TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface Coating of ZIF-8 Nanoparticles with Polyacrylic Acid
T2 - A Facile Approach to Enhance Chemical Stability for Biomedical Applications
AU - Yamane, Setsuko
AU - Yusri, Abdul Hadi Bin
AU - Chen, Po yu
AU - van der Vlies, André
AU - Mabrouk, Amira Ben
AU - Fetzer, Isabelle
AU - Hasegawa, Urara
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Macromolecular Bioscience published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Nanoparticles of zeolitic imidazole framework-8 (ZIF-8 NPs), which are the subclass of metal-organic frameworks consisting of Zn ion and 2-methylimidazole, have been identified as promising drug carriers since their large microporous structure is suited for encapsulating hydrophobic drug molecules. However, one of the limitations of ZIF-8 NPs is their low stability in physiological solutions, especially in the presence of water and phosphate anions. These molecules can interact with the coordinatively unsaturated Zn sites at the external surface to induce the degradation of ZIF-8 NPs. In this study, herein a facile approach is reported to enhance the chemical stability of ZIF-8 NPs by surface coating with polyacrylic acid (PAA). The PAA-coated ZIF-8 (PAA-ZIF-8) NPs are prepared by mixing ZIF-8 NPs and PAA in water. PAA coating inhibits the degradation of ZIF-8 NPs in water as well as phosphate-buffered saline over 6 days, which seems to be due to the coordination of carboxyl groups of PAA to the reactive Zn sites. Furthermore, the PAA-ZIF-8 NPs loaded with the anticancer drug doxorubicin (Dox) show cytotoxicity in human colon cancer cells. These results clearly show the feasibility of the PAA coating approach to improve the chemical stability of ZIF-8 NPs without impairing their drug delivery capability.
AB - Nanoparticles of zeolitic imidazole framework-8 (ZIF-8 NPs), which are the subclass of metal-organic frameworks consisting of Zn ion and 2-methylimidazole, have been identified as promising drug carriers since their large microporous structure is suited for encapsulating hydrophobic drug molecules. However, one of the limitations of ZIF-8 NPs is their low stability in physiological solutions, especially in the presence of water and phosphate anions. These molecules can interact with the coordinatively unsaturated Zn sites at the external surface to induce the degradation of ZIF-8 NPs. In this study, herein a facile approach is reported to enhance the chemical stability of ZIF-8 NPs by surface coating with polyacrylic acid (PAA). The PAA-coated ZIF-8 (PAA-ZIF-8) NPs are prepared by mixing ZIF-8 NPs and PAA in water. PAA coating inhibits the degradation of ZIF-8 NPs in water as well as phosphate-buffered saline over 6 days, which seems to be due to the coordination of carboxyl groups of PAA to the reactive Zn sites. Furthermore, the PAA-ZIF-8 NPs loaded with the anticancer drug doxorubicin (Dox) show cytotoxicity in human colon cancer cells. These results clearly show the feasibility of the PAA coating approach to improve the chemical stability of ZIF-8 NPs without impairing their drug delivery capability.
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U2 - 10.1002/mabi.202400382
DO - 10.1002/mabi.202400382
M3 - Article
C2 - 39489718
AN - SCOPUS:85208120529
SN - 1616-5187
JO - Macromolecular Bioscience
JF - Macromolecular Bioscience
ER -