betadex and hydroxyethylcellulose

To extend the applications of natural products in nanomedicine, novel cellulose-based supramolecular nanoparticles (SNPs) were fabricated via a host-guest driven self-assembly strategy here. The adamantane-grafted carboxyethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose and β-cyclodextrin-grafted glycerol ethoxylate were synthesized to self-assemble into the SNPs. Furthermore, doxorubicin (DOX)-functionalized β-cyclodextrin was encapsulated into SNPs via an in situ co-assembly process to generate DOX-loaded SNPs (DOX-SNPs). The SNPs exhibited a quasi-spherical morphology with an average diameter of ∼25 nm. The DOX-SNPs with relatively larger diameter possessed a high DOX loading efficiency (∼94 %) and the pH-responsive drug release behaviors, which made them suitable as a drug delivery system. In vitro cytotoxicity assays demonstrated the excellent cytocompatibility of SNPs and the efficient inhibition of Hela cell proliferation of DOX-SNPs. Moreover, the DOX-SNPs could effectively enter Hela cells via endocytosis and release DOX under endo/lysosome pH. Thus, this nanocarrier has promising translational potential in cancer therapy and personalized nanomedicine.

Topics: Adamantane; beta-Cyclodextrins; Biocompatible Materials; Cell Proliferation; Cellulose; Doxorubicin; Drug Carriers; Drug Liberation; Glyceryl Ethers; HeLa Cells; Humans; Nanomedicine; Nanoparticles

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; beta-Cyclodextrins; Cellulose; Hydrogels; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared

Bio-based hydrogel containing cyclodextrins (CDs) is of a promising polymer material that could display many advantages including wide availability, sustainability, biocompatibility and biodegradability, especially the inherent encapsulation ability with hydrophobic substance. To obtain these, the electrostatic and host-guest interactions were introduced and a hydrogel with three-dimensional double network structures was built. For preparing a spherical biopolymer cage, hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) and modified chitosan (HACC) were cross-linked by a one-pot reaction. The existence of HACC in this hydrogel provides a positive charge core to attract negative host molecule of sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin (SEB-β-CD). The loading amount of SEB-β-CD were determined by the method of weight increment and photometric titration, respectively, and an average content of active SEB-β-CD in our prepared hydrogel is more than 50%, much higher than the grafting of CD on biopolymers materials through chemical reaction. By the host-guest interaction, hydrophobic molecule of PP could adsorb rapidly in our prepared hydrogel and sustain-release in aqueous solution. Through ion-exchange interaction, different negative ions were studied for obtaining a control release of SEB-β-CD, which is to achieve the purpose of rapid release of hydrophobic guest molecule.

Topics: Adsorption; beta-Cyclodextrins; Cellulose; Chitosan; Delayed-Action Preparations; Drug Design; Hydrogels; Kinetics; Microspheres; Solubility; Static Electricity

Size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) of hydrophobe-modified hydroxyethyl cellulose (HmHEC) is challenging because polymer chains are not isolated in solution due to association of hydrophobic groups and hydrophobic interaction with column packing materials. An approach to neutralize these hydrophobic interactions was developed by adding β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) to the aqueous eluent. SEC mass recovery, especially for the higher molecular weight chains, increased with increasing concentration of β-CD in the eluent. A β-CD concentration of 0.75wt% in the eluent was determined to be optimal for the HmHEC polymers studied. These conditions enabled precise determinations of apparent molecular weight distributions exhibiting less than 2% relative standard deviation in the measured weight-average molecular weight (MW) for five injections on three studied samples and showed no significant differences in MW determined on two different days. The developed technology was shown to be very robust for characterizing HmHEC having MW from 500kg/mol to 2000kg/mol, and it can be potentially applied to other hydrophobe-modified polymers.

Topics: beta-Cyclodextrins; Cellulose; Chromatography, Gel; Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; Molecular Weight

The effects of terpenes on the release and permeation of ofloxacin and lidocaine from moisture-activated composite patches were investigated. Ofloxacin without enhancers showed very low permeation rate (0.58 microg/cm(2)/hr), and the addition of cineole enhanced the permeation flux 14.1-times; /-menthol and d-limonene increased it 4.7- and 3.5-times, respectively. The highest permeation flux (77.7 +/- 25.3 microg/cm(2)/hr) of lidocaine from the composite patches was also achieved when cineole at the concentration of 0.33% in the gel base was added. /-Menthol also revealed enhancing effect on the permeation of lidocaine; however, d-limonene failed to increase the permeation rate of lidocaine. In conclusion, for effective moisture- activated patches containing lidocaine and ofloxacin, cineole could be used as an effective and safe enhancer.

Topics: 2-Hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin; Acrylic Resins; Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic; Administration, Cutaneous; Animals; beta-Cyclodextrins; Biological Availability; Cellulose; Cyclohexanols; Cyclohexenes; Drug Delivery Systems; Eucalyptol; Excipients; Hydrogels; In Vitro Techniques; Lidocaine; Limonene; Male; Maleates; Menthol; Mice; Mice, Hairless; Monoterpenes; Ofloxacin; Polyethylenes; Polysorbates; Skin Absorption; Terpenes