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Title: Maintaining Hydrophobic Drug Supersaturation in a Micelle Corona Reservoir

Abstract

In this work, two poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N,N-dimethylacrylamide) (PND) statistical copolymers and a series of three poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N,N-dimethylacrylamide)- b-polystyrene (PND-b-PS-C12) diblock polymers were synthesized by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, in which the molecular weight of the thermoresponsive PND corona block was held constant while the polystyrene core block length was varied. The corona thickness and density of the micelles in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS, pH = 6.5) were quantified by a combination of dynamic light scattering (DLS) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Two hydrophobic model drugs, phenytoin and nilutamide, were used to examine the drug-polymer interactions in aqueous solution. Intermolecular interactions between the diblock polymer micelle corona and both drugs were revealed by 2D 1H nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY). The drug-polymer “binding” strength, quantified by diffusion ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY), increased as corona density of the diblock polymer micelle increased for both drugs. The in vitro dissolution of the amorphous solid dispersions was systematically investigated as a function of drug type, drug loading, and the solution-state assembly of the polymers by using either a selective or nonselective spray drying solvent. Forming micelles prior to spray drying significantly enhanced phenytoin dissolution and supersaturation maintenance for the diblock polymers by storing the drug moleculesmore » in the corona.« less

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  1. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Org.:
The Dow Chemical Company; E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.; Northwestern University; USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); European Union’s Horizon 2020; National Institutes of Health (NIH)
OSTI Identifier:
1424788
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; DMR-0520547; 654000; DMR-1420013; S10OD011952
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Macromolecules
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 51; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; Hydrocarbons; Micelles; Dissolution; Aromatic compounds; Polymers

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Li, Ziang, Lenk, Theodore I., Yao, Letitia J., Bates, Frank S., and Lodge, Timothy P. Maintaining Hydrophobic Drug Supersaturation in a Micelle Corona Reservoir. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02297.
Li, Ziang, Lenk, Theodore I., Yao, Letitia J., Bates, Frank S., & Lodge, Timothy P. Maintaining Hydrophobic Drug Supersaturation in a Micelle Corona Reservoir. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02297
Li, Ziang, Lenk, Theodore I., Yao, Letitia J., Bates, Frank S., and Lodge, Timothy P. Wed . "Maintaining Hydrophobic Drug Supersaturation in a Micelle Corona Reservoir". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02297. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1424788.
@article{osti_1424788,
title = {Maintaining Hydrophobic Drug Supersaturation in a Micelle Corona Reservoir},
author = {Li, Ziang and Lenk, Theodore I. and Yao, Letitia J. and Bates, Frank S. and Lodge, Timothy P.},
abstractNote = {In this work, two poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N,N-dimethylacrylamide) (PND) statistical copolymers and a series of three poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N,N-dimethylacrylamide)- b-polystyrene (PND-b-PS-C12) diblock polymers were synthesized by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, in which the molecular weight of the thermoresponsive PND corona block was held constant while the polystyrene core block length was varied. The corona thickness and density of the micelles in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS, pH = 6.5) were quantified by a combination of dynamic light scattering (DLS) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Two hydrophobic model drugs, phenytoin and nilutamide, were used to examine the drug-polymer interactions in aqueous solution. Intermolecular interactions between the diblock polymer micelle corona and both drugs were revealed by 2D 1H nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY). The drug-polymer “binding” strength, quantified by diffusion ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY), increased as corona density of the diblock polymer micelle increased for both drugs. The in vitro dissolution of the amorphous solid dispersions was systematically investigated as a function of drug type, drug loading, and the solution-state assembly of the polymers by using either a selective or nonselective spray drying solvent. Forming micelles prior to spray drying significantly enhanced phenytoin dissolution and supersaturation maintenance for the diblock polymers by storing the drug molecules in the corona.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02297},
journal = {Macromolecules},
number = 2,
volume = 51,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Wed Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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