Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (2): 416.

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Preparation of Glycyrrhetinic Acid-modified PEG-PLGA Nanoparticles and the Affinity Evaluation on Hepatoma Cells

HUANG Wei, WANG Ping, WANG Wei, ZHANG Yue, ZHANG Chuang-Nian, TIAN Qin, WANG Xiu-Hua, LIU Yuan, YUAN Zhi*   

  1. Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • Received:2010-03-16 Revised:2010-04-22 Online:2010-02-10 Published:2011-02-23
  • Contact: YUAN Zhi E-mail:zhiy@nankai.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    国家自然科学基金(批准号: 50873048)和天津市自然科学基金(批准号: 07JCZDJC00700) 资助.

Abstract: In this study, glycyrrhetinic acid-modified PEG-PLGA copolymer was fabricated, and was formed into nanoparticles (NPs) via solvent evaporation method with D-α-tocopheryl poly(ethylene glycol) succinate (TPGS) as a stabilizer. The physicochemical properties of the present system were investigated by NMR, IR, DLS, Ztea and TEM measurements. The cytotoxicity against hepatoma cells was studied based on MTT assay, and the affinity between the cells and the NPs were preliminarily evaluated by fluorescence microscopy. The results showed that the NPs were regularly spherical in shape with a hydrodynamic diameter around 128.2 nm, and the ztea potential of the NPs was about -16.2 mv. Besides, the NPs exhibited good stability against electrolyte solution. MTT result suggested that the NPs almost had no cytotoxicity on cells. Furthermore, the in vitro cell uptake result indicated that GA-modified NPs had a high affinity with hepatoma cells, and could be a promising liver targeted material.

Key words: Glycyrrhetinic acid, PEG-PLGA, D-α-tocopheryl poly(ethylene glycol) succinate (TPGS), Liver targeted material.

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