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Redox Responsive Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(lactide-alt-glycolide)

PEG average Mn 5000, PLGA Mn 15000

Synonym(s):

Drug release, PEG-PLGA with disulfide linkage, PEG-SS-PLGA, Stimuli-responsive

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Linear Formula:
CH3O(C2H4O)nC7H12O4S2(C5H6O4)m
UNSPSC Code:
12352112
NACRES:
NA.23

form

powder, chunks or granules

Quality Level

100

mol wt

PEG average Mn 5000
PLGA Mn 15000

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

O=C(C(C)OC(CO[H])=O)OCCSSCCOC(OCCOCCOC)=O

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Application

PEG-SS-PLGA is a redox responsive, biocompatible, amphiphilic block copolymer composed of a hydrophilic PEG block and a hydrophobic poly(lactide-alternative-glycolide) (PLGA) block, with a reducible disulfide linkage between blocks. This polymer can be fabricated into Glutathione (GSH) responsive nanoparticles which can be used as an intracellular drug delivery system.

Different from common Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) polymer, the lactic and glycolic units in Poly(lactide-alt-glycolide) block alternate in sequence in the polymer chain, and the molar ratio of lactic to glycolic units in the polymer is exactly 1:1.

Poly(lactide-alt-glycolide) exhibits excellent solubility in common organic solvents, such as acetonitrile, acetone, dioxane, DCM, and THF, providing great convenience for drug delivery researches and applications.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Claudia Conte et al.
Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 277, 126-141 (2018-03-15)
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Lin Yu et al.
Biomacromolecules, 12(4), 1290-1297 (2011-03-03)
This paper reports the influence of sequence structures of block copolymers composed of poly(lactic acid-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) on their thermogelling aqueous behaviors. A series of thermogelling PLGA-PEG-PLGA triblock copolymers with similar chemical compositions and block lengths

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