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Highly uniform ultrasound-sensitive nanospheres produced by a pH-induced micelle-to-vesicle transition for tumor-targeted drug delivery

Yiru Wang1,2,§Tinghui Yin1,2,§Zhenwei Su2,§Chen Qiu1Yong Wang2Rongqin Zheng1,2( )Meiwan Chen3Xintao Shuai1,2( )
Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Liver Disease and Department of Medical UltrasonicsThe Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou510630China
PCFM Lab of Ministry of EducationSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringSun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou510275China
State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese MedicineInstitute of Chinese Medical SciencesUniversity of MacauMacau999078China

§ Yiru Wang, Tinghui Yin, and Zhenwei Su contributed equally to this work.

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Although gas-filled microbubbles with high echogenicity are widely applied inclinical ultrasonography, the micron scale particle size impedes their use in the treatment of solid tumors, which are accessible to objects less than several hundred nanometers. We herein propose an unusual approach involving apH-induced core–shell micelle-to-vesicle transition to prepare ultrasound-sensitive polymeric nanospheres (polymersomes in structure) possessing multiple features, including nanosize, monodispersity, and incorporation of a phase-transitional imaging agent into the aqueous lumen. These features are not achievable via the conventional double-emulsion method for polymersome preparation. The nanospheres were constructed based on a novel triblock copolymer with dual pH sensitivity. The liquid-to-gas phase transition of the imaging agent induced by external low-frequency ultrasound may destroy the nanospheres for a rapid drug release, with simultaneous tissue-penetrating drug delivery inside a tumor. These effects may provide new opportunities for the development of an effective cancer therapy with few adverse effects.

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Wang Y, Yin T, Su Z, et al. Highly uniform ultrasound-sensitive nanospheres produced by a pH-induced micelle-to-vesicle transition for tumor-targeted drug delivery. Nano Research, 2018, 11(7): 3710-3721. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1939-y

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Received: 27 September 2017
Revised: 24 November 2017
Accepted: 25 November 2017
Published: 02 August 2018
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