Publications (2)2.97 Total impact
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Article: Folate-conjugated β-cyclodextrin from click chemistry strategy and for tumor-targeted drug delivery.
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ABSTRACT: To enhance site-specific intracellular delivery against the folate receptor, a drug carrier was designed and synthesized by bioconjugation of folic acid (FA) to β-cyclodextrins (β-CD) through a poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) spacer from "click chemistry" strategy. The resulted conjugates were confirmed by (1)H NMR and IR spectroscopy. Host-guest interactions between hydrophobic drug and β-CD are capable of entrapping a hydrophobic drug, like 5-Fluorouracil, to form drug-β-CD-PEG-FA nanoparticles (NPs) in aqueous solution. The morphology and size of β-CD-PEG-FA NPs were measured by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS). The targeting ability of the β-CD-PEG-FA NPs was investigated against two kinds of cell lines (HeLa and A549), which have different amounts of folate receptors on their surface. Confocal image analysis revealed that β-CD-PEG-FA conjugate-assembled nanoparticles exhibited a greater extent of cellular uptake against HeLa cells than A549 cells. This suggests folate-receptor-mediated endocytosis can affect the cellular uptake efficiency of drug-loaded β-CD-PEG-FA NPs. The β-CD-PEG-FA conjugates that are presented may be promising active tumor-targeting carrier candidates via folate mediation.Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A 05/2012; 100(9):2441-9. · 2.63 Impact Factor -
Article: Aqua-bis(2,3-dimethyl-4-oxo-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-9-olato)nickel(II).
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ABSTRACT: In the crystal structure of the mononuclear title complex, [Ni(C(10)H(9)N(2)O(2))(2)(H(2)O)], the Ni(II) ion is five-coordinated in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry by two N atoms and two O atoms from 2,3-dimethyl-4-oxopyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-9-olate ligands and one O atom from a water mol-ecule. O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds between the coordinated water mol-ecule and the ligand connect adjacent mol-ecules, forming a ribbon parallel to the b axis.Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online 01/2009; 66(Pt 1):m5. · 0.35 Impact Factor
