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Selected AbstractsPreparation, characterization, and cellular interactions of collagen-immobilized PDMS surfacesJOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Issue 1 2008I. Keranov Abstract Multistep procedure to biofunctionalization of (poly)dimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces is present here, including plasma-based Ar+ beam treatment; acrylic acid grafting; and flexible PEG spacer coupling prior to the collagen immobilization by peptide synthesis reaction. The success of any step of the surface modification is controlled by XPS analysis, contact angle measurements, SEM, and AFM observations. To evaluate the effect of PEG chain length, three diNH2PEGs (2000, 6000, and 20,000 D) of relative long polymer chain were employed as a spacer, expecting that a long flexible spacer could provide more conformational freedom for the collagen molecules and fibroblast reorganization to further cellular matrix formation. Human fibroblast cells were used as a model to evaluate the biological response of the collagen-immobilized PDMS surfaces. It is found that the earlier described biofunctionalization is one more road to improvement of the cellular interaction of PDMS, the last one being the best when PEG spacer with moderate chain length, namely of 6000 D, is used. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008 [source] Preparation and animal biodistribution of 166Ho labeled DOTA for possible use in intravascular radiation therapy (IVRT)JOURNAL OF LABELLED COMPOUNDS AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS, Issue 3 2003Tapas Das Owing to its favorable decay characteristics (T1/2=27 h, E,(max)=1.85 MeV, E,=81 keV) and its availability with a specific activity of 3.7,4.4 GBq/mg from a moderate flux reactor, 166Ho can be considered as a potential radionuclide for intravascular radiation therapy (IVRT) using liquid-filled balloons. In the present work, studies on the use of 166Ho labeled 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) as a possible agent for IVRT for the prevention of restenosis has been initiated. 166Ho was obtained by irradiating natural Ho2O3 powder and DOTA was synthesized by a multistep procedure. The optimum protocol of radiolabeling of DOTA with 166Ho was achieved by varying different reaction parameters. The complex was found to retain its stability for 7 days at room temperature. Bioevaluation studies carried out in Wistar rats showed that >95% of the injected activity was excreted within 3 h p.i. with almost no retention in any major organ. Both radiochemical and biological studies showed that 166Ho labeled DOTA can be further explored as a potential agent for IVRT. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Wet granulation as innovative and fast method to prepare controlled release granules based on an ion-exchange resinJOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, Issue 3 2008Beatrice Albertini Abstract The goal of this work was to evaluate the suitability of wet granulation as an innovative and fast method for the preparation of granules containing a drug,resin complex (resinate), having cholestyramine as resin and potassium diclofenac (KD) as drug. Resinate and granules were prepared directly by steam granulation in high shear mixer (method A), using two different amount of resin (granules 1 and 2). For comparison granules 1 were also prepared by conventional batch method followed by steam granulation (method B). All granules showed quite irregular shape, main size fractions between 75 and 500 µm, good flowability and uniform KD distribution. Granules 1A exhibited controlled release profiles at pH 7.4, while granules 2A showed a burst effect due to KD free crystals. FT-IR studies confirmed the complete complexation between resin and KD during the granulation process with method A for granules 1. Finally, the dissolution test of granules 1A in different media revealed a controlled drug release in 12 h, providing the utility of this system for enteric drug delivery. Granules 1B evidenced similar characteristics to those of granules 1A; the drawback of the multistep procedure was related to the long processing time. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc. and the American Pharmacists Association J Pharm Sci 97:1313,1324, 2008 [source] Fluorescent and Electrochemical Sensing of Polyphosphate Nucleotides by Ferrocene Functionalised with Two ZnII(TACN)(pyrene) ComplexesCHEMISTRY - A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, Issue 30 2010Zhanghua Zeng Dr. Abstract The [Fcbis{ZnII(TACN)(Py)}] complex, comprising two ZnII(TACN) ligands (Fc=ferrocene; Py=pyrene; TACN=1,4,7-triazacyclononane) bearing fluorescent pyrene chromophores linked by an electrochemically active ferrocene molecule has been synthesised in high yield through a multistep procedure. In the absence of the polyphosphate guest molecules, very weak excimer emission was observed, indicating that the two pyrene-bearing ZnII(TACN) units are arranged in a trans -like configuration with respect to the ferrocene bridging unit. Binding of a variety of polyphosphate anionic guests (PPi and nucleotides di- and triphosphate) promotes the interaction between pyrene units and results in an enhancement in excimer emission. Investigations of phosphate binding by 31P,NMR spectroscopy, fluorescence and electrochemical techniques confirmed a 1:1 stoichiometry for the binding of PPi and nucleotide polyphosphate anions to the bis(ZnII(TACN)) moiety of [Fcbis{ZnII(TACN)(Py)}] and indicated that binding induces a trans to cis configuration rearrangement of the bis(ZnII(TACN)) complexes that is responsible for the enhancement of the pyrene excimer emission. Pyrophosphate was concluded to have the strongest affinity to [Fcbis{ZnII(TACN)(Py)}] among the anions tested based on a six-fold fluorescence enhancement and 0.1,V negative shift in the potential of the ferrocene/ferrocenium couple. The binding constant for a variety of polyphosphate anions was determined from the change in the intensity of pyrene excimer emission with polyphosphate concentration, measured at 475,nm in CH3CN/Tris-HCl (1:9) buffer solution (10.0,mM, pH,7.4). These measurements confirmed that pyrophosphate binds more strongly (Kb=(4.45±0.41)×106,M,1) than the other nucleotide di- and triphosphates (Kb=1,50×105,M,1) tested. [source] | ||||||||||