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Li W, Ricker R, Lok Chan K, Fung Lau P, Buchbinder NW, Krebs J, Friedrich A, Lin Z, Santos WL, Radius U, Marder TB. Phosphine-catalyzed 1,2-cis-diboration of 1,3-butadiynes. Chemistry 2024:e202401235. [PMID: 38593362 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2024] [Revised: 04/06/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
Abstract
Trialkyl phosphines PMe3 and PEt3 catalyze the 1,2-cis-diboration of 1,3-butadiynes to give 1,2-diboryl enynes. The products were utilized to synthesize 1,1,2,4-tetraaryl enynes using a Suzuki-Miyaura protocol and can readily undergo proto-deborylation.
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- Weipeng Li
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, 97074, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, 97074, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, 97074, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, 97074, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, 97074, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, 97074, Germany
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Jin S, Li Y, Yang L, Li W, Zhou P. Analysis of tri-benzeneboronic esters of monosaccharides formed in aqueous solution by MALDI-TOF MS and DFT calculations. Anal Bioanal Chem 2023; 415:2775-2780. [PMID: 37071139 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-023-04685-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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The affinity interactions between boronic acids and sugars have been successfully exploited in many fields, such as the sensing of saccharides, selective enrichment of glycoconjugates, and drug delivery. However, despite multiple techniques having been adopted to investigate the reaction of boronate affinity, the pathway of boronate esters formation under aqueous conditions remains controversial. We report a MALDI-MS approach to investigate the interactions between phenylboronic acid and monosaccharides in neutral aqueous solution by using polylevodopa as an innovative substrate instead of conventional matrix. A series of unusual tri-benzeneboronic esters were then revealed. The mass spectrometry data indicate that they bear a dibenzenepyroboronate cyclic ester moiety with seven-membered ring or eight-membered ring. With the aid of theoretical computations, their most likely geometrical structures are elucidated, and these tri-benzeneboronic esters are proposed to be formed via a boroxine binding monosaccharide pathway. This work provides more insight into the mechanism of boronate affinity interaction between boronic acid and sugars and proves the developed MALDI-MS approach is promising for studying interactions between small molecules.
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- Shanxia Jin
- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 430205, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
- Center of Analysis and Testing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
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Wong JHM, Tan RPT, Chang JJ, Ow V, Yew PYM, Chee PL, Kai D, Loh XJ, Xue K. Dynamic grafting of carboxylates onto poly(vinyl alcohol) polymers for supramolecularly-crosslinked hydrogel formation. Chem Asian J 2022; 17:e202200628. [PMID: 35977910 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Supramolecular hydrogels have attracted considerable interest due to their unique stimuli-responsive and self-healing properties. However, these hydrogel systems are usually achieved by covalent grafting of supramolecular units onto the polymer backbone, which in turn limits their reprocessability. Herein, we prepared a supramolecular hydrogel system by forming dynamic covalent crosslinks between 4-carboxyphenylboronic acid (CPBA) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The system was then further crosslinked with either calcium ions or branched polyethylenimine (PEI) to generate hydrogels with distinctly different properties. Incorporation of calcium ions resulted in the formation of hydrogels with higher storage modulus of 7290 Pa but without self-healing properties. On the other hand, PEI-crosslinked hydrogel (PVA-CPBA-PEI) exhibited >2000% critical strain value, demonstrated high stability over 52 days and showed sustained antibacterial effect. A combination of supramolecular interactions and dynamic covalent crosslinks can be an alternate strategy to fabricate next generation hydrogel materials.
