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Enhancing the targeting ability of nanoparticles via protected copolymers
- Source :
- Nanoscale. 12:7804-7813
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2020.
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Abstract
- It is important to maintain the balance between therapeutic efficiency and cytotoxicity when using nanomaterials for biomedical applications. Here, we propose a new method (i.e., non-covalent coating of protected copolymers onto the nanoparticle surface) to enhance the active targeting of nanoparticles to the cancer cells by combining the dissipative particle dynamics simulation and in vitro experiments. When coating the protected copolymer onto the nanoparticle surface, the uptake efficiency could be greatly altered due to the competition between the copolymer-ligand interaction and the receptor-ligand interaction-the non-covalent coating is more efficient than the covalent coating. Furthermore, the effect of the physicochemical properties of the protected copolymer on the targeting ability of nanoparticles was also investigated. This study offers useful insight into the optimal design of nanocarriers in biomedicine.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Cell Survival
Polymers
Dissipative particle dynamics
Nanoparticle
Nanotechnology
CHO Cells
engineering.material
Ligands
Silicon Dioxide
Cell Line
Nanomaterials
Cricetulus
Coating
Covalent bond
Cricetinae
engineering
Copolymer
Animals
Humans
Nanoparticles
General Materials Science
Nanocarriers
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20403372 and 20403364
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nanoscale
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ecfc119cc43c09e5b40745dbd8e5c489