报告题目 |
Biomimetic Block Copolymer Vesicles: towards Smart Nanomedicines Prof. Sébastien Lecommandoux Université de Bordeaux, France |
报告时间 |
2012年9月15日 (星期六) 上午10:00 |
报告地点 |
微尺度国家实验室 (十八层大楼) 一楼展厅 |
报告摘要 |
Polymer vesicles (polymersomes) are one of the most promising systems for drug delivery applications and may offer many advantages compared to low molar mass lipid vesicles. Actually, vesicles obtained by self-assembly of block copolymers are expected to overcome some of the limitations of their lipidic analogues, mainly they low stability and leakiness, and thus allow the development of robust containers of either hydrophilic or hydrophobic species. The development of macromolecular nanodevices that can be used within the living body implies that sensors detecting chemical signals -such as ions, enzymes or pH changes and generating internal signals or appropriate responses be integrated in the macromolecular system. The use of peptide and saccharide building blocks in the copolymer structure would allow both controlling the self-assembled structure and the resultant biofunctionality.
We will report an overview on the self-assembly in water of amphiphilic block copolymers into polymersomes, and their applications in loading and controlled release of both hydrophilic and hydrophobic molecules and biomolecules. We will pay special attention to polysaccharide and polypeptide-based block copolymer vesicles that we have studied these recent years in our group. These newly developed copolymers that mimic the structure and function of glycoproteins represent an example of the effectiveness of a biomimetic strategy in implementing materials design. In addition, magnetic polymersomes, including iron oxide γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles are currently investigated, together with their potential applications as contrast agent for diagnosis and as therapeutic nanoparticles using hyperthermia. Exciting and very promising results about their therapeutic evaluation for tumor targeting and in vivo tumor regression studies will be presented. Finally our recent advances in using “biomimicry approaches” to design complex, compartmentalized materials will be proposed. |
报告人单位 |
Université de Bordeaux, France |
合肥微尺度物质科学国家实验室 中科院软物质化学重点实验室 高分子科学与工程系 |
Professor at the Université de Bordeaux
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques
UMR CNRS 5629
IPB-ENSCBP
FRANCE
Sebastien Lecommandoux.jpg