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F-, 1H-NMR, and Fluorescence Studies of
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Interaction between 5-Fluorouracil and Polyglycerol
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Dendrimers
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Haejoo Lee† and Tooru Ooya*
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Graduate School of engineering, Kobe University, 1-1, Rokkoudai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-
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8501, Japan
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Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Present Address: Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka,
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*CORRESPONDING AUTHOR FOOTNOTE
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Dr. Tooru Ooya
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Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University
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1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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TEL/FAX: +81-78-803-6255
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E-mail:
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ABSTRACT.
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Polyglycerol dendrimers (PGDs), which exhibit a well-defined structure consisting of only
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glycerol units, were examined as a host molecule of 5-fluorouracil (5-Fu) used as a model anti-
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cancer drug.
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estimate the molecular interaction between PGDs and 5-Fu in a buffer. Results of the NMR
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titrations revealed that PGD of generation 3 (PGD-G3) encapsulated 5-Fu in the buffer, whereas
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PGD-G2 and G1 partially incorporated 5-Fu molecule into the space. Fluorescent spectra of 5-
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Fu in the presence of PGD-G3 indicated that the diketo (lactam) form of 5-Fu changed to the
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enol-keto (lactim) form of 5-Fu, suggesting attraction of the imine proton of 5-Fu by ether
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oxygen of PGD-G3. Therefore, the encapsulation state of 5-Fu in PGDs at molecular level was
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modulated by the well defined branched structure depending on the generation of PGDs.
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F- and 1H-NMR titrations and fluorescence measurements were performed to
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KEYWORDS. Polyglycerol Dendrimers;
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Fluorescence; Encapsulation
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F-NMR; Molecular interaction; 5-Fluorouracil;
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1. INTRODUCTION
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The chemical and biochemical characteristics of dendrimers can be regulated through fine
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control of their molecular architecture and molecular weight.1-6 One of the unique characteristics
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of dendrimers is molecular encapsulation of guest molecules, where the inside region of the
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dendrimer has the ability to act as a site of molecular recognition.7-9 For example, a protected,
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amino acid-modified poly(propyleneimine) (PPI) dendrimer can encapsulate rose bengal due to
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steric effects of the dendritic periphery.10 PPI dendrimers can also encapsulate anionic dyes via
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electrostatic interactions in aqueous media, which is confirmed by UV/Vis titrations.11,12
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Poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimer and its derivatives have also been studied for
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molecular encapsulation of 8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid,13,14 based on electrostatic
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interactions in aqueous media. PAMAM dendrimers have been confirmed as drug carriers.15,16
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As PAMAM dendrimers contain surface primary amine and internal tertiary amine groups, these
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groups can be protonated below the pKa under aqueous conditions, which becomes a driving
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force to form complexes with oppositely charged drug molecules, including 5-fluorouacil (5-
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Fu).17-19 However, PAMAM dendrimers are toxic due to their high cationic charge density and
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this has limited their application in vitro and in vivo.20
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Although chemical modification of the peripheral amine group using poly(ethylene glycol)
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(PEG) is thought to be a good approach to overcome toxicity issues,15 nitrogen inclusion in the
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dendrimers is thought to be necessary. Recently, polyglycerol dendrimers (PGDs) and
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hyperbranched polyglycerols (HyPGs) have therefore been the focus of various biomedical
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applications.21 As PGDs and HyPGs do not contain nitrogen atoms and bear numerous hydroxyl
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groups on their peripheries, it is apparently possible to possess hydrophilic properties without
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containing nitrogen atoms and to exhibit good biocompatibility22-24 and hydrotropy25, similarly to
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PEG. In addition, we found that PGD of generation 2-4 (PGD-G2, G3 and G4) takes up
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fluorescent molecules into the nano-spaces, which was clarified by isothermal titration
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calorimetry and
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nanostructure with very narrow molecular weight distribution. Thus, PGDs may be good
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candidates as biocompatible and well-defined drug carriers capable of precisely defined analysis,
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as reported in the NMR analysis of PAMAM dendrimer-drug complexes.28-33
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H-NMR titration.26,27 Unlike HyPGs, PGDs exhibit a well-defined
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In this study, molecular interaction between 5-Fu (Figure 1(a)) and PGDs of generation 3, 2
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and 1 (Figure 1 (b-d)) was examined by 19F-, 1H-NMR titrations and fluorescence measurements.
