different cationic counterparts. In this paper, three different cations, including chitosan, benzyldodecyldimethyl ammonium bromide and doxorubicin hydrochloride, were used to prepare heparin-based polyion complexes (HPICs). Their morphologies could be tuned by heparin content in HPIC, and they also showed pH-sensitive decomposition. Doxorubicin was further encapsulated into micelle and vesicle carrier made from heparin-benzyldodecyl dimethyl ammonium bromide PIC, whereas heparin-doxorubicin PIC could be directly used as drug carrier. In vitro drug release proved the drug carriers exhibit obvious pH sensitive release behaviour. Cytotoxicity indicated the drug carrier possessed significant cytotoxicity to tumor cells. The cell uptake observed by CLSM showed the carrier was able to deliver antitumor drug into tumor cell's nucleus. Consequently, these results showed the promising potential of HPIC in drug carrier application.
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