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Hydrophobic single-wall carbon nanohorns (SWNHs) were dispersed in aqueous media by noncovalently modifying their surfaces with conjugate molecules comprised of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and a peptide aptamer (NHBP-1) that specifically bind to the surfaces of the SWNHs. The conjugates were synthesized by coupling PEG (average molecular weights of 20,000 and 5000) to the N-terminus of NHBP-1 to produce 20PEG-NHBP and 5PEG-NHBP, respectively. Oxidized SWNHs (oxSWNHs) mixed with 20PEG-NHBP or 5PEG-NHBP were well dispersed in water and passed through a gel filtration column, whereas the oxSWNHs treated with PEG stuck to the top of the column. Although the presence of salts in the media significantly impaired the dispersibility of the oxSWNHs, the oxSWNHs/20PEG-NHBP complexes were well dispersed in both the phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and cell culture medium. The amount of 20PEG-NHBP bound to the oxSWNHs was estimated to be 0.32 g/g of oxSWNHs, and a dynamic light scattering analysis revealed the diameter of the oxSWNHs/20PEG-NHBP complex to be approximately 210 nm. We then showed that CDDP@oxSWNHs/20PEG-NHBP, in which the cancer chemotherapy drug cisplatin (CDDP) was loaded inside the oxSWNHs, was well dispersed in both the PBS and culture medium and exerted a potent cytotoxic effect against cancer cells. The good dispersion of drug-loaded carbon nanomaterials, like that seen here, is a prerequisite for the clinical application of such materials.
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PMID:Dispersion of cisplatin-loaded carbon nanohorns with a conjugate comprised of an artificial peptide aptamer and polyethylene glycol. 1768 80

Assured dispersibility is a prerequisite for clinical application of nanomaterials. Carbon nanomaterials have hydrophobic surfaces and thus readily agglomerate under aqueous conditions. Various conjugates composed of a carbon surface-binding moiety and polyethylene glycol (PEG) have been examined as dispersants for carbon nanomaterials. Here we synthesized a conjugate composed of a comb-shaped PEG (cPEG) and carbon nanomaterial-binding peptide (NHBP-1). The resultant cPEG-NHBP3 conjugate displayed multiple units (2.4 on average) of NHBP-1 on a single cPEG molecule whose average molecular weight was 15-20 kDa. cPEG-NHBP3 endowed single-walled carbon nanohorns (SWNHs) with good dispersibility in vitro, which could not be achieved with 20PEG-NHBP, a conjugate composed of linear 20 kDa PEG and a single NHBP-1 peptide. Notably, cPEG-NHBP1, which was similar to 20PEG-NHBP but had a comb-shaped PEG backbone, functioned better as a dispersant than 20PEG-NHBP, suggesting a graft-type PEG formula is better-suited for dispersing nanomaterials. Finally, cPEG-NHBP3 treatment substantially suppressed formation of SWNH agglomerates in mouse lung, suggesting the potential utility of SWNHs as a carrier in drug delivery systems.
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PMID:Prevention of carbon nanohorn agglomeration using a conjugate composed of comb-shaped polyethylene glycol and a peptide aptamer. 1971 97