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of 5-Fu by observing the chemical shift changes. As 5-Fu has been previously studied as a
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photosensitizer capable of fluorescent change via tautomeric formation,34 fluorescence
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measurements in the presence of various concentration of PGDs were preformed to discuss the
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interaction-induced tautomeric change that was correlated with the data of the 19F- and 1H-NMR
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2. MATERIALS AND METHODS
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2.1 Materials
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5-Fu was purchased from Nacalai Tesque (Kyoto, Japan). Glycerol was purchased from Kanto
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Chemical Co., Inc. (Tokyo, Japan). PGD-G1, G2 and G3 were prepared according to the method
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of Haag et al.35 Deuterium oxide and acetic acid-d4 were purchased from Cambridge Isotope
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Laboratories, Inc. (Andover, MA). Sodium deuteroxide was purchased from Merck Chemicals
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(Darmstadt, Germany). Potassium fluoride was purchased from Wako Pure Chemical Industries
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(Osaka, Japan) and was used without further purification.
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2.2 1H- and 19F-NMR titration of 5-Fu with PGDs
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5-Fu was dissolved in a 10 mM acetate buffer prepared with D2O, and pD was adjusted to 5.0
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by adding NaOD and acetic acid-d4 (concentration of 5-Fu: 12.5 mM). Each PGD (PGD-G3, G2
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or G1) dissolved in buffer was added to 5-Fu solution to give concentrations of 2.5, 5.0 and 10.0
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mM (final concentration of 5-Fu: 2.5 mM). 1H-NMR and 19F-NMR spectra of each solution were
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obtained using a 500 MHz FT-NMR (Bruker Advanced 500, Bruker BioSpin K.K., Yokohama,
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Japan) and a 400 MHz FT-NMR apparatus (Varian Unity Inova-400, Agilent Technologies, Co.
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Ltd., Tokyo, Japan), respectively.
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2.3 Fluorescence measurements of 5-Fu in the presence of various concentrations of PGDs
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A stock solution of 5-Fu was prepared by dissolving 5-Fu in a 10 mM acetate buffer (pH 5) to
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be 12.5 mM. Separately, PGD-G3, G2 and G1 (6, 12.5, 25, 50 mmol) were dissolved in 800 µL
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of the same buffer. 5-Fu stock solution (200 µL) was added to each PGD solution (final
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concentrations: 5-Fu, 2.5 mM; PGD, 1.25, 2.5, 5.0 or 10.0 mM). The mixture of 5-Fu and PGDs
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was left to stand for 30 min at room temperature in a quartz cell, and then the emission spectra of
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the solution were measured (excitation wavelength: 267 nm) at room temperature using a
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spectrofluorometer (F-2500, 45 Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) with a 20-nm slit width.
