Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (2): 353.

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Complex and in vitro Release of Methotrexate-PAMAM Dendrimer

YE Ling1, JING Xiao-Zhou1, YANG Hua1, SU Jian-Ting1, YUN Liu-Hong2   

  1. 1. Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100054, China;
    2. Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
  • Received:2004-01-14 Online:2005-02-10 Published:2005-02-10

Abstract: We investigated the interaction between G5.0 PAMAM and methotrexate(MTX) drug molecules by 13C NMR, and it has been proven that the interaction is occurring between the PAMAM amine functional groups and the MTX carboxyl groups. UV-Vis study showed each G5.0 PAMAM could conjugate up to 27 MTX molecules. The release of MTX from complex is much slower than that of free MTX at pH=7.4, 10 mmol/L Tris-HCl buffer. The presence of 0.02 mol/L NaCl in buffer increases the release rate of MTX from the complex, which further defines the interaction between PAMAM and MTX.

Key words: Polyamidoamine(PAMAM) dendrimer, Methotrexate(MTX), Release

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