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Frontiers of Materials Science

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Front. Mater. Sci.    2015, Vol. 9 Issue (3) : 211-226    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-015-0283-y
REVIEW ARTICLE
Synthesis strategies for disulfide bond-containing polymer-based drug delivery system for reduction-responsive controlled release
Lei LIU,Peng LIU()
State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Abstract

Tumor micro-environment responsive drug delivery systems (DDSs) have been developed as a potential approach to reduce the side effects of cancer chemotherapy. Glutathione (GSH) has been supposed to the most significant signal of the difference between the normal tissue and the tumor cells, besides the media pH and temperature. In recent years, the reduction-responsive DDSs have attracted more and more attention for delivery of anti-cancer drugs, based on such physiological signal. Among them, disulfide bond-containing polymers have been designed as the main tool for the purpose. The recent progress in the synthesis strategies for the disulfide bond-containing polymer-based DDS is focused in the present review.

Keywords drug delivery system (DDS)      reduction-responsive      disulfide bond-containing polymer      tumor micro-environment responsive     
Corresponding Author(s): Peng LIU   
Online First Date: 06 July 2015    Issue Date: 23 July 2015
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Lei LIU,Peng LIU. Synthesis strategies for disulfide bond-containing polymer-based drug delivery system for reduction-responsive controlled release[J]. Front. Mater. Sci., 2015, 9(3): 211-226.
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Fig.1  Synthesis pathway for mPEG-S2-PZLL.
Fig.2  Structure of disulfide-linked Dex-SS-PCL.
Fig.3  Self-assembly, disassembly and multi-responses of PEG-SS-PDMAEMA and PRX-SS-PDMAEMA. (Reproduced with permission from Ref. [36])
Fig.4  Structure of the dual location disulfide degradable DL-ssABP [POEOMA-SS-(PLA-SS-PLA)-ssPOEOMA] triblock copolymer.
Fig.5  Schematic representation of DOX encapsulation into mPEG-HRSCP-mPEG nanoparticles. (Reproduced with permission from Ref. [46])
Fig.6  Dex-SS-SA (PEG-oDS).
Fig.7  PEG43-b-P(AA30-co-tBA18)-b-PCL53 triblock copolymer.
Fig.8  Illustration of reversible disulfide crosslinked starch-g-PEG micelles for intracellular drug release triggered by GSH. (Reproduced with permission from Ref. [56])
Fig.9  Synthesis, self-assembly and drug-loading of the PEG-PBMS multiblock copolymer. (Reproduced with permission from Ref. [62])
Fig.10  Schematic outline of the predicted self-assembly behavior of CPT-SS-PEG-SS-CPT under aqueous conditions and its drug release behavior. (Reproduced with permission from Ref. [81])
AAacrylic acid
Atoratorvastatin calcium
ATRPatom transfer radical polymerization
BAbutyl acrylate
CDcyclodextrin
Cholcholesterol
CLMcrosslinked micelle
CLSMconfocal laser scanning microscopy
CMCcritical micelle concentration
CPTcamptothecin
CSchondroitin sulfate
Cyscystine
DDSdrug delivery system
DEA(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate
Dexdextran
DHLAdihydrolipoic acid
DMA2,3-dimethylmaleic anhydride
DOXdoxorubicin
DTTdithiothreitol
ECMextracellular matrix
EDC1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide
EPRenhanced permeability and retention
FAfolic acid
FITCfluorescein isothiocyanate
FRETfluorescence resonance energy transfer
Galgalactose
Gelgelatin
GONgraphene oxide nanoparticle
GSHglutathione
GSSGglutathione disulfide
HeLaHenrietta Lacks
HEMA2-hydroxtethyl methacrylate
HEMIN-(2-hydroxyethyl) maleimide
HIFUhigh intensity focused ultrasound
LAlipoic acid
LCSTlower critical solution temperature
LPheNCAL-phenylalanine NCA
MDRmultidrug resistance
MES2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid
MNPmagnetic nanoparticle
MPmercaptopurine
mPEGmethoxyl poly(ethylene glycol)
MPTS3-mercaptopropyl-trimethoxysilane
MSNmesoporous silica nanoparticle
MTT3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide
NADHnicotinamide adenine dinucleotide hydride
NCAN-carboxyanhydride
NCMnon-crosslinked micelle
NGOnano-graphene oxide
NHSN-hydroxysuccinimide
OEGoligo(ethylene glycol)
oHAoligosaccharide of hyaluronic acid
PAApoly(acrylic acid)
PBSphosphate buffered saline
PCBpolycarboxybetaine
PCLpoly(?-caprolactone)
PCSSDPCB-b-PDS-b-PDPA
PDEApoly(2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate)
PDMAEMApoly(2-(N,N-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate)
PDPApoly(2-(diisopropylamine)ethyl methacrylate)
PDSpyridyl disulfide
PECLpoly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(?-caprolactone)
PEEPpoly(ethyl ethylene phosphate)
PEGpoly(ethylene glycol)
PEGMApoly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate
PEIpolyethylenimine
PEOpoly(ethylene oxide)
PHPMApoly(N-2-hydroxypropyl methacrylamide)
PLApolylactide
PLGpoly(L-glutamate)
PLLpoly(L-lysine)
PLyspoly(lysine)
PMAApoly(methacrylic acid)
PNASpoly(N-acryloxysuccinimide)
PNIPAMpoly(N-isopropylacrylamide)
POEOMApendant oligo(ethylene oxide) methacrylate
PPDSMpoly(pyridyldisulfide ethylmethacrylate)
PPLGpoly(g-propargyl-L-glutamate)
PRXpolyrotaxane
PZLLpoly(?-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine)
RAFTreversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization
RESreticuloendothelial system
RGDArg-Gly-Asp
ROPring-opening polymerization
SAstearyl alcohol
SAvstreptavidin
SHGelthiolated gelatin
TEOStetraethyl orthosilicate
THPtetrahydropyran
Tpepmitochondria-targeted therapeutic agent
TPPtriphenylphosphonium
TPTtopotecan
UVultra violet
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