A Pillararene-Based Ternary Drug-Delivery System with Photocontrolled Anticancer Drug Release

Abstract

A novel ternary drug delivery system (DDS) is constructed using a photodegradable anticancer prodrug (Py-Cbl), a water-soluble pillararene supramolecular container (WP6), and the diblock copolymer methoxy-poly(ethylene glycol)114 -block-poly(L -lysine hydrochloride)200. This DDS successfully addresses three important issues: enhancement of the water solubility of the anticancer prodrug; controlled release of the anticancer drug; accurate and quantitative measurement of the drug release.