Self-assembly and pH-Responsive Properties of Poly(L-glutamic acid-r-Lleucine) and Poly(L-glutamic acid-r-L-leucine)-b-Polysarcosine

作     者：Ce Tian 凌君 You-qing Shen 

作者机构：MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and FunctionalizationDepartment of Polymer Science and EngineeringZhejiang University Department of Chemical and Biological EngineeringZhejiang University 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Polymer Science》 (高分子科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第33卷第8期

页      面：1186-1195页

核心收录：

学科分类：1007[医学-药学(可授医学、理学学位)] 081704[工学-应用化学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 070305[理学-高分子化学与物理] 080501[工学-材料物理与化学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0703[理学-化学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21174122 and 51390481) 

主　　题：α-Amino acid NCA Random/block copolypeptide pH-Responsive Hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity transition. 

摘      要：Polypeptides and polypeptoids were widely used as biomedical materials because of their good biocompatibility. In this work we reported a series of pH-responsive copolypeptides and polypeptide-polypeptoid block copolymers, i.e. random copolymers of L-glutamic acid （Glu） with L-leucine （Leu） [poly（Glu-r-Leu）s], as well as their block copolymers with polysarcosine （polySar）. Well-defined poly（Glu-r-Leu）s with predictable compositions and molecular weights were synthesized by ring opening polymerization of corresponding N-carboxyanhydride monomers. We investigated the relationship between hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity transition and copolymer composition. With increasing Leu fraction, both the pH value of cloud point and the micellar size increased. Poly（Glu-r-Leu） with 60% Leu exhibited a cloud point at the pH of 5.0 to 6.0 the same as that in endosome and lysosome. Poly（Glu-r-Leu）-b-polySars assembled in phosphate buffer and performed pH-responsive morphology change from orbicular micelles at high pH to worm-like micelles at low pH. They were potential pH-responsive carriers for drug and gene delivery to enhance cargo release in cellules.