Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 30, Issue 8, Pages 1462-1472Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2008.11.032
Keywords
Microcapsules; Perfluorocarbons; Surface modification; Functionalization; Pegylated phospholipids; Biotinylated phospholipids
Funding
- CONACYT
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche [ANR ACUVA NT05-3-42548]
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We present here an easy method to modify the Surface chemistry of polymeric microcapsules of perfluorooctyl bromide used as ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs). Capsules were obtained by a solvent emulsification-evaporation process with phospholipids incorporated in the organic phase before emulsification. Several phospholipids were reviewed: fluorescent, pegylated and biotinylated phospholipids. The influence of phospholipid concentration oil microcapsule size and morphology was evaluated. Only a fraction of the phospholipids is associated to microcapsules, the rest being dissolved With the surfactant in the aqueous phase. Microscopy shows that phospholipids are present within the shell and that the core/shell structure is preserved Lip to 0.5 mg fluorescent phospholipids, Lip to about 0.25 mg pegylated phospholipids or biotinylated phospholipids (for 100 mg of polymer, poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA)). HPLC allows quantifying phospholipids associated to capsules: they correspond to 10% of pegylated phospholipids introduced in the organic phase. The presence of pegylated lipids at the Surface of capsules was confirmed by X-ray photon electron spectroscopy (XPS). The pegylation did not modify the echographic signal arising from Capsules. Finally biotinylated microcapsules incubated with neutravidin tend to aggregate, which confirms the presence of biotin at the Surface. These results are encouraging and future work will consist of nanocapsule surface modification for Molecular imaging. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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