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Facile preparation of well-defined AB2 Y-shaped miktoarm star polypeptide copolymer via the combination of ring-opening polymerization and click chemistry.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18611048     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Well-defined AB2 Y-shaped miktoarm star polypeptide copolymer, PZLL-b-(PBLG)2, was synthesized via a combination of ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of alpha-amino acid N-carboxyanhydride (NCA) and click chemistry, where PZLL is poly(epsilon-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine) and PBLG is poly(gamma-benzyl-L-glutamate). First, two types of primary-amine-containing initiators, N-aminoethyl 3,5-bis(propargyloxyl)-benzamide and 3-azidopropylamine, were synthesized and employed for the ROP of NCA, leading to the formation of dialkynyl-terminated PZLL and azide-terminated PBLG, dialkynyl-PZLL and PBLG-N3, respectively. The subsequent copper(I)-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction between dialkynyl-PZLL and slightly excess PBLG-N3 led to facile preparation of PZLL-b-(PBLG)2 Y-shaped miktoarm star polypeptide copolymer. The excess PBLG-N3 was scavenged off by reacting with alkynyl-functionalized Wang resin. The obtained Y-shaped miktoarm star polypeptide copolymer was characterized by gel permeation chromatograph (GPC), Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and (1)H NMR. Moreover, after the hydrolysis of protecting benzyl and benzyloxycarbonyl groups of PZLL-b-(PBLG)2, water-soluble pH-responsive Y-shaped miktoarm star polypeptide copolymer, PLL-b-(PLGA)2, was obtained, where PLL is poly(L-lysine) and PLGA is poly(L-glutamic acid). It can self-assemble into PLGA-core micelles at acidic pH and PLL-core micelles at alkaline pH, accompanied with the coil-to-helix transition of PLGA and PLL sequences, respectively. The spontaneous pH-responsive supramolecular assembly of PLL-b-(PLGA)2 miktoarm star polypeptide copolymer has been investigated via a combination of (1)H NMR, laser light scattering (LLS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy.
Authors:
Jingyi Rao; Yanfeng Zhang; Jingyan Zhang; Shiyong Liu
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2008-07-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biomacromolecules     Volume:  9     ISSN:  1526-4602     ISO Abbreviation:  Biomacromolecules     Publication Date:  2008 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-10-14     Completed Date:  2009-05-01     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100892849     Medline TA:  Biomacromolecules     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2586-93     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amino Acids / chemistry
Anhydrides / chemistry
Biocompatible Materials / chemistry*
Chromatography / methods
Copper / chemistry
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Hydrolysis
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Micelles
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Molecular Conformation
Peptides / chemistry*
Polymers / chemistry*
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
Water / chemistry
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Amino Acids; 0/Anhydrides; 0/Biocompatible Materials; 0/Micelles; 0/Peptides; 0/Polymers; 7440-50-8/Copper; 7732-18-5/Water

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