pH-responsive robust polymer micelles with metal-ligand coordinated core cross-links

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Apr 28;50(33):4351-3. doi: 10.1039/c4cc01584c.

Abstract

We report on pH-responsive core-shell polymer micelles with catechol-Fe(3+) coordinated core cross-links, which provide robustness to drug-loaded polymer micelles and allow the facilitated intracellular release of loaded anticancer drugs in response to an endosomal acidic pH.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Catechols / chemistry
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Doxorubicin / chemistry
  • Doxorubicin / pharmacology
  • Drug Carriers / chemistry
  • Ferric Compounds / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Ligands
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Micelles*
  • Polymers / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Catechols
  • Drug Carriers
  • Ferric Compounds
  • Ligands
  • Micelles
  • Polymers
  • Doxorubicin
  • catechol