• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.958-960
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• 2015

Sickle cells possess a unique combination of traits that may enable their use as models for novel synthetic tumor targeting controlled release drug carriers with the ability to treat disseminated tumors in advanced metastatic disease. In this study, we assess the ability of light-activated release sickle cells to enhance tumor delivery of the fluorescent dye calcein by delayed photolysis controlled release compared to free systemic administration of calcein. Sickle cells from mouse models of the disease were shown to preferentially accumulate in tumors compared to adjacent tissue, in 4T1 tumors in mice on a time scale about 12 hours. Sickle cells photosensitized with protoporphyrin IX achieved delayed release of 50% of contents 8-16 hours after photoactivation, which was deemed useful for in vivo delivery of cargo to tumors given the tumor accumulation time of the sickle cells. Sickle cells may be useful as a model for new synthetic drug carrier particles with delayed photolysis controlled release properties.

• Polymer Science and Technology
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.622-627
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• 1997

• Polymer Science and Technology
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.146-151
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• 2008

• Polymer Science and Technology
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.514-520
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• 2014

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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• 1994.11a
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• pp.119-125
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• 1994

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.36-40
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• 2005

Poly(amino acid) derivatives have been widely investigated as a drug carrier in drug delivery system. Particularly,polysuccinimide (PSI) is one of the most promising drug carriers since it possesses suitable physicochemical characteristics for development of macromolecular prodrugs, due to biocompatibility and biodegradability. In this study, we deal with the synthesis of polyaspartamide having various functional groups such as methoxy-poly(ethylene glycol) (MPEG) via ring closing of PSI. PSI was synthesized by polyonensation polymerization of spartic acid. The variety of average molecular weight was confirmed with reacion time and catalyst content to observe the optimum condition of synthesis. MPEG, hydrophilic chain, was bonded to fabricate polymeric micell composed of hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymer. All materials were characterized by 1H-NMR, FT-IR and GPC. In addition, the formation of nanoparticle micelle as drug carrier were also examined. Micelle size was measured by ELS and AFM. The functionalized polysparamide formed nanoparticle micelle whose size ranged from 90 to 130 nm. In conclusion, we prepared polyaspartamide functionalized with PEG examined the possibility as drug carriers.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.121-125
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• 2023

Casein is a milk protein and one of the most important nutrients in milk. The composition is over 80% in cow's milk and about 20~45% in human's milk. Casein is highly biocompatible and biodegradable, so it has been studied for various biomedical materials applications as well as drug delivery systems. It is widely known that casein can be prepared as nanoparticles in the presence of the Ca²⁺ metal ion. Because casein is amphiphilic, hydrophobic drugs could be loaded inside to form a protein-based drug delivery system. In this study, we studied the optimum conditions for casein nanoparticle formation using natural metal ions present in the body, such as calcium, magnesium, zinc, and iron. It was confirmed that nanoparticles have a uniform size of around 150 nm and negative zeta potential values. In addition, it was demonstrated that casein nanoparticles have a cell viability of more than 80% and efficient intracellular uptake properties using confocal microscopy. From the results, it was also shown that the casein nanoparticles prepared using various metal ions have the potential to be biocompatible drug delivery carriers.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.501-506
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• 2022

Echogenic liposome contains both liquid and gas inside the shell. In ultrasound mediated drug delivery, sonoporation, these new microbubbles can be an attractive drug carrier since they can be loaded water soluble drugs and drug molecules can be unloaded at the specific location with ultrasound sonication. In this paper, the structure of the echogenic liposome was confirmed with EF-TEM and the positive effect of sonoporation with echogenic liposome was comparatively evaluated on MDA-MB-231 cells which is a type of breast cancer cell with Doxorubicin. Control group (Group 1), Doxorubicin only (Group 2), sonoporation with Doxorubicin and hollow microbubbles (Group 3), sonoporation with Doxorubicin loaded echogenic liposome (Group 4) were classified and experiments were conducted. According to the results, Group 4 is at least 1.4 times better in inducing necrosis of cancer cells. Therefore, we conclude echogenic liposome could be one of the most useful form of microbubbles in sonoporation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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• 1994.04a
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• pp.216-216
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• 1994

안트라싸이클린계 항암항생제의 부작용 발생기전으로는 C-고리의 퀴논 부위에 전자가 전달되어 퀴논고리가 환원되는 과정이 제시되고 있으며 그중 하나의 전자가 전달되어 생성되는 활성산소(activated oxygen)가 심장독성과 관련이 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이 때 퀴논고리의 환원력(전자흡수능력)이 C-고리 자체의 변환, 또는 인접 B-고리에 도입된 치환체의 영향으로 억제될 수 있다는 보고를 이론적 근거로 하여 안트라싸이클리논 골격을 전자흡수능력을 가진 acridone 골격으로 치환한 9-ethynyl-6,9-trihydroxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-benzo〔b〕acridone을 합성하였으며 이를 daunosamine과 축합하기 위하여 $C_{7}$위치에 OH기를 도입한 화합물로 변환하였다.

• Polymer Science and Technology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.53-60
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• 2001