Shell cross-linked hyaluronic acid/polylysine layer-by-layer polyelectrolyte microcapsules prepared by removal of reducible hyaluronic acid microgel cores

Hyukjin Lee, Yongho Jeong, Tae Gwan Park

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Abstract

Shell cross-linked hollow polyelectrolyte microcapsules composed of hyaluronic acid (HA) and poly-L-lysine (PLL) were prepared by layer-by-layer (LBL) adsorption and subsequent core removal by a reductive agent. Disulfide cross-linked HA microgels were used as template core materials for the LBL deposition on the surface and removed by treatment of dithiothreitol at neutral pH condition. HA/PLL polyelectrolyte multilayers on the shell were chemically cross-linked via carbodiimide chemistry, and their physicochemical properties and drug release behaviors were investigated. Shell cross-linked HA/PLL polyelectrolyte microcapsules exhibited far enhanced physical stability against freeze-thaw cycles and acidic pH conditions compared to the un-cross-linked ones. The cross-linked HA/PLL multilayer shell also demonstrated pH responsive permeability, which became more permeable at low pH than at neutral pH. When bovine serum albumin (BSA), as a model protein drug, was loaded inside using the pH-dependent permeability, BSA release profiles from the microcapsules could be readily modulated by varying medium pH values or adding an HA digesting enzyme (hyaluronidase) in the incubation medium.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3705-3711
Number of pages7
JournalBiomacromolecules
Volume8
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2007

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