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Polymer drug carries based on HPMA copolymers facilitating solid tumour drug targeting and pH-triggered activation
Chytil, Petr ; Ulbrich, Karel (advisor) ; Sedláček, Jan (referee) ; Stiborová, Marie (referee) ; Smetana, Karel (referee)
2. Summary of the PhD. Thesis Introduction The use of synthetic polymer carriers of anticancer drugs represents a promising approach to cancer therapy. Conjugation of cýotoxic drugs with polymers may reduce their toxicity and immunogenicity, eliminate undesirable body interactions, improve their solubility, bioavailability and stability (enzymatic. thermal, etc.), and prolong blood clearance' Moreover, polStmer drug carriers may enable specific delivery to the diseased tissue and controlled drug release in therapeutically active form. Since the first papers were published in the late 1970's the concept of polymer drug carrier systems has been generally accepted. In principle basic water-soluble poll,tner drug delivery systems consist of three parts: of polymer carrier, biodegradable spacer and drug. Preferably, drugs are covalently bound to the pol}mers via spacers, which enable controlled release of active drug in the target tissue or cells. Probably, most of the studied polymer carriers of cancerostatic drugs have been designed as lysosomotropic systems, where the drug could be released by enzymes rn lysosomes of tumour cells. In recent years pH-triggered hydrolytic drug release has been intensively studied. Here, the presence of enzynes is not essential, as the drug might be released in endosomes in...
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Preparation of functionalized polyacetylene networks by one-step polymerization
Trnková, Kristýna ; Sedláček, Jan (advisor) ; Faukner, Tomáš (referee)
Three new compounds of the aromatic-aliphatic Schiff base type have been prepared via a condensation of 4-ethynylbenzaldehyde with various configurational isomers of 1,2- diaminocyclohexane. The compounds contained two azomethine links and two identical ethynyl groups located at terminal benzene rings. By means of a condensation of 4- ethynylaniline with 5-ethynyl-1,3-benzenedicarbaldehyde an aromatic Schiff base has been prepared which contained two azomethine links interconnecting three benzene rings each of which being substituted with one ethynyl group. All the prepared compounds were used as the monomers of the coordination chain growth polymerization in which the ethynyl groups of the monomers were transformed while the azomethine groups remained preserved. The polymerizations provided polymer networks in which the polyacetylene main chains (formed via polymerization) were extensively interconnected with aromatic-aliphatic or aromatic segments containing azomethine groups. The quantitative conversion of ethynyl groups was achieved in the polymerizations of diethynylated monomers. The polymerization of a triethynylated monomer proceeded under the conversion of the ethynyl groups of the monomer up to 90 %. The triethynylated monomer provided networks with microporous texture manifested by a...
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Preparation of Polyacetylene Networks via Postpolymerization Cross-Linking
Šorm, David ; Sedláček, Jan (advisor) ; Zedník, Jiří (referee)
Using the method of chain growth coordination polymerization, the soluble high molecular weight linear poly(3-ethynylbenzaldehyde) has been prepared, which is the polyacetylene type polymer with reactive benzaldehyde pendant groups. The postpolymerization cross-linking of poly(3-ethynylbenzaldehyde) via a condensation reaction with various aliphatic, aromatic-aliphatic and aromatic diamines has been demonstrated as an efficient tool for the transformation of linear poly(3-ethynylbenzaldehyde) to polymer networks. The cross-linking has been proved to proceed under formation of cross-links of the Schiff base type containing two azomethine groups per one cross-link. In dependence on the cross-linking agent the extent of cross-linking varied from 20 to 100 %. Furthermore, the possibility has been demonstrated to cross-link a soluble linear poly[N-(4-ethynylbenzylidene)-4-terc-butylaniline] via postpolymerization transimination reaction with 1,4-phenylenediamine, again, under formation of cross-links of the Schiff base type containing two azomethine groups per one cross-link. A comparison of the covalent structure and texture of the prepared networks has revealed that the post-polymerization cross-linking using condensation reaction of poly(3-ethynylbenzaldehyde) with diamines can provide polymer...
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Organic-inorganic polymers - synthesis and characterization of hybrid polymers and nanocomposites
Depa, Katarzyna ; Strachota, Adam (advisor) ; Matějka, Libor (referee) ; Sedláček, Jan (referee)
In the first part of this work, silica nanoparticles and alternative or additional filler phases were incorporated into hydrogels based on the temperature-sensitive poly(N- isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm). Nano-SiO2-filled porous PNIPAm hydrogels with an enhanced force response (up to 100 g) to temperature stimuli were obtained by increasing several times the pore wall thickness, which was achieved via reducing the solvent (porogen) content during the gels' cryo-synthesis. A similar optimization of the force response was also carried out for analogous gels reinforced by nano-TiO2, in which the reinforcing effect of the filler is weaker. Partial intercalation of amylopectin starch into divinyl-crosslinked bulk as well as porous PNIPAm gels several times improved their extensibility. In case of starch-rich bulk gels, a very fast and extensive one-way deswelling in response to increased temperature was achieved (re-swelling upon cooling is much slower), which is attributed to specific properties of the starch-PNIPAm interface. In doubly-filled bulk PNIPAm/nano-SiO2/starch gels, a very strong synergic reinforcing effect of both fillers is observed, due to specific hydrogen bridging between the three phases. Highly porous cryogels based on PNIPAm/nano- SiO2/starch displayed a highly improved extensibility...
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Correlation of abiotic proxies in Holocene lacustrine sediments of Peri-Atlantic Arctic
Roman, Matěj ; Nývlt, Daniel (advisor) ; Sedláček, Jan (referee)
The peri-Atlantic Arctic, one of the most sensitive components of the Earth climate system, experienced pronounced climatic fluctuations during the Holocene. Several external forcings were considered responsible for these variations, including decline of insolation on the Northern Hemisphere, changes in distribution of land ice mass, explosive volcanism, or changes in atmospheric and oceanic circulation. In order to explore the driving mechanisms of the peri-Atlantic Arctic environmental variability, three sites located in different parts of the region were selected for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions with focus on extracting the climatic information. With this intention, sedimentary cores from i) Lake Garmaksla, Central Svalbard, ii) Jarfjorden, northeastern Norway, and iii) Kobbefjord area, southwestern Greenland, were retrieved and subjected to multi-proxy investigation. The absolute chronostratigraphic framework was established by comprehensive radiocarbon (14 C) and short-lived radioisotopes (210 Pb, 137 Cs) dating. Further analyses include measurements of magnetic susceptibility, grain size distribution, element composition by means of X-ray fluorescence (XRF), and elements bound to organic matter, i.e. organic carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and biogenic silica. The relationships between the...
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