Figure 6.
Doxorubicin release profile of the His-tagged VLNPs at different pH. The release profiles of free doxorubicin (DOX), HisHBcAg nanoparticles conjugated non-covalently with NTA-DOX (HisHBcAg-NTA-DOX) and HisHBcAg nanoparticles conjugated covalently with folic acid (FA) and non-covalently with NTA-DOX (FA-HisHBcAg-NTA-DOX) at pH 5.4 and 7.4. More than 80% of the free DOX was released after 5 h at pH 5.4 and pH 7.4, whereas approximately 80% of the conjugated DOX on HisHBcAg nanoparticles was released after 16 h at pH 5.4. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3).