We report a procedure to grow thermo-responsive polymer shells at the surface of magnetic nanocarriers made of multiple iron oxide superparamagnetic nanoparticles embedded in poly (maleic anhydride-alt-1-ocatadecene) polymer nanobeads. Depending on the comonomers and on their relative composition, tunable phase transition temperatures in the range between 26-47 ºC under physiological conditions could be achieved. Using a suitable microfluidic platform combining magnetic nanostructures and channels mimicking capillaries of the circulatory system, we demonstrate that the thermo-responsive nanobeads are suitable for localized drug delivery with combined thermal and magnetic activation. Below the critical temperature nanobeads are stable in suspension, retain their cargo and cannot be easily trapped by magnetic fields. Increasing temperature above the critical temperature causes the aggregation of nanobeads forming clusters with magnetic moment high enough to permit their capture by suitable magnetic gradients in close proximity to the targeted zone. At the same time the polymer swelling activates the drug release, with characteristic times on the order of one hour for flow rates of the same order of those of blood in capillaries.

Controlled Release of Doxorubicin Loaded Within Magnetic Thermo-Responsive Nanocarriers Under Magnetic and Thermal Actuation in a Microfluidic Channel

TORTI, ANDREA MARIO;PETTI, DANIELA;BERTACCO, RICCARDO;
2012-01-01

Abstract

We report a procedure to grow thermo-responsive polymer shells at the surface of magnetic nanocarriers made of multiple iron oxide superparamagnetic nanoparticles embedded in poly (maleic anhydride-alt-1-ocatadecene) polymer nanobeads. Depending on the comonomers and on their relative composition, tunable phase transition temperatures in the range between 26-47 ºC under physiological conditions could be achieved. Using a suitable microfluidic platform combining magnetic nanostructures and channels mimicking capillaries of the circulatory system, we demonstrate that the thermo-responsive nanobeads are suitable for localized drug delivery with combined thermal and magnetic activation. Below the critical temperature nanobeads are stable in suspension, retain their cargo and cannot be easily trapped by magnetic fields. Increasing temperature above the critical temperature causes the aggregation of nanobeads forming clusters with magnetic moment high enough to permit their capture by suitable magnetic gradients in close proximity to the targeted zone. At the same time the polymer swelling activates the drug release, with characteristic times on the order of one hour for flow rates of the same order of those of blood in capillaries.
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