Issue 5, 2021

Chitosan–Alginate–Pectin-coated Suspended-Liquid-Encapsulating (CAPSuLE) marbles for therapeutic agent storage and delivery

Abstract

Developing a cutting-edge system capable of ensuring long-lasting functionality of therapeutic agents and implementing diverse delivery modes is challenging. A quasi-spherical triple-layered capsule containing suspended liquid droplets and allowing multi-modal delivery of therapeutic agents in the aqueous phase was developed, primarily by adopting the core principles for creating liquid marbles. A naturally derived wettable polysaccharide—pectin—was utilized as a liquid–air interfacial barrier to keep the liquid droplets in the core zone. To tailor the pectin-coated droplet as a therapeutic agent carrier, anionic alginate and cationic chitosan layers were sequentially formed via additional interactions: physically stacking substances with structural chirality (pectin–alginate) and inducing electrostatic association to create the reversible complex coacervates (alginate–chitosan). The resulting system, which is called a Chitosan–Alginate–Pectin-coated Suspended-Liquid-Encapsulating (CAPSuLE) marble, had sufficient mechanical strength to resist external harsh environments and exhibited unique features: ecofriendly sustainability, responsiveness to external stimuli, coacervate-driven coalescence for linking adjacent marbles, and a self-repairing ability. The proposed CAPSuLE system can facilitate the adoption of the liquid-marble concept to biomedical fields, extending its applicability in the fields of biology and applied engineering.

Graphical abstract: Chitosan–Alginate–Pectin-coated Suspended-Liquid-Encapsulating (CAPSuLE) marbles for therapeutic agent storage and delivery

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Sep 2020
Accepted
12 Dec 2020
First published
17 Dec 2020

Biomater. Sci., 2021,9, 1639-1651

Chitosan–Alginate–Pectin-coated Suspended-Liquid-Encapsulating (CAPSuLE) marbles for therapeutic agent storage and delivery

Y. Kim, S. Oh, H. Lee, D. Lee, M. Kim, H. S. Baek, W. S. Park, E. Kim and J. Jang, Biomater. Sci., 2021, 9, 1639 DOI: 10.1039/D0BM01504K

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