Molecular heterogeneity analysis of poly(amidoamine) dendrimer-based mono- and multifunctional nanodevices by capillary electrophoresis
Shi, Xiangyang; Majoros, István J.; Patri, Anil K.; Bi, Xiangdong; Islam, Mohammad T.; Desai, Ankur; Ganser, T. Rose; Baker, Jr., James R.; Shi Xiangyang; Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan; Majoros István J.; Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan; Patri Anil K.; Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan; Bi Xiangdong; Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan; Islam Mohammad T.; Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan; Desai Ankur; Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan; Ganser T. Rose; Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan; Baker, Jr. James R.; Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan
Журнал:
Analyst
Дата:
2006
Аннотация:
Poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimer-based nanodevices are of recent interest in targeted cancer therapy. Characterization of mono- and multifunctional PAMAM-based nanodevices remains a great challenge because of their molecular complexity. In this work, various mono- and multifunctional nanodevices based on PAMAM G5 (generation 5) dendrimer were characterized by UV-Vis spectrometry, <sup>1</sup>H NMR, size exclusion chromatography (SEC), and capillary electrophoresis (CE). CE was extensively utilized to measure the molecular heterogeneity of these PAMAM-based nanodevices. G5â FA (FA denotes folic acid) conjugates (synthesized from amine-terminated G5.NH2 dendrimer, approach 1) with acetamide and amine termini exhibit bimodal or multi-modal distributions. In contrast, G5â FA and bifunctional G5â FAâ MTX (MTX denotes methotrexate) conjugates with hydroxyl termini display a single modal distribution. Multifunctional G5.Acnâ FIâ FA, G5.Acnâ FAâ OHâ MTX, and G5.Acnâ FIâ FAâ OHâ MTX (Ac denotes acetamide; FI denotes fluorescein) nanodevices (synthesized from partially acetylated G5 dendrimer, approach 2) exhibit a monodisperse distribution. It indicates that the molecular distribution of PAMAM conjugates largely depends on the homogeneity of starting materials, the synthetic approaches, and the final functionalization steps. Hydroxylation functionalization of dendrimers masks the dispersity of the final PAMAM nanodevices in both synthetic approaches. The applied CE analysis of mono- and multifunctional PAMAM-based nanodevices provides a powerful tool to evaluate the molecular heterogeneity of complex dendrimer conjugate nanodevices for targeted cancer therapeutics.
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