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ArticlePolymers2019

Dual-responsive Gemini Micelles for Efficient Delivery of Anticancer Therapeutics.

Young In Choi, Eun-Sook Choi, Kwan Ho Mun, Se Guen Lee, Sung Jun Lee, Sang Won Jeong, Seung Woo Lee, Hyun-Chul Kim

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Article in Polymers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors.

Young In ChoiConvergence Research Institute, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Korea. cyi9161@dgist.ac.kr.
Eun-Sook ChoiConvergence Research Institute, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Korea. stom96@dgist.ac.kr.
Kwan Ho MunSchool of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Korea. kwanho0903@gmail.com.
Se Guen LeeConvergence Research Institute, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Korea. sklee@dgist.ac.kr.
Sung Jun LeeConvergence Research Institute, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Korea. schrisj@dgist.ac.kr.
Sang Won JeongConvergence Research Institute, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Korea. sjeomg@dgist.ac.kr.
Seung Woo LeeSchool of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Korea. leesw1212@ynu.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0001-7523-5371
Hyun-Chul KimConvergence Research Institute, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Korea. kimhc@dgist.ac.kr.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymeric micelles as drug delivery vehicles are popular owing to several advantages. In this study, a gemini amphiphile (gemini mPEG-Cys-PMT) consisting of hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) and hydrophobic poly(methionine) with cystine disulfide spacer was synthesized and its micellar properties for thiol- or reactive oxygen species (ROS)-dependent intracellular drug delivery were described. The cleavage of cystine linkage in a redox environment or the oxidation of methionine units in a ROS environment caused the destabilization of micelles. Such redox- or ROS-triggered micellar destabilization led to enhanced release of encapsulated doxorubicin (DOX) to induce cytotoxicity against cancer cells. Further, the therapeutic effects of the DOX-loaded micelles were demonstrated using the KB cell line. This study shows that thiol and ROS dual-responsive gemini micelles are promising platforms for nano-drug delivery in various cancer therapies.

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disulfide–thiol exchangedrug delivery systemsgemini micellesreactive oxygen species

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PMID30960588
PMCPMC6523983

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