Issue 25, 2019

Dual acid-responsive bola-type supramolecular vesicles for efficient intracellular anticancer drug delivery

Abstract

Dual acid-responsive bola-type supramolecular vesicles have been successfully constructed for efficient intracellular anticancer drug delivery, which are fabricated by the complexation between a water-soluble pillar[5]arene (WP5) and an acid-sensitive guest molecule (G) containing the 2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane moiety. Compared with the control system that only has single pH-responsiveness of WP5, the obtained dual acid-responsive supramolecular vesicles exhibit much faster drug release efficiency under the acid microenvironment of cancer cells. Moreover, cytotoxicity experiments confirm that the doxorubicin (DOX)-loaded supramolecular vesicles can not only obviously enhance the anticancer efficiency of free DOX for tumor cells, but also remarkably reduce the side effects on normal cells, suggesting their potential applications in cancer therapy.

Graphical abstract: Dual acid-responsive bola-type supramolecular vesicles for efficient intracellular anticancer drug delivery

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 3 2019
Accepted
31 5 2019
First published
05 6 2019

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2019,7, 3944-3949

Dual acid-responsive bola-type supramolecular vesicles for efficient intracellular anticancer drug delivery

G. Sun, Z. He, M. Hao, M. Zuo, Z. Xu, X. Hu, J. Zhu and L. Wang, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2019, 7, 3944 DOI: 10.1039/C9TB00555B

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