Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (1): 20240116.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20240116

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Ring-opening Preparation of Poly(disulfide)s for Drug Delivery

SUN Yujie, NIU Zhentian, TONG Haoxuan, HU Yue, YU Bingran(), XU Fujian()   

  1. College of Materials Science and Engineering,Beijing University of Chemical Technology,Beijing 100029,China
  • Received:2024-03-11 Online:2025-01-10 Published:2024-04-23
  • Contact: YU Bingran, XU Fujian E-mail:yubr@mail.buct.edu.cn;xufj@mail.buct.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFB3800900);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22122501)

Abstract:

The dynamic exchange and recombination of disulfide bonds make it easy to polymerization to obtain poly(disulfide)s, among which ring-opening polymerization(ROP) is a common preparation method. The environmental sensitivity of poly(disulfide)s makes it widely used in the field of drug delivery. In this paper, the ROP strategies of disulfide are reviewed, which are mainly divided into ring-opening self-polymerization and thiol-induced disulfide exchange polymerization. Then, the latest research progress of poly(disulfide)s in drug delivery is also discussed, including nucleic acid delivery, protein delivery and small molecule drug delivery. Last, the ROP stategies and application in drug delivery of poly(disulfide)s are prospected.

Key words: Disulfide exchange, Disulfide bond, Ring-opening polymerization, Drug delivery

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