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Stealth Dendrimers for Antiarrhythmic Quinidine Delivery
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine
  • Hu Yang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Stephanie T. Lopina
Abstract

Dendrimers have been attracting growing attention because of their unique well-defined globular nanoscale architecture and numerous functional groups on the surface. Attachment of PEG to the dendrimer generates stealth dendrimers, which have promising structural advantages for drug delivery. In this study, synthetic methods were explored to deliver antiarrhythmic quinidine by stealth dendrimers. In particular, quinidine was covalently attached to anionic G2.5 and cationic G3.0 polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers via a glycine spacer, respectively. The resulting quinidine-PAMAM-PEG conjugates were characterized and confirmed by FT-IR and 1H-NMR. In vitro hydrolysis was carried out in pH 7.4 PBS buffer at 37°C to confirm the bioavailability of the conjugated quinidine.

Department(s)
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Comments
Hu Yang acknowledges the new faculty startup support from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Keywords and Phrases
  • Antiarrhythmic quinidine delivery,
  • Bioavailability,
  • Quinidine-PAMAM-PEG conjugates,
  • Stealth dendrimers, Amino acids,
  • Covalent bonds,
  • Drug delivery,
  • Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,
  • Functional groups,
  • Hydrolysis,
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy,
  • Polyethylene glycols, Dendrimers, macrogol,
  • polyamidoamine,
  • quinidine,
  • starburst,
  • unclassified drug, article,
  • drug bioavailability,
  • drug delivery system,
  • drug hydrolysis,
  • drug structure,
  • in vitro study,
  • infrared spectroscopy,
  • pH,
  • priority journal,
  • proton nuclear magnetic resonance, Anti-Arrhythmia Agents,
  • Dendrimers,
  • Hydrolysis,
  • Models, Biological,
  • Polyamines,
  • Polyethylene Glycols,
  • Quinidine
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
10-1-2007
Publication Date
01 Oct 2007
PubMed ID
17558476
Citation Information
Hu Yang and Stephanie T. Lopina. "Stealth Dendrimers for Antiarrhythmic Quinidine Delivery" Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine Vol. 18 Iss. 10 (2007) p. 2061 - 2065 ISSN: 0957-4530; 1573-4838
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hu-yang/64/