Design and Preparation of Single-Chain Nanocarriers Mimicking Disordered Proteins for Combined Delivery of Dermal Bioactive Cargos

A. Sanchez-Sanchez, S. Akbari, A. J. Moreno, F. Lo Verso, A. Arbe, J. Colmenero, J. A. Pomposo

Macromol. Rapid Commun. 34 (2013) 1681−1686.

Abstract

Inspired by the multifunctionality of vitamin D-binding protein and the multiple transient-binding behavior of some intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), a polymeric platform is designed, prepared, and characterized for combined delivery of dermal protective and anticancer bioactive cargos on the basis of artificial single-chain nano-objects mimicking IDPs. For the first time ever, simultaneous delivery of folic acid or vitamin B9 , and hinokitiol, a relevant natural bioactive compound that exhibits anticancer activity against human malignant melanoma cells, from these multidirectionally self-assembled unimolecular nanocarriers is illustrated.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/marc.201300562


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