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Oligo(ethylene glycol)-based thermosensitive dendrimers and their tumor accumulation and penetration
Wu, Wei,Driessen, Wouter,Jiang, Xiqun
supporting information, p. 3145 - 3155 (2014/03/21)
Dendrimers have several featured advantages over other nanomaterials as drug carriers, such as well-defined structure, specific low-nanometer size, and abundant peripheral derivable groups, etc. However, these advantages have not been fully exploited yet to optimize their biological performance, especially tumor penetration, which is a shortcoming of current nanomaterials. Here we show the syntheses of a new class of oligo(ethylene glycol) (OEG)-based thermosensitive dendrimers up to the fourth generation. Each dendrimer shows monodisperse structure. OEG/poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) moieties with different precise lengths were introduced to the periphery of the fourth-generation dendrimer followed by an antitumor agent, gemcitabine (GEM). The biodistributions of the GEM-conjugated dendrimers were investigated by micro positron emission tomography and multispectral optoacoustic tomography imaging techniques and compared with that of GEM-conjugated poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM). The GEM-conjugated dendrimer with the longest peripheral PEG segments exhibited the most desirable tumor accumulation and penetration and thus had significantly higher antitumor activity than the GEM-conjugated PAMAM.
Modular synthesis of bifunctional linkers for materials science
Moreau, Julie,Marchand-Brynaert, Jacqueline
, p. 1641 - 1644 (2011/05/03)
A practical synthesis of α,ω-bifunctional linkers is described that is based on three building blocks, namely, thioctic acid, a spacer-arm of seven ethylene glycol units, and a functional motif dedicated to the selective immobilization of purposely tagged proteins. Such representative motifs are biotin, haloacetamide, maleimide, and nitrilotriacetic acid derivatives. The building blocks are connected through alkyl, amide, and/or carbamate linkages. Copyright