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Our previous studies have suggested that higher generation PGDs have the potential to
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incorporate a guest molecule inside the PGDs.26 Especially, PGD-G3 and the guest molecule
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interacted attractively, showing a binding constant of 5.3 x 105 (M-1).27 Thus, PGD-G3 was
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subjected to analysis of its interaction with 5-Fu. Figure 2 shows the
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titrated with PGD-G3. The 19F chemical shift of 5-Fu itself was observed at 40.0 ppm, as a sharp
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doublet that means coupling with neighbor proton (Figure 2 (a)). When the concentration of
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PGD-G3 was the same as that of 5-Fu (2.5 mM), the 19F signal shifted downfield maintaining the
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same doublet peak (PGD-G3:5-Fu = 1:1, Figure 2(b)). The
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deshielding effect, hence, electron density around the 19F atom decreased, which might be related
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to deprotonation of the imino proton (i.e. N-H proton) by a proton acceptor.36 At a 1:1 molar
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ratio of 5-Fu and PGD-G3, the number of ether oxygen, which could act as a proton acceptor, is
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twenty-one; thus the densely packed ether oxygen of the PGD-G3 possibly formed hydrogen
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bonds with the imino proton of 5-Fu. When the ratio increased to 2:1 and 4:1, the 19F signal was
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difficult to find ((PGD-G3:5-Fu = 2:1 and 4:1, Figure 2(c) and (d)). The 5-Fu molecule is likely
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to be buried within the interior regions of PGD-G3, as the 19F signal was no longer detected, as
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seen in the case of encapsulated drugs in polymeric micelles.37 Thus, when the concentration of
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PGD-G3 was not less than 5.0 mM, 2.5 mM of free 5-Fu molecules are likely to be preferred to
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locate in the dendritic interiors. Since PGD-G3 molecules associates in aqueous solution with an
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average diameter of around 83 nm at a concentration of 0.2 mM,27 the PGD-G3 molecules at the
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concentration 5.0 mM also possibly make an association, in which 5-Fu molecues might be
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F-NMR spectra of 5-Fu
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H-NMR spectra were measured under the same conditions as 19F-NMR measurements. The Ha
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signal of 5-Fu itself appeared as a broad signal at around 7.55 ppm (Figure 3 (a)). Generally,
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peak broadening of 1H-NMR signals contains the meaning of slower mobility of protons than
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NMR time scale, which is correlated with increased viscosity, fast exchange of proton bound to
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hetero atoms such as –OH and –NH2, various conformations of hydrogen bonds, etc. One
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possible cause of this broad signal is the formation of the 5-Fu dimer, the type of which contains
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both a hydrogen-bonded conformations with both rings lying in the plane and a stacked structure
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that is constructed by strong hydrogen bonds with four water molecules.38 According to the
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results in the literature of molecular dynamics simulation for clustering made up of 5-Fu dimer
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embedded in water, several dimer conformations showing relevant structural and energetic data
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were suggested; thus, one can imagine that multiple Ha signals of 5-Fu on the NMR spectrum
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exist due to the various dimetrization in D2O leading to the broaden Ha signals. At a 1:1 molar
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ratio of PGD-G3 and 5-Fu, the Ha signals of 5-Fu became sharp. This is likely due to the
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dissociation of 5-Fu dimers, where PGD-G3 molecule might act as a water–disruptor to break the
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hydrogen-bond cluster of 5-Fu and water molecules. In addition, 1H signals attributed to PGD-G3
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(Figure 3 (e)), suggesting that the molecular motion of PGD-G3 in the buffer was restricted by
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3 (c, d)). In addition, 1H signals at around 4.0 ppm (CH2 protons adjacent to the terminal OH
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groups of PGD-G3: A in Figure 3) and 3.1 ppm (CH2 protons adjacent to the quaternary carbon
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in the core region of PGD-G3: B in Figure 3) became broad. The peak broadening of the
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position at A and B, accompanied with downfield shift of the Ha signal of 5-Fu, suggest hydrogen
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bonds between the Ha and ether oxygen adjacent to the CH2 at A and B region of PGD-G3.
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The encapsulation of 5-Fu within the interior region of PGD-G3 was examined by fluorescence 19
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measurements under the same conditions as NMR measurements. Based on the results of
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and 1H-NMR titrations, we hypothesized that fluorescence spectra would also provide insight
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into the location of 5-Fu within the interior region of PGD-G3. The fluorescence spectrum of 5-
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Fu (i.e. concentration of PGD-G3 was 0 mM) showed excitation at 267 nm and exhibited bands
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relatively acidic hydrogen (pKa = 7.26),39 so that the imine proton could be deprotonated in the
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presence of proton acceptors. If the ether oxygen of the PGD-G3 acts as the proton acceptors, the
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proton can be transferred to the carbonyl oxygen; the π-conjugated system of 5-Fu is extended by
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changing the diketo (lactam) form to the enol-keto (lactim) forms (Figure 5). This is consistent
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increased intensity at 462 nm suggests the encapsulation of 5-Fu within the interior region of
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dependency of PGDs for the encapsulation of 5-Fu was demonstrated by the fluorescence change.
