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Stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems can respond to specific external stimuli, resulting in improved treatment outcomes and reduced side effects from their controllable site-specific release ability. The aim of this study was to develop a thermo-responsive bubble-generating drug release platform by near-infrared (NIR) laser irradiation using melanin-perfluorohexane-methotrexate-polylactic acid (Mel @PFH@MTX-PLA) nanoparticles. Mel@PFH@MTX-PLA nanoparticles were successfully prepared without precipitation or aggregation. By adjusting the amount of perfluorohexane (PFH), a size of Mel@PFH@MTX-PLA nanoparticles with optimal conditions was about 52.75 ± 1.41 nm. Due to the photothermal conversion properties of melanin, the temperature of the Mel@PFH@MTX-PLA nanoparticles was increased to about 59.2 °C after 7 min of 808 nm NIR laser irradiation at a power density of 1.5 W/cm2. The NIR laser-induced temperature increase triggered additional drug release and caused the phase transition of PFH, resulting in dramatic bubble generation. The resultant Mel@PFH@MTX-PLA nanoparticles can be utilized in biomedical applications as promising carriers for localized and controlled drug delivery.
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This research was supported by grants from the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT, & Future Planning (NRF-2018R1D1A1B07045264) and the X-mind Corps Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT (No. 2019H1D8A1109673).
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Lee, H., Kim, M.A. & Lee, CM. Near-Infrared Laser-Responsive Photothermal Bubble-Generating PLA Nanoparticles for Controlled Drug Release. Macromol. Res. 29, 224–229 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-021-9026-3
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