Monitoring Fluorinated Dendrimer‐Based Self‐Assembled Drug‐Delivery Systems with <sup>19</sup>F Magnetic Resonance

Xin Liu, Yaping Yuan, Shaowei Bo, Yu Li, Zhigang Yang, Xin Zhou, Shizhen Chen, Zhong‐Xing Jiang

European Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2017 · 16 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

Monitoring a drug‐delivery system with an imaging modality is of great importance for detailed understanding of drug‐delivery processes and for achieving optimal therapeutic effects. Here, novel fluorinated self‐assembled dendrimers with a single 19 F NMR signal were conveniently synthesized on multigram scales, and 19 F magnetic resonance, including spectroscopy ( 19 F NMR) and imaging ( 19 F MRI), was used to monitor the fluorinated dendrimer‐based self‐assembled drug‐delivery systems. It was found that 19 F NMR and 19 F MRI were convenient and sensitive tools to monitor the self‐assembly and drug‐loading processes and to detect weak interactions between the drug and the drug‐delivery vehicle because changes in the self‐assembly profile sensitively induced corresponding 19 F magnetic resonance responses.

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