Construction of nano-drug delivery and antitumor system of stimuli-responsive polypeptides

The size of the nanoparticles is moderate and the dispersion is well, which will not be recognized nonspecifically and clearance by the endothelial reticular system. In this study, stimuli-responsive polypeptides nano-delivery system has been constructed, which can realize the response to various stimuli in the tumor microenviron-ment. Tertiary amine groups are grafted to the side chain of polypeptides as the point of charge reversal and particle expansion. In addition, a new kind of liquid crystal monomer was prepared by substituting cholesterol-cysteamine, which can promote polymers to realize the transformation of spatial conformation by adjusting the ordered arrangement of macromolecules. The introduction of hydrophobic elements greatly enhanced the self-assembly performance of polypeptides, which could effectively improve the drug loading and encapsulation rate of nanoparticles. Nanoparticles could achieve targeted aggregation in tumor tissues, and there were no toxicity and side effects on normal bodies during treatment, with good safety in vivo.

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In this study, a stimuli-responsive polypeptide nano-delivery system was developed for various stimuli response in the tumor microenvironment. The introduction of hydrophobic elements greatly improved the self-assembly performance of polypeptides, leading to enhanced drug loading and encapsulation rate of nanoparticles. The nanoparticles achieved targeted aggregation in tumor tissues and exhibited good safety in vivo without toxicity and side effects on normal bodies during treatment.