Thin-film hydration preparation method and stability test of DOX-loaded disulfide-linked polyethylene glycol 5000-lysine-di-tocopherol succinate nanomicelles

摘要

A novel redox-responsive PEG-sheddable copolymer of disulfide-linked polyethylene glycol 5000-lysine-di-tocopherol succinate(P_(5k)SSLV)was designed and synthesized.Thin-film hydration method was used to prepare DOX-loaded P_(5k)SSLV nanomicelle.To optimize the preparation technology,we investigate the effects of dosage,type of organic solvent,hydration temperature and time,and cryoprotectant on drug-loading content,encapsulation efficiency,particle size,and zeta potential.The mean particle size and zeta potential were determined by Zetasizer.The morphology of the P_(5k)SSLV-DOX nanomicelles was visualized by transmission electron microscopy.The drug-loading content and encapsulation efficiency of P_(5k)SSLV-DOX nanomicelle were investigated by UV.The drug-loading content,encapsulation efficiency,particle size,and zeta potential of the final optimized nanomicelles were 4.58%,97.20%,30.21 nm and -0.84 mV,respectively.In addition,the stability of nanomicelles was investigated,which included dilution stability and storage stability.The results showed that P_(5k)SSLV-DOX nanomicelle had good dilution stability and storage stability at 4°C.The preparation method of P_(5k)SSLV-DOX nanomicelle with thinfilm hydration method was practical and simple,which was valuable to be further studied.