Production of CNT-taxol-embedded PCL microspheres using an ammonium-based room temperature ionic liquid: as a sustained drug delivery system.
J Colloid Interface Sci
; 442: 147-53, 2015 Mar 15.
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ABSTRACT
We describe a one-pot method for the mass production of polymeric microspheres containing water-soluble carbon-nanotube (w-CNT)-taxol complexes using an ammonium-based room temperature ionic liquid. Polycaprolactone (PCL), trioctylmethylammonium chloride (TOMAC; liquid state from -20 to 240°C), and taxol were used, respectively, as a model polymer, room temperature ionic liquid, and drug. Large quantities of white colored PCL powder without w-CNT-taxol complexes and gray colored PCL powders containing w-CNT-taxol (11 or 12 wt/wt) complexes were produced by phase separation between the hydrophilic TOMAC and the hydrophobic PCL. Both microsphere types had a uniform, spherical structure of average diameter 3-5µm. The amount of taxol embedded in PCL microspheres was determined by HPLC and (1)H NMR to be 8-12µg per 1.0mg of PCL (loading capacity (LC) 0.8-1.2%; entrapment efficiency (EE) 16-24%). An in vitro HPLC release assay showed sustain release of taxol without an initial burst over 60days at an average rate of 0.003-0.0073mg per day. The viability patterns of human breast cancer cells (MCF-7) for PCTx-1 and -2 showed dose-dependent inhibitory effects. In the presence of PCTx-1 and -2, the MCF-7 cells showed high viability in the concentration level of, respectably, <70 and <5µg/mL.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Polyesters
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Paclitaxel
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Delayed-Action Preparations
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Ionic Liquids
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Ammonium Compounds
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Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Colloid Interface Sci
Year:
2015
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Article