研究生: |
王朝暉 Chau-Hui Wang |
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論文名稱: |
新型聚□唑啉/聚乳酸團聯共聚物在藥物及基因傳輸上的應用 New Drug/Gene Delivery Systems based on PEOz and PLLA Block Copolymers |
指導教授: |
薛敬和
Ging-Ho Hsiue |
口試委員: | |
學位類別: |
博士 Doctor |
系所名稱: |
工學院 - 化學工程學系 Department of Chemical Engineering |
論文出版年: | 2004 |
畢業學年度: | 93 |
語文別: | 中文 |
論文頁數: | 218 |
中文關鍵詞: | 聚□唑啉 、聚乳酸 、團聯共聚物 、微胞 、基因治療 |
外文關鍵詞: | Polyoxazoline, Polylactide, Block copolymer, Micelle, Gene therapy |
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本研究設計一環境應答高分子微胞作為智慧型抗癌藥物載體,利用血液與細胞內酸鹼值的改變控制藥物的釋放,避免藥物產生的副作用。聚□唑啉/聚乳酸ABA三團聯共聚物 (PLLA-PEOz-PLLA) 包含A鏈段的疏水性聚乳酸PLLA與B鏈段親水性聚□唑啉PEOz,為同時具有生分解性與酸鹼敏感性之高分子。人體內某些特定地方酸鹼值與正常值不同,如癌細胞周圍與細胞內酸性胞器等。理論上以靜脈注射投藥時,高分子奈米微胞會因為腫瘤或發炎組織附近血管通透性增加而累積,接著經由胞飲作用進入細胞內,核內體之酸鹼值由於氫離子的進入緩慢下降至pH 4~5,藉由此酸鹼值的降低可以改變微胞結構並釋放藥物。粒徑與界面電位分析結果說明PLLA-PEOz-PLLA微胞在中性水相環境下形成核殼結構,提供攜帶疏水性藥物的空間。當酸鹼值下降,PEOz之間會產生分子內與分子間氫鍵而聚集收縮,微胞結構遭到破壞。體外藥物釋放模擬顯示微胞在中性生理環境下非常安定,19天之內藥物並無明顯釋放;反之在酸性條件下則大量釋放藥物。由細胞毒殺實驗結果可知增加微胞濃度至1000 μg/mL時其生長抑制效果接近直接使用抗癌藥物doxorubicin。共軛焦顯微鏡影像證明微胞結構在細胞酸性胞器內被破壞,藥物成功地在細胞質內被釋放。由於胞飲作用比擴散作用緩慢,因此藥物微胞的生長抑制效果比直接使用doxorubicin慢。
在基因治療方面,本研究設計兩性團聯共聚物folate-polyethylenimine-block-poly(L-lactide) (FEA) 作為非病毒基因載體。利用縮合反應將PLLA與葉酸鍵結上polyethylenimine (PEI) 以加強細胞吞噬性與癌細胞之標的性。PLLA為生分解性與疏水性高分子,與PEI連接形成團聯共聚物後有改質的效果,可以包覆DNA並提高高分子疏水性,增加細胞對聚複合體的吞噬效果;惡性腫瘤因為快速分裂的特性所以對葉酸的需求極大,癌細胞表面葉酸受體的數量較正常細胞多,因此將葉酸鍵結在高分子上,希望藉由受體媒介胞飲作用進入細胞,達到對癌症細胞標的治療的效果。PEOz水解後以酸鹼滴定分析證明PEI與FEA的酸鹼緩衝能力大幅提昇,具有突破核內體的能力。高分子與報導基因蟲螢光酶編碼質體 (luciferase encoding plasmid) pUHC-13-3形成的聚複合體基因表現效果可藉由測量冷光強度分析。原子力顯微鏡影像顯示B-PEI聚複合體為扁圓形而FEA為球型。細胞毒性分析結果顯示FEA成功地降低PEI對細胞的毒性,與B-PEI及L-PEI相較之下FEA細胞存活率大幅提昇。整體來說FEA有效地降低高分子對細胞的毒性但是也降低了基因轉殖的效率,因此以適當修飾過的FEA攜帶基因,增加劑量補足甚至超越與B-PEI基因轉染效率之間的差距。
Polymeric micelles based on poly(L-lactide)-poly(2-ethyl-2- oxazoline)-poly(L-lactide) (PLLA-PEOz-PLLA) ABA triblock copolymers were designed as intracellular drug carriers. The PLLA-PEOz-PLLA micelles adopt a “flower-like” arrangement with A-blocks at the core and a B-block on the shell under neutral condition. The deformation of the core-shell structure is then promoted by the aggregation of PEOzs due to the formation of inter- and intra-hydrogen bonding between protonated nitrogen and carbonyl groups. The doxorubicin (DOX)-loaded micelles were stable at pH 7.4 aqueous solution over 19 days. In contrast, about 60 wt.% of DOX was released from micelles at pH 5.0 within the first 3 h. The growth inhibition effect of micelles approached that of free DOX at a concentration of 1000 μg/mL after 24 h of coincubation with HeLa cells. The result of CLSM observation indicated that the release of drug was successfully triggered in the acidic organelles due to the deformation of the micelle structure. The combined mechanisms of pH-triggered release and biodegradability emerge as having great potential to overcome the disadvantages of conventional dosage forms.
On the other hand, the ability of amphiphilic block copolymers that comprise polyethylenimine (PEI) and poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) to modulate the delivery of plasmid DNA was evaluated. Folate-polyethylenimine-block-poly(L-lactide) (FEA) was synthesized by linking folic acid and PLLA to PEI diamine. Water-soluble polycation PEI provides gene-loading capability. Additionally, PEI, which consists of second amine and tertiary amide functional groups, is considered to exhibit high transfection efficiency and endosomal disrupting capacity. Hydrophobic PLLA that is incorporated into the gene delivery vector is believed to enhance the cell interactions and tissue permeability of the delivery system. Polymeric carrier containing folic acid is expected to be able to identify tumor surface receptors and transfect cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis. The results of agarose retardation assay indicated that the FEA began to form polyplexes at a P/D ratio of over 10X, whereas branched polyethylenimine (B-PEI) formed polyplexes with DNA at a ratio of above 1X. The spherical particle morphology was supplemented with a particle size of approximately 100 nm at 10X P/D ratio. However, FEA exhibited lower cytotoxicity but also lower transfection efficiency than those of B-PEI and L-PEI, and the expression of luciferase increased as the free folic acid concentration declined.
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