China Plastics ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (11): 7-13.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2022.11.002

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Degradation behavior of mPEG⁃PLA block copolymer and its micelles

WU Jingjing1, ZHANG Wenming2(), ZHOU Qinpeng1, ZHANG Xinqing1, LU Chong1()   

  1. 1.Ecological Materials Research Laboratory,School of Materials Science and Engineering,East China University of Science and Technology,Shanghai 200237,China
    2.Shanghai Yizhong Pharmaceutical Co,Ltd,Shanghai 201401,China
  • Received:2022-07-31 Online:2022-11-26 Published:2022-11-25

Abstract:

Poly(ethylene glycol monomethyl ether⁃co⁃poly lactide) (mPEG⁃PLA) was prepared through ring opening polymerization of methoxy poly(ethylene glycol) and D, L⁃lactide, and then the mPEG⁃PLA/paclitaxel drug⁃loaded micelles (DMs) was prepared. The degradation characteristics of mPEG⁃PLA and drug⁃loaded micelles were studied under different conditions. The results indicated that mPEG⁃PLA and DMs kept stable at a low temperature of 4 ºC even for a long period of 24 months. The degradation rates of mPEG⁃PLA and DMs improved with an increase in temperature, but their degradation mechanisms were different, especially at temperature above 40 ºC. The degradation of mPEG⁃PLA was dominated by the random fracture inside the segment, resulting in a significant decrease in molecular weight. However, there was no obvious increase in the contents of lactide and lactic acid. The degradation mechanism of DMs was more possibly attributed to the “chain⁃end scission rule” at a high temperature of 60 ºC. This means the depolymerization at the terminal, leading to the production of more amounts of lactide and lactic acid.

Key words: poly lactide, copolymer, drug?loaded micelle, degradation

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