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On-Chip Self-Assembly of a Smart Hybrid Nanocomposite for Antitumoral Applications
Tekijät: Bárbara Herranz-Blanco, Dongfei Liu, Ermei Mäkilä, Mohammad-Ali Shahbazi, Eloy Ginestar, Hongbo Zhang, Vladimir Aseyev, Vimalkumar Balasubramanian, Jarno Salonen, Jouni Hirvonen, Hélder A. Santos
Kustantaja: WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
Julkaisuvuosi: 2015
Journal: Advanced Functional Materials
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Lehden akronyymi: ADV FUNCT MATER
Vuosikerta: 25
Numero: 10
Aloitussivu: 1488
Lopetussivu: 1497
Sivujen määrä: 10
ISSN: 1616-301X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201404122
A hybrid nanocomposite comprised by porous silicon nanoparticles and a stimuli responsive polymeric material, polyethylene glycol-block-poly(L-histidine), is spontaneously formed by nanoprecipitation in a flow-focusing microfluidic chip. The nanocomposite presents a novel hybrid compound micelle structure with a great robustness for therapeutic applications. Therefore, the nanocomposite is developed and tested as a "smart" multistage drug delivery system (MDDS) in response to some of the current problems that cancer treatment presents. Based on the stimuli-responsive behavior of the nanocomposite, a chemotherapeutic agent is successfully loaded into the nanosystem and released upon changes in the pH-values. The nanocomposite demonstrates enhanced stability in plasma, narrow size distribution, improved surface smoothness, and high cytocompatibility. Furthermore, the nanocomposite presents reduced nanoparticle internalization by phagocytic macrophage cells and pH-dependent cell growth inhibition capacity. Overall, the developed hybrid nanocomposite shows very promising features for its further development as a "smart" pH-responsive MDDS.