title: MAD (multiagent delivery) nanolayer: delivering multiple therapeutics from hierarchically assembled surface coatings.
abstract: We present hydrolytically degradable polymeric multilayer films that can codeliver multiple therapeutics of differing chemical characteristics (charged biomacromolecules and neutral hydrophobic small molecules) from a surface. This multiagent-delivery (MAD) nanolayer system integrates the hydrolytically degradable poly(beta-amino ester) as a structural component to control the degradation of the multilayers to release active therapeutic macromolecules as well as hydrophobic drugs imbedded within amphiphilic block copolymer micellar carriers within layer-by-layer (LbL) films, which would otherwise be difficult to include within the multilayers. By varying the anionic therapeutic agents (heparin and dextran sulfate) within the multilayer, we examine how different structural components can be used to control the release kinetics of multiple therapeutics from MAD nanolayers. Controlled release profiles and the in vitro efficacy of the MAD nanolayers in suppressing the growth of human smooth muscle cell lines were evaluated. The dual delivery of a charged macromolecular heparin and a small hydrophobic drug, paclitaxel, is found to be synergistic and beneficial toward effective therapeutic activity. Furthermore, we compared the classical dipping method that we employed here with an automated spray-LbL technique. Spray-LbL significantly facilitates film processing time while preserving the characteristic release profiles of the MAD nanolayers. With the highly versatile and tunable nature of LbL assembly, we anticipate that MAD nanolayers can provide a unique platform for delivering multiple therapeutics from macromolecules to small molecules with distinct release profiles for applications in biological and biomedical surface coatings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Byeong-Su
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Renée C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: Paula T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Hammond
mesh_terms: D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible / Q000737:chemistry*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008823:Micelles; D032389:Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011108:Polymers
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D004338:Drug Combinations; D008823:Micelles; D011108:Polymers; C507253:poly(beta-amino ester); D006493:Heparin; D017239:Paclitaxel