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and the increased intensities at 462 nm were observed (data not shown). Figure 6 shows the
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fluorescence intensity change in 5-Fu at 462 nm (Ex: 267 nm) with increasing concentration
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PGD-G1, G2, and G3 in the acetate buffer. The intensity increase for PGD-G1 and G2 with
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increasing concentration was significantly smaller than with PGD-G3, indicating that the ability
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of attracting the imine proton within the interior of PGDs with low generations was poor. The
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binding constants were calculated using curve fitting software (OriginPro 8J) from the
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concentration-dependent fluorescence intensity change, according to the following equation, ∆I 11 2 K [G ]0
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in the absence of the guests, ∆I11 is a difference in the fluorescence intensity at 462 nm between a
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host-guest complex formed at 1:1 molar ratio and the free host, K is a binding constant, [G]0 and
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[H]0 are initial concentrations of the guest (AHSA) and the host molecules. The obtained
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binding constants for PGD-G1, G2 and G3 were 7.7×103, 2.2×104, and 4.0×103 M-1, respectively.
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with 5-Fu was small, but the magnitude for the transformation from the lactam to the lactim was
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under the same conditions. With increasing concentration of PGD-G2 and G1, 19F signal of 5-Fu
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shifted downfield, and the signal broadening seen in the case of PGD-G3 (Figure 2) was not
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(b)-(d)). These results suggest that 5-Fu actually interacted with PGD-G2 and G1, but was not
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fully incorporated into the interior part of PGD-G2 and G1. The results of 1H-NMR titration
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between 5-Fu and PGD-G2 or G1 supported partial incorporation, because the broadening of 1H
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signals attributed to both the branch and core region of PGD-G2 and G1 was not observed (see
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The polyglycerol dendrimer of generation 3 (PGD-G3) was able to encapsulate 5-Fu under
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aqueous conditions, as demonstrated by 19F- and 1H-NMR titration. The fluorescence spectra of
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5-Fu in the presence of PGD-G3 revealed that the π-conjugated system of 5-Fu was extended by
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attraction between the imine proton of 5-Fu and the ether oxygen in PGD-G3. Although such
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attraction was suggested by 19F-NMR and fluorescence measurements in the presence of PGDs
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with lower generation (PGD-G2 and G1), broadening of the 19F-NMR signals, as seen in the case
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of PGD-G3, was not observed. The binding constants for PGD-G3, G2 and G1 were calculated
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by the fluorescent intensity change at 462 nm and found to be 103-104 M-1 order. Therefore, the
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increased branch number of glycerol units contributed to the encapsulation of 5-Fu, where the
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ether oxygen plays an important role in the attraction of the imine proton of 5-Fu. When the
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generation of PGDs increased to four (PGD-G4), polarity of the PGD-G4-dissolved solution
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decreased, and hydrophobic interaction with a guest molecule might be included as the driving
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forces27; thus; we can predict that PGDs with much higher generations encapsulates 5-Fu by not
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only the hydrogen bonding but also hydrophobic interaction. In fact, a PGD of generation 5
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(PGD-G5) could dissolve a poorly water soluble drug, which is possibly related to hydrophobic
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interaction25. Encapsulation of 5-Fu and structurally resembled drugs such as pyrimidine analogs
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(e.g; cytarabine and gemcitabine) and the other metabolic antagonists (e.g.; mercaptopurine and
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pentostatin) in aqueous solution using biocompatible PGDs is expected to lead to their
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development as nano-sized drug carriers with well-defined size and structure, which are believed
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Supporting Information Available. The 1H-NMR spectra upon titration between 5-Fu and
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PGD-G2 or G1 (Figures. S1 and S2). This material is available free of charge via the Internet at
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
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Corresponding Author
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* Tel.: +81 78 803 6025; Fax: +81 78 803 6025, E-mail address:
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Present Address
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†Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka
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819-0395, Japan
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Funding Sources
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This work was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B (No. 22300165)
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and for challenging Exploratory Research (No. 24650279) from JSPS.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank Prof. Toshifumi Takeuchi, Kobe University (Japan) for the fruitful discussions.
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