Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10603082 | Carbohydrate Polymers | 2011 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
We report the synthesis of hyaluronic acid (HA) particles with positive and negative charges on their surfaces. HA-based particles were prepared using an aqueous solution of linear HA in a sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT)-isooctane microemulsion system. The prepared HA particles were post modified, i.e., oxidized to aldehyde (HA-O) by NaIO4 treatment and then these HA-O particles were reacted with cysteamine (CYs) to obtain thiol groups on the surface of the HA particles. The thiolated HA particles (HA-CYs) were further exposed to radical polymerization with an anionic monomer, 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid (AMPS), and with a cationic monomer, 3-acrylamidopropyl-trimethylammonium chloride (APTMACl), to generate HA-based ionic hydrogel particles, HA-CYs-AMPS and HA-CYs-APTMACl, respectively. The prepared HA-based anionic and cationic particles illustrated strong pH dependent size variations. We demonstrated that HA-CYs-AMPS and HA-CYs-APTMACl particles can be used as drug delivery vehicles. Trimethoprim (TMP) and naproxen (NN) were used as model drugs in the drug delivery experiments.
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Authors
Sema Ekici, Pinar Ilgin, Sultan Butun, Nurettin Sahiner,