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13. Biomimetic polymersomes as carriers for hydrophilic quantum dots.

Author

Liu GY, Liu XS, Wang SS, Chen CJ, and Ji J

Subjects
Flow Cytometry, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, Biomimetics, Quantum Dots
Abstract

For polymersomes to achieve their potential as effective delivery vehicles, they must efficiently encapsulate therapeutic agents into either the aqueous interior or the hydrophobic membrane. In this study, cell membrane-mimetic polymersomes were prepared from amphiphilic poly(D,L-lactide)-b-poly(2-methacryloyloxyethylphosphorylcholine) (PLA-b-PMPC) diblock copolymers and were used as encapsulation devices for water-soluble molecules. Thioalkylated zwitterionic phosphorylcholine protected quantum dots (PC@QDs) were chosen as hydrophilic model substrates and successfully encapsulated into the aqueous polymersome interior, as evidenced by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and flow cytometry. In addition, we also found a fraction of the PC@QDs were bound to both the external and internal surfaces of the polymersome. This interesting immobilization might be due to the ion-pair interactions between the phosphorylcholine groups on the PC@QDs and polymersomes. The experimental encapsulation results support a mechanism of PLA-b-PMPC polymersome formation in which PLA-b-PMPC copolymer chains first form spherical micelles, then worm-like micelles, and finally disk-like micelles which close up to form polymersomes.

Published
2012
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