| In this work, a novel thermo-responsive Fe3O4/poly(methylmethacrylateb-N-isopropylacrylamide-b-acrylic acid) magnetic composite anosphere
was synthesized for anticancer drug delivery applications. For this
propose, the poly(methylmethacrylate-b-N-isopropylacrylamideb-acrylic acid) [poly (MMA-b-NIPAAm-b-AAc)] was synthesized via
reversible addition-fragmentation transfer method. The physicchemical characterization of the Fe
3O4/poly(MMA-b-NIPAAm-b-AAc)
magnetic composite nanosphere was investigated by FTIR, HNMR
spectroscopies and GPC, FESEM, XRD, VSM and DLS. The thermosensitivity of the Fe3O4/P(MMA-b-NIPAAm-b-AAc) magnetic composite
nanosphere was confrmed via DLS at 40 °C. DOX encapsulation
efciency was calculated to be 98.2%. The effect of temperature
and pH on release behaviors of stimuli responsive DOX-loaded
Fe
3O4/P(MMA-b-NIPAAm-b-AAc)] magnetic composite nanosphere
were investigated. The release rate at pH 7.4, 5.4 and 4 (T = 37 °C)
was reached about 24.4, 42.4 and 57.5 wt%, after 4–5 day. The
release rate improved at tumor simulated environment (t:40 °C and
pH ≤ 5.4). The cytotoxic effects of the magnetic composite nanosphere
were appraised by MTT assay and the results indicated that novel
developed smart nanocomposite here was nontoxic to MCF-7
cells and can be applied as anti-cancer drug delivery system. Also, the
results of the Cellular uptake of MCF7 cells treated with rhodamine
labeled DOX-loaded nanocarrier for 2 h have indicated that DOX can
be applied as cytotoxic agent and targeting ligand. |