A family of 3-methoxypoly(ethylene glycol)鈥搗inyl ether鈥?,2-
dioleylglycerol (mPEG-VE-DOG) lipopolymer conjugates,
designe
d on the
basis of DFT calculations to possess a wi
de range of proton affinities, was synthesize
d an
d teste
d for their hy
drolysis kinetics in neutral an
d aci
dic
buffers. Extru
de
d 100 nm liposomes containing these constructs in 鈮?0 mol % 1,2-
dioleoyl-
sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DOPE) pro
duce
d dispersions that retaine
d their calcein cargo for more than 2
days at pH 7.5,
but release
d the encapsulate
d contents over a wi
de range of time scales as a function of the electronic properties of the vinyl ether linkage, the solution pH, an
d the mPEG-VE-DOG composition in the mem
brane. The
in vivo performance of two
different 90:10 DOPE:mPEG-VE-DOG compositions was also evaluate
d for
bloo
d circulation time an
d bio
distri
bution in mice, using
125I-tyraminylinulin as a la
bel. The pharmacokinetic profiles gave a
tb>1/2b> of 7 an
d 3 h for 90:10 DOPE:ST302 an
d 90:10 DOPE:ST502, respectively, with the liposomes
being cleare
d pre
dominantly
by liver an
d spleen uptake. The
behavior of these DOPE:mPEG-VE-DOG formulations is consistent with their relative rates of vinyl ether hy
drolysis, i.e., the more aci
d-sensitive mPEG-VE-DOG
derivatives pro
duce
d faster leakage rates from DOPE:mPEG-VE-DOG liposomes,
but
decrease
d the
bloo
d circulation times in mice. These fin
dings suggest that the vinyl ether-
base
d PEG鈥搇ipi
d derivatives are promising agents for sta
bilizing aci
d-sensitive DOPE liposomes to pro
duce formulations with
a priori control over their pH responsiveness
in vitro. Our
data also suggest, however, that the same factors that contri
bute to enhance
d aci
d sensitivity of the DOPE:mPEG-VE-DOG
dispersions are also likely responsi
ble for their re
duce
d pharmacokinetic profiles.<
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Keywords:
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