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JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS
Volume 35, Issue 11, Pages 2497-2508Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2016.1222971
Keywords
PEG; dendrimer; doxorubicin; tamoxifen; loading efficacy; spectroscopy; TEM; modeling
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) [100]
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In this review, the binding and loading efficacy (LE) of anticancer drugs doxorubicin (DOX), tamoxifen (Tam) and its metabolites 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4-Hydroxytam) and endoxifen (Endox) with several synthetic polymers poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), methoxypoly (ethylene glycol) polyamidoamine (mPEG-PAMAM-G3), and polyamidoamine (PAMAM-G4) dendrimers were compared in aqueous solution at pH 7.4. The results of multiple spectroscopic methods, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and molecular modeling of conjugated drug-polymer were examined. Structural analysis showed that drug-polymer conjugation occurs mainly via H-bonding and hydrophobic contacts. The order of binding is PAMAM-G4>mPEG-PAMAM-G3>PEG-6000 with 4-hydroxttamoxifen forming more stable conjugate than tamoxifen and endoxifen. Doxorubicin shows stronger affinity for PAMAM-G4 than tamoxifen and its metabolites. The drug LE was 30-55%. TEM showed significant changes in the carrier morphology upon drug encapsulation. Modeling also showed that drug is located in the surface and in the internal cavities of PAMAM with DOX forming more stable polymer conjugates.
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