Abstract
Styrene-co-maleic acid (SMA) copolymer was evaluated as a polymer platform to conjugate with two fluorescent dyes, i.e., 6-aminofluorescein (AF) and Rhodamine (Rho); which spontaneously self-assembles in an aqueous medium and forms a micelle through a non-covalent interaction. These SMA-dye conjugates showed the nanosized micelle formation through dynamic light scattering (DLS) with discrete distributions having mean particle sizes of 135.3 nm, and 190.9 nm for SMA-AF, and SMA-Rho, respectively. The apparent molecular weight of the micelle was evaluated using Sephadex G-100 gel chromatography and it was found that the 49.3 kDa, and 28.7 kDa for SMA-AF, and SMA-Rho, respectively. Moreover, the biodistribution study showed the selective accumulation of the SMA-dye conjugates in the tumor of mice. Taken together, the SMA-dye conjugated micelles appear in high concentrations in the tumor by utilizing the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect of the tumor-targeted delivery. These results indicate that SMA-dye conjugates have the advanced potential as macromolecular fluorescent probes for microtumor imaging by means of a photodynamic diagnosis.
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