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Preparation And Characterization Of Chitosanpolyethylene Glycol Microspheres And Films For Biomedical Applications

In recent years, biodegradable polymeric systems have gained importance for design of surgical devices, artificial organs, drug delivery systems with different routes of administration, carriers of immobilized enzymes and cells, biosensors,
ocular inserts, and materials for orthopedic applications. Polysaccharide-based polymers represent a major class of biomaterials, which includes agarose, alginate, dextran, and chitosan. Chitosan has found many biomedical applications, including tissue engineering, owing to its biocompatibility, low
toxicity, and degradation in the body, which has opened up avenues for modulating drug release in vivo in the treatment of various diseases. These chitosan-based delivery systems range from microparticles to nanoparticles and from gels to films.
In this study, chitosan (CH) and chitosan-polyethylene glycol (CH-PEG) microspheres with different compositions were prepared by oil/water emulsion method and crosslinked with gluteraldehyde. Some microspheres were loaded
with a model chemotherapeutic drug, methotrexate (MTX). SEM, particle size and in vitro release analysis were performed. In vitro drug release studies showed that the release of MTX from CH-PEG microspheres was faster compared to CH microspheres.
In the second part, CH-PEG microspheres were conjugated with a monoclonal antibody which is immunoglobulin G (IgG). The cytotoxicity efficiencies of entrapped drug were determined by using MCF-7 and MCF-7/MDA-MB breast
cancer cell lines.
In the third part, CHF-PEG films with the same compositions as in microspheres were prepared by solvent casting method. IR, DSC, mechanical and surface analysis were performed. The mechanical properties of films were improved by
the presence of proper amount of PEG but higher amounts of PEG caused the deteriotion in the properties.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12608817/index.pdf
Date01 April 2003
CreatorsGunbas, Ismail Dogan
ContributorsHasirci, Nesrin
PublisherMETU
Source SetsMiddle East Technical Univ.
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeM.S. Thesis
Formattext/pdf
RightsTo liberate the content for METU campus

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