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- Joey Hui Min Wong
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Soft Materials, SINGAPORE
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Soft Materials, SINGAPORE
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Soft Materials, SINGAPORE
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Soft Materials, SINGAPORE
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Strategic Research Initiative, SINGAPORE
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Soft Materials, SINGAPORE
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Chen Q, Wei Z, Wang S, Zhou J, Wu Z. A self-healing smart photonic crystal hydrogel sensor for glucose and related saccharides. Mikrochim Acta 2021; 188:210. [PMID: 34047843 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-021-04849-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A self-healing smart PhC hydrogel sensor that combines the optical property of photonic crystal and the dynamic regeneration property of boronate ester bond has been prepared for determination of glucose and related saccharides using Debye diffraction ring detection. The boronate ester bond formed through phenylboronic acid and dopamine endows the hydrogel network self-healing ability, and the tensile stress of the healing hydrogel can recover to 94.4%; this excellent self-healing property can effectively improve the reliability and lifetime of the hydrogel. Due to the high bonding capacity between 1,2- and 1,3-diol and phenylboronic acid, the hydrogel sensor has a good recognition ability for glucose and related saccharides. The reaction between the monosaccharides and the phenylboronic acid group makes the sensor swell and the diameter of the Debye diffraction ring decrease. The sensor shows good reuse and responsive ability for saccharides; the RSD of the recoverability assays is 4.3%. The determination range of the sensor to glucose is 0.5 to 12 mM. The sensor also has good response to glucose in urine, exhibiting potential application value in the preliminary screening of diabetes. Although the sensor has poor selectivity for specific monosaccharides, the process of measuring the Debye ring makes the determination no longer rely on expensive and complicated equipment and greatly simplifies the determining process and reduces the cost of determination, which shows a broad application prospect. The boronate ester bond formed through phenylboronic acid and dopamine results in the self-healing property of hydrogel network, which can effectively improve the reliability and lifetime of hydrogel. And due to the high bonding capacity between 1,2- and 1,3-diol and phenylboronic acid, the smart hydrogel sensor has a good recognition ability for glucose and related saccharides. The reaction between the monosaccharides and the phenylboronic acid group breaks the original boronate ester bond; this will lead to a decrease in cross-linking density of the PhC hydrogel sensor and further makes the sensor swell and the diameter of the Debye diffraction ring decrease.
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- Qianshan Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, People's Republic of China.
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Kim SH, Sharker SM, In I, Park SY. Surface patterned pH-sensitive fluorescence using β-cyclodextrin functionalized poly(ethylene glycol). Carbohydr Polym 2016; 147:436-443. [PMID: 27178950 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Revised: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This paper reports the development of a pH-responsive molecular pattern that shows specific and selective affinity for particular host-guest interactions, and its use as a pH fluorescent sensor. The pH-responsive boronate ester is formed via interactions between the diol group of β-cyclodextrin (CD) and phenylboronic acid of poly(ethylene glycol), and is strategically designed to allow reversible formation of a molecular lining pattern. Printing on a versatile substrate provides a method to monitor the positioning of different molecules by using a pH-responsive boronate ester, allowing specific host-guest interactions on any surface. Confocal laser scanning microscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, and (1)H NMR results indicate that the assembled CD monolayer can be removed by washing with an acidic pH buffer, demonstrating the presence of a boronate ester connective bridge, which is acid labile. Therefore, visualization of the pH-responsive fluorescence sensor using a rhodamine-CD complex allows straightforward discrimination between different molecules on any substrate, thus facilitating application of this sensor in clinical diagnostics and environmental monitoring.
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- Sung Han Kim
- Department of IT Convergence, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 380-702, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 305-702, Republic of Korea
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- Department of IT Convergence, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 380-702, Republic of Korea; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 380-702, Republic of Korea
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- Department of IT Convergence, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 380-702, Republic of Korea; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 380-702, Republic of Korea.
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Chen JX, Shi Y, Zhang YR, Teng LP, Chen JH. One-pot construction of boronate ester based pH-responsive micelle for combined cancer therapy. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2016; 143:285-292. [PMID: 27022868 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.03.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Revised: 03/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In this study, one-pot strategy for the construction of micelles loaded with two types of anticancer drugs (i.e., doxorubicin and methotrexate) together is reported. On the basis of the reaction between boronic acid and 1,2-diol to form boronate ester, the formation of amphiphiles, their self-assembly into micelles and drug encapsulation occurs simultaneously under simple dialysis at the appropriate pH condition. In the one-pot strategy, the micelle yield is high (78.2%) and the drug encapsulation efficiency of the two drugs is improved compared with that of the traditional method. The micelles can selectively increase the drug release ratio at acidic pH, showing the pH-responsive behavior inherited from the property of boronate ester. By combining doxorubicin and methotrexate, the half-maximum inhibition concentrations of the two drugs are obviously reduced, showing synergistic efficacy against cancer cells. This strategy is promising and may be expanded to various applications.
