Introduction of microfluidic mixing technique opens a new door for preparation of the liposomes and lipid-based nanoparticles by on-chip technologies that are applicable in a laboratory and industrial scale. This study demonstrates the role of phospholipid bilayer fragment as the key intermediate in the mechanism of liposome formation by microfluidic mixing in the channel with "herring-bone" geometry used with the instrument NanoAssemblr. The fluidity of the lipid bilayer expressed as fluorescence anisotropy of the probe N,N,N-Trimethyl-4-(6-phenyl-1,3,5-hexatrien-1-yl) was found to be the basic parameter affecting the final size of formed liposomes prepared by microfluidic mixing of an ethanol solution of lipids and water phase. Both saturated and unsaturated lipids together with various content of cholesterol were used for liposome preparation and it was demonstrated, that an increase in fluidity results in a decrease of liposome size as analyzed by DLS. Gadolinium chelating lipids were used to visualize the fine structure of liposomes and bilayer fragments by CryoTEM. Experimental data and theoretical calculations are in good accordance with the theory of lipid disc micelle vesiculation.
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- biokompatibilní materiály metabolismus MeSH
- cholestyraminová pryskyřice metabolismus MeSH
- fluidita membrány * MeSH
- fluorescenční polarizace MeSH
- laboratoř na čipu MeSH
- liposomy chemická syntéza MeSH
- mikrofluidika přístrojové vybavení metody MeSH
- nanostruktury * MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
New synthetic aminoxy lipids are designed and synthesized as building blocks for the formulation of functionalized nanoliposomes by microfluidization using a NanoAssemblr. Orthogonal binding of hyaluronic acid onto the outer surface of functionalized nanoliposomes via aminoxy coupling ( N-oxy ligation) is achieved at hemiacetal function of hyaluronic acid and the structure of hyaluronic acid-liposomes is visualized by transmission electron microscopy and cryotransmission electron microscopy. Observed structures are in a good correlation with data obtained by dynamic light scattering (size and ζ-potential). In vitro experiments on cell lines expressing CD44 receptors demonstrate selective internalization of fluorochrome-labeled hyaluronic acid-liposomes, while cells with down regulated CD44 receptor levels exhibit very low internalization of hyaluronic acid-liposomes. A method based on microfluidization mixing was developed for preparation of monodispersive unilamellar liposomes containing aminoxy lipids and orthogonal binding of hyaluronic acid onto the liposomal surface was demonstrated. These hyaluronic acid-liposomes represent a potentially new drug delivery platform for CD44-targeted anticancer drugs as well as for immunotherapeutics and vaccines.
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- antigeny CD44 analýza metabolismus MeSH
- antitumorózní látky aplikace a dávkování MeSH
- buněčné linie MeSH
- endocytóza MeSH
- fluorescenční barviva MeSH
- kyselina hyaluronová chemie metabolismus MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- lipidy chemická syntéza MeSH
- liposomy chemie terapeutické užití MeSH
- mikrofluidika MeSH
- nádory farmakoterapie MeSH
- systémy cílené aplikace léků metody MeSH
- transmisní elektronová mikroskopie MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH