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MATERIALS HORIZONS
Volume 10, Issue 7, Pages 2554-2567Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d3mh00218g
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Enhanced joint synergistic lubrication combined with anti-inflammatory therapy is an effective strategy to delay the progression of early osteoarthritis. A pH-responsive cyclic brush zwitterionic polymer (CB) with high drug-loading efficiency was developed, demonstrating superlubrication, sequence controlled release, and anti-inflammatory effects. The CB shows promise as a long-acting lubricating therapeutic agent for OA treatment or other diseases.
Enhanced joint synergistic lubrication combined with anti-inflammatory therapy is an effective strategy to delay the progression of early osteoarthritis (OA) but has been rarely reported. The hydration lubrication of zwitterions and inherent super-lubrication properties of the cyclic brush, as well as the enhancement of the steric stability of the cyclic topology, can effectively improve the drug loading and utilization; herein we report a pH-responsive cyclic brush zwitterionic polymer (CB) with SBMA and DMAEMA as brushes and a cyclic polymer (c-P(HEMA)) as the core template, possessing a low coefficient of friction (0.017). After loading with hydrophobic curcumin and hydrophilic loxoprofen sodium it demonstrates high drug-loading efficiency. In vitro and in vivo experiments confirmed the triple function of the CB on superlubrication, sequence controlled release and anti-inflammatory effects demonstrated by Micro CT, histological analysis and qRT-PCR. Overall, the CB is a promising long-acting lubricating therapeutic agent, with potential for OA treatment or other diseases.
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