Supramolecular Amphiphilic Assembly Formed by the Complexation of Calixpyridinium with Alimta

In this work, the host–guest interaction between calixpyridinium and anionic anticancer drug Alimta was studied in aqueous media. Spherical supramolecular amphiphilic assembly rather than simple complex was accidentally fabricated by the complexation of calixpyridinium with Alimta. It is the third k...

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Published in:Langmuir 2019-07, Vol.35 (27), p.9020-9028
Main Authors: Wang, Kui, Wang, Qi-Qi, Wang, Mi-Ni, Xing, Siyang, Zhu, Bolin, Zhang, Ze-Hao
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Language:English
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Summary:In this work, the host–guest interaction between calixpyridinium and anionic anticancer drug Alimta was studied in aqueous media. Spherical supramolecular amphiphilic assembly rather than simple complex was accidentally fabricated by the complexation of calixpyridinium with Alimta. It is the third kind of anionic guest to be discovered to form the higher-order assembly by the complexation of calixpyridinium besides polyanionic guest and anionic gemini surfactant guest. The finding of this assembly approach supplies a new idea to construct various self-assembly architectures in water via the complexation of calixpyridinium with anionic drugs. The resulting calixpyridinium–drug assemblies may also have the potential to adjust the effects of drugs.
ISSN:0743-7463
1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01336