Optimization and characterization of the photosensitive N-succinyl-N’-4-(2-nitrobenzyloxy)-succinyl-chitosan micelles

With the copolymer micelles being widely used in the field of tumor therapy, environmental responding copolymers had gained large interest. In our previous work, we synthesized the nanovehicle N-succinyl-N’-4-(2-nitrobenzyloxy)-succinyl-chitosan micelles (SNSC) that were composed of a light-sensitive triggering group 2-nitrobenzyl alcohol on the hydrophobic block and succinyl group modified chitosan. We have demonstrated that the use of a continuous-wave diode near-infrared (NIR) laser could cleave the amphiphilic block copolymer micelles and trigger the release of their “payloads”. In the present study, SNSC were further optimized and characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) that was used to display the two-photon photolysis of SNSC micelles under the NIR irradiation (765nm) . Later on, laser confocal fluorescence microscopy was used to investigate the fluorescein (Ex/Em: 490/520 nm)-loaded SNSC imaging ability. As a result, the optimized SNSCs exhibited higher loading efficiency and smaller size which contributed to an improved stability, drug delivery and cell imaging abilities.

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