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Branched PCL-Based Thermogelling Copolymers: Controlling Polymer Architecture to Tune Drug Release Profiles
Temperature-responsive hydrogels, or thermogels, are a unique class of biomaterials that show facile and spontaneous transition from solution to gel when warmed. Their high biocompatibility, and ease of formulation with both small molecule drugs and biologics have made these materials prime candidat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9006874/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35433644 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.864372 |
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author | Lin, Qianyu Ow, Valerie Boo, Yi Jian Teo, Vincent T. A. Wong, Joey H. M. Tan, Rebekah P. T. Xue, Kun Lim, Jason Y. C. Loh, Xian Jun |
author_facet | Lin, Qianyu Ow, Valerie Boo, Yi Jian Teo, Vincent T. A. Wong, Joey H. M. Tan, Rebekah P. T. Xue, Kun Lim, Jason Y. C. Loh, Xian Jun |
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description | Temperature-responsive hydrogels, or thermogels, are a unique class of biomaterials that show facile and spontaneous transition from solution to gel when warmed. Their high biocompatibility, and ease of formulation with both small molecule drugs and biologics have made these materials prime candidates as injectable gel depots for sustained local drug delivery. At present, controlling the kinetics and profile of drug release from thermogels is achieved mainly by varying the ratio of hydrophobic: hydrophilic composition and the polymer molecular weight. Herein, we introduce polymer branching as a hitherto-overlooked polymer design parameter that exhibits profound influences on the rate and profile of drug release. Through a family of amphiphilic thermogelling polymers with systematic variations in degree of branching, we demonstrate that more highly-branched polymers are able to pack less efficiently with each other during thermogel formation, with implications on their physical properties and stability towards gel erosion. This in turn resulted in faster rates of release for both encapsulated small molecule hydrophobic drug and protein. Our results demonstrate the possibility of exploiting polymer branching as a hitherto-overlooked design parameter for tailoring the kinetics and profile of drug release in injectable thermogel depots. |
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spelling | pubmed-90068742022-04-14 Branched PCL-Based Thermogelling Copolymers: Controlling Polymer Architecture to Tune Drug Release Profiles Lin, Qianyu Ow, Valerie Boo, Yi Jian Teo, Vincent T. A. Wong, Joey H. M. Tan, Rebekah P. T. Xue, Kun Lim, Jason Y. C. Loh, Xian Jun Front Bioeng Biotechnol Bioengineering and Biotechnology Temperature-responsive hydrogels, or thermogels, are a unique class of biomaterials that show facile and spontaneous transition from solution to gel when warmed. Their high biocompatibility, and ease of formulation with both small molecule drugs and biologics have made these materials prime candidates as injectable gel depots for sustained local drug delivery. At present, controlling the kinetics and profile of drug release from thermogels is achieved mainly by varying the ratio of hydrophobic: hydrophilic composition and the polymer molecular weight. Herein, we introduce polymer branching as a hitherto-overlooked polymer design parameter that exhibits profound influences on the rate and profile of drug release. Through a family of amphiphilic thermogelling polymers with systematic variations in degree of branching, we demonstrate that more highly-branched polymers are able to pack less efficiently with each other during thermogel formation, with implications on their physical properties and stability towards gel erosion. This in turn resulted in faster rates of release for both encapsulated small molecule hydrophobic drug and protein. Our results demonstrate the possibility of exploiting polymer branching as a hitherto-overlooked design parameter for tailoring the kinetics and profile of drug release in injectable thermogel depots. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9006874/ /pubmed/35433644 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.864372 Text en Copyright © 2022 Lin, Ow, Boo, Teo, Wong, Tan, Xue, Lim and Loh. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Bioengineering and Biotechnology Lin, Qianyu Ow, Valerie Boo, Yi Jian Teo, Vincent T. A. Wong, Joey H. M. Tan, Rebekah P. T. Xue, Kun Lim, Jason Y. C. Loh, Xian Jun Branched PCL-Based Thermogelling Copolymers: Controlling Polymer Architecture to Tune Drug Release Profiles |
title | Branched PCL-Based Thermogelling Copolymers: Controlling Polymer Architecture to Tune Drug Release Profiles |
title_full | Branched PCL-Based Thermogelling Copolymers: Controlling Polymer Architecture to Tune Drug Release Profiles |
title_fullStr | Branched PCL-Based Thermogelling Copolymers: Controlling Polymer Architecture to Tune Drug Release Profiles |
title_full_unstemmed | Branched PCL-Based Thermogelling Copolymers: Controlling Polymer Architecture to Tune Drug Release Profiles |
title_short | Branched PCL-Based Thermogelling Copolymers: Controlling Polymer Architecture to Tune Drug Release Profiles |
title_sort | branched pcl-based thermogelling copolymers: controlling polymer architecture to tune drug release profiles |
topic | Bioengineering and Biotechnology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9006874/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35433644 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.864372 |
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