PAMAM Dendrimers Undergo pH Responsive Conformational Changes without Swelling

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Atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of a G4-NH(2) PAMAM dendrimer were carried out in aqueous solution using explicit water molecules and counterions (with the Dreiding III force field optimized using quantum mechanics). Our simulations predict that the radius of gyration (R(g)) of the dendrimer changes little with pH from 21.1 angstrom at pH similar to 10 (uncharged PAMAM) to 22.1 angstrom at pH similar to 5 (charged with 126 protons), which agrees quantitatively with recent small angle neutron scattering (SANS) experiments (from 21.4 angstrom at pH 10 to 21.5 angstrom at pH 5). Even so we predict a dramatic change in the conformation. The ion pairing in the low pH form leads to a locally compact dense shell with an internal surface area only 37% of the high pH form with a dense core. This transformation from "dense core" at high pH to "dense shell" at low pH could facilitate the encapsulation and release of guest molecules (e.g., drugs) using pH as the trigger, making dendrimers a unique drug delivery vehicle.
Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Issue Date
2009-03
Language
English
Article Type
Article
Keywords

POLYELECTROLYTE DENDRIMERS; STARBURST DENDRIMERS; MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS; THERAPY; SOLVENT; MATTER; SHAPE; SIZE

Citation

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, v.131, no.8, pp.2798 - 2798

ISSN
0002-7863
DOI
10.1021/ja8100227
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10203/97676
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EEW-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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