The intercalation of methotrexate(MTX) into layered double hydroxides(LDHs) via an exfoliation-reassembly process was performed and the resulting hybrids were then characterized by X-ray difEractiometry( XRD), Fourier...The intercalation of methotrexate(MTX) into layered double hydroxides(LDHs) via an exfoliation-reassembly process was performed and the resulting hybrids were then characterized by X-ray difEractiometry( XRD), Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) spectroscopy, thermogravimetry(TG) and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC), etc. In the synthesis procedure, LDHs particles were firstly delaminated, and the reassembly process was performed to get MTX intercalated LDH(MTX/LDHs) hybrids. Tlie reassembly conditions, such as reassembly time and diflerent reassembly solvent, were studied emphatically. It was fbimd that 20 min is the optimum time and formamide is the most suitable solvent in the reassembly process. At last, the controlled release property and the drug-loading capacity were examined emphatically to reveal that MTX/LDHs hybrids reassembled in fomiamide exhibit the highest drug-loading capacity. The cytotoxicity of the hybrids was estimated by 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2-/7-tetrazolium bromide, thiazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide(MTT) assays on the human lung cancer cells(A549), with the results showing that MTX/LDHs hybrids have effective suppress role on the proliferation of cancer cells, and tlie hybrids obtained from the formamide solution present much better anticancer efleet than the other samples.展开更多
文摘The intercalation of methotrexate(MTX) into layered double hydroxides(LDHs) via an exfoliation-reassembly process was performed and the resulting hybrids were then characterized by X-ray difEractiometry( XRD), Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) spectroscopy, thermogravimetry(TG) and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC), etc. In the synthesis procedure, LDHs particles were firstly delaminated, and the reassembly process was performed to get MTX intercalated LDH(MTX/LDHs) hybrids. Tlie reassembly conditions, such as reassembly time and diflerent reassembly solvent, were studied emphatically. It was fbimd that 20 min is the optimum time and formamide is the most suitable solvent in the reassembly process. At last, the controlled release property and the drug-loading capacity were examined emphatically to reveal that MTX/LDHs hybrids reassembled in fomiamide exhibit the highest drug-loading capacity. The cytotoxicity of the hybrids was estimated by 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2-/7-tetrazolium bromide, thiazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide(MTT) assays on the human lung cancer cells(A549), with the results showing that MTX/LDHs hybrids have effective suppress role on the proliferation of cancer cells, and tlie hybrids obtained from the formamide solution present much better anticancer efleet than the other samples.
