Journal
BIOMACROMOLECULES
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 983-993Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bm900043e
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- Colorado State University Cancer Supercluster
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Novel nanoscale theragnostic devices were successfully prepared through attachment of well defined, multi functional polymer chains to gadolinium (Gd) metal-organic framework (MOF) nanoparticles. Copolymers of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-poly(N-acryloxysuccinimide)-co-poly(fluorescein O-methacrylate) were prepared via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT ) polymerization. The succinimide functionality was utilized as a scaffold for attachment of both a therapeutic agent, such as methotrexate, and a targeting ligand, such as H-glycine-arginine-glycine-aspartate-serine-NH2 peptide. Employment of a trithiocarbonate RAFT agent allowed for reduction of the polymer end groups to thiolates providing a means of copolymer attachment through vacant orbitals on the Gd3+ ions at the surface of the Gd MOF nanoparticles. These versatile, nanoscale scaffolds were shown to be biocompatible and have cancer cell targeting, bimodal imaging, and disease treatment capabilities. This unique method provided a simple yet versatile route of producing polymer-nanoparticle theragnostic materials with an unprecedented degree of flexibility in the construct, potentially allowing for tunable loading capacities and spatial loading of targeting/treatment agents, while incorporating bimodal imaging capabilities through both magnetic resonance and fluorescence microscopy.
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