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ArticleMacromolecular rapid communications2025

Self-Immolative Polyion Complexes.

Xueli Mei, Elizabeth R Gillies

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Article in Macromolecular rapid communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Self-Immolative Polyion Complexes.Macromolecular rapid communications · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Xueli MeiDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Elizabeth R GilliesDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3983-2248

Funding

Canada Research Chairs CRC-2020-00101Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN-2021-03950
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyion complex (PICs) micelles are formed through the self-assembly of polyelectrolytes bearing opposite charges. The ability to form PICs under fully aqueous conditions makes them attractive for the encapsulation of biopolymers such as proteins and nucleic acids for potential therapeutic applications. Stimuli-responsive PIC micelles have the potential to release their cargo under specific biological conditions. We describe here the development of PIC micelles formed from two self-immolative polymers (SIPs) with complementary charges. The polycationic SIP, having pendent ammonium groups, undergoes depolymerization in response to light. The polyanionic SIP, bearing pendent carboxylates and a stabilizing PEG block, undergoes depolymerization in response to a pH change from 7.4 to 6. SIP PICs composed of a 0.6 anion:cation ratio remain well dispersed at pH 7.4, but degrade at pH 6, primarily due to depolymerization of the anionic block. Irradiation with UV light leads primarily to depolymerization of the cationic block. In vitro cytotoxicity assays with C2C12 cells indicate that the PICs are quite well tolerated by the cells with low cytotoxicity up to about 0.5 mg mL

Indexed as

PolymersAnimalsCell LineCell SurvivalHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMiceMicellesPolyelectrolytesPolymerizationUltraviolet RaysMicellesPolyelectrolytesPolymersdegradabledepolymerizationpolyion complexself‐immolativestimuli‐responsive

Identifiers

PMID40711990
PMCPMC12536383

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