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- Jing-Xiao Chen
- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- Wuxi Medical School, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China.
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Yang B, Lv Y, Zhu JY, Han YT, Jia HZ, Chen WH, Feng J, Zhang XZ, Zhuo RX. A pH-responsive drug nanovehicle constructed by reversible attachment of cholesterol to PEGylated poly(l-lysine) via catechol-boronic acid ester formation. Acta Biomater 2014; 10:3686-95. [PMID: 24879311 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Revised: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 05/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The present work reports the construction of a drug delivery nanovehicle via a pH-sensitive assembly strategy for improved cellular internalization and intracellular drug liberation. Through spontaneous formation of boronate linkage in physiological conditions, phenylboronic acid-modified cholesterol was able to attach onto catechol-pending methoxypoly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(l-lysine). This comb-type polymer can self-organize into a micellar nanoconstruction that is able to effectively encapsulate poorly water-soluble agents. The blank micelles exhibited negligible in vitro cytotoxicity, yet doxorubicin (DOX)-loaded micelles could effectively induce cell death at a level comparable to free DOX. Owing to the acid-labile feature of the boronate linkage, a reduction in environmental pH from pH 7.4 to 5.0 could trigger the dissociation of the nanoconstruction, which in turn could accelerate the liberation of entrapped drugs. Importantly, the blockage of endosomal acidification in HeLa cells by NH4Cl treatment significantly decreased the nuclear uptake efficiency and cell-killing effect mediated by the DOX-loaded nanoassembly, suggesting that acid-triggered destruction of the nanoconstruction is of significant importance in enhanced drug efficacy. Moreover, confocal fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry assay revealed the effective internalization of the nanoassemblies, and their cellular uptake exhibited a cholesterol dose-dependent profile, indicating the contribution of introduced cholesterol functionality to the transmembrane process of the nanoassembly.
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- Bin Yang
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China
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Li L, Bai Z, Levkin PA. Boronate-dextran: an acid-responsive biodegradable polymer for drug delivery. Biomaterials 2013; 34:8504-10. [PMID: 23932249 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.07.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Accepted: 07/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Stimuli-responsive drug carriers have great potential to deliver bioactive materials on demand and to a specific location within the human body. Acid-responsive drug carriers can specifically release their payload in the acidic microenvironments of tumors or in the endosomal or lysosomal compartments within a cell. Here we describe an approach to functionalize vicinal diols of dextran with hydrophobic boronate esters in order to produce a water insoluble boronate dextran polymer (B-Dex), which spontaneously forms acid-responsive nanoparticles in water. We show the encapsulation of a hydrophobic anticancer drug doxorubicin into the particles. Hydrolysis of the boronate esters under mild acidic conditions recovers the hydrophilic hydroxyl groups of the dextran and disrupts the particles into water soluble fragments thereby leading to a pH-responsive release of the drug. According to dynamic light scattering (DLS) and UV/Vis spectroscopy, mild acidic conditions (pH 5.0) lead to a three-fold increase in the degradation of the particles and a four-fold increase in the release of the drug compared to the behavior of particles at pH 7.4. In vitro tests in Hela cells show no toxicity of the empty B-Dex nanoparticles, while the toxicity of doxorubicin-loaded B-Dex nanoparticles is comparable to that of the doxorubicin · HCl drug. Confocal fluorescence microscopy reveals that 100% of the Hela cells uptake doxorubicin-loaded B-Dex nanoparticles with a preferential accumulation of the nanoparticles in the cytoplasm.
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