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ArticlePolymers2020

Folic Acid-Terminated Poly(2-Diethyl Amino Ethyl Methacrylate) Brush-Gated Magnetic Mesoporous Nanoparticles as a Smart Drug Delivery System.

Abeer M Beagan, Ahlam A Alghamdi, Shatha S Lahmadi, Majed A Halwani, Mohammed S Almeataq, Abdulaziz N Alhazaa, Khalid M Alotaibi, Abdullah M Alswieleh

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Article in Polymers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Abeer M BeaganDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1967-0288
Ahlam A AlghamdiDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Shatha S LahmadiDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Majed A HalwaniKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Nanomedicine Department, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2192-3264
Mohammed S AlmeataqKing Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulaziz N AlhazaaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6213-6662
Khalid M AlotaibiDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-7270-4846
Abdullah M AlswielehDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-8312-8330
King Saud University · SAKing Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology · SAKing Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, chemotherapy is an important method for the treatment of various cancers. Nevertheless, it has many limitations, such as poor tumour selectivity and multi-drug resistance. It is necessary to improve this treatment method by incorporating a targeted drug delivery system aimed to reduce side effects and drug resistance. The present work aims to develop pH-sensitive nanocarriers containing magnetic mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MMSNs) coated with pH-responsive polymers for tumour-targeted drug delivery via the folate receptor. 2-Diethyl amino ethyl methacrylate (DEAEMA) was successfully grafted on MMSNs via surface initiated ARGET atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), with an average particle size of 180 nm. The end groups of poly (2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PDEAEMA) brushes were converted to amines, followed by a covalent bond with folic acid (FA) as a targeting agent. FA conjugated to the nanoparticle surface was confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). pH-Responsive behavior of PDEAEMA brushes was investigated by Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS). The nanoparticles average diameters ranged from ca. 350 nm in basic media to ca. 650 in acidic solution. Multifunctional pH-sensitive magnetic mesoporous nanoparticles were loaded with an anti-cancer drug (Doxorubicin) to investigate their capacity and long-circulation time. In a cumulative release pattern, doxorubicin (DOX) release from nano-systems was ca. 20% when the particle exposed to acidic media, compared to ca. 5% in basic media. The nano-systems have excellent biocompatibility and are minimally toxic when exposed to MCF-7, and -MCF-7 ADR cells.

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anti-cancer drugcontrolled drug releasemagnetic mesoporous nanoparticlespH-responsive polymer brushessurface functionalization

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PMID33375759
PMCPMC7795197
OpenAlexW3117246928

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