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dc.contributor.authorALURI, RAJENDRAen_US
dc.contributor.authorJAYAKANNAN, MANICKAMen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-13T04:29:21Z-
dc.date.available2022-06-13T04:29:21Z-
dc.date.issued2016-01en_US
dc.identifier.citationBiomacromolecules, 18(1), 189-200.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1525-7797en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.6b01476en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dr.iiserpune.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/7049-
dc.description.abstractNew classes of enzymatic-biodegradable amphiphilic poly­(ester-urethane)­s were designed and developed from l-tyrosine amino acid resources and their self-assembled nanoparticles were employed as multiple drug delivery vehicles in cancer therapy. The amine and carboxylic acid functional groups in l-tyrosine were converted into dual functional ester-urethane monomers and they were subjected to solvent free melt polycondensation with hydrophilic polyethylene glycols to produce comb-type poly­(ester-urethane)­s. The phenolic unit in the l-tyrosine was anchored with hydrophobic alkyl side chain to bring appropriate amphiphilicity in the polymer geometry to self-assemble them as stable nanoscaffolds in aqueous medium. The topology of the polymer was found to play a major role on the glass transition, crystallinity, and viscoelastic rheological properties of l-tyrosine poly­(ester-urethane)­s. The amphiphilic polymers were self-assembled as 200 ± 10 nm nanoparticles and they exhibited excellent encapsulation capabilities for anticancer drugs such as doxorubicin (DOX) and camptothecin (CPT). In vitro drug release studies revealed that the drug-loaded l-tyrosine nanoparticles were stable at extracellular conditions and they underwent enzymatic-biodegradation exclusively at the intracellular level to release the drugs. Cytotoxicity studies in the cervical cancer (HeLa) and normal WT-MEFs cell lines revealed that the nascent l-tyrosine nanoparticles were nontoxic, whereas the CPT and DOX drug-loaded polymer nanoparticles exhibited excellent cell killing in cancer cells. Confocal microscopic imaging confirmed the cellular internalization of drug-loaded nanoparticles. The drugs were taken up by the cells much higher quantity while delivering them from l-tyrosine nanoparticle platform compared to their free state. Flow cytometry analysis showed that the DOX-loaded polymer nanoscaffolds internalized the drugs 8–10× higher compared to free DOX. Both the synthesis of new classes of poly­(ester-urethane)­s via melt polycondensation approach and the enzyme-responsive drug delivery concept were accomplished for the first time. Thus, the present investigation is expected to open up new opportunities for l-tyrosine polymeric materials in biomaterial and thermoplastic applications.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Societyen_US
dc.subjectChemistryen_US
dc.subject2016en_US
dc.titleDevelopment of l‑Tyrosine-Based Enzyme-Responsive Amphiphilic Poly(ester-urethane) Nanocarriers for Multiple Drug Delivery to Cancer Cellsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDept. of Chemistryen_US
dc.identifier.sourcetitleBiomacromoleculesen_US
dc.publication.originofpublisherForeignen_US
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