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Properties of Cellulose-based Polymeric Hollow Microspheres as Drug Carriers

NAN Jing-ya1, LIU Yu-peng1, CHEN Ying1,2, WANG Chun-peng1,2, CHU Fu-xiang3   

  1. 1. Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF; National Engineering Lab.for Biomass Chemical Utilization; Key and Open Lab.of Forest Chemical Engineering, SFA; Key Lab.of Biomass Energy and Material, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210042, China;
    2. Research Institute of Forestry New Technology, CAF, Beijing 100091, China;
    3. Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
  • Received:2014-11-13 Online:2015-05-30 Published:2015-08-04

Abstract: Hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC), a natural polymer, was chosen as a biocompatible and biodegradable template to prepare two kinds of polymeric hollow microspheres, i.e., poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-poly(acrylic acid) (PNIPAm-co-PAA) microgels and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-poly(acrylic acid) (PNIPAm-PAA) hydrogel capsules by using different polymerization methods.The drug loading capacity and releasing behaviors of PNIPAm-co-PAA microgels and PNIPAm-PAA hydrogel capsules as drug carriers were investigated by using anticancer drug, Doxorubicin hydrochloride (Dox), as hydrophilic model drug.The results indicated that Dox could be encapsulated in PNIPAm-co-PAA microgels and PNIPAm-PAA hydrogel capsules with high drug loading driven by the electrostatic interaction.The characteristic sustained-releases of Dox from these two kinds of microspheres were observed under physiological pH and temperature.More encouragingly, the release of Dox exhibited a dual-responsivity to temperature and pH.In vitro cytotoxicity assay indicated that Dox-loaded PNIPAm-co-PAA microgels and PNIPAm-PAA hydrogel capsules had high antitumor activity, and implied that they might be a potential drug delivery carrier especially for water-soluble or polypeptide drugs, as well as applying in the wood adhesive preservation, etc.

Key words: polymeric hollow microspheres, poly (N-isopropylacrylamide), poly (acrylic acid), drug carrier

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