Ptx and Tet were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St Louis, MO). Type-B gelatin (225 bloom strength), with 100–115 mmol of
carboxylic acid per 100 g of protein, an isoelectric point of 4.7–5.2, and an average molecular weight of 40–50 kDa, was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St Louis, MO).
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) at a molecular weight of 4 kd was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St Louis, MO).
ε-Caprolactone (ε-CL, Sigma) was dehydrated by CaH
2 at room temperature and distilled under reduced pressure.
1-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-3,5-diphenylformazan (MTT) was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. All remaining reagents were of analytical grade and used without further purification.
The human low-differentiated gastric adenocarcinoma cell line,
BGC-823 and
SGC-7901, was purchased from the Shanghai Institute of Cell Biology (Shanghai, China) and cultured in RPMI 1640 medium with 10% fetal bovine serum and 100 U/ml penicillin-streptomycin at 37 °C in a humidified atmosphere with 5% CO
2.
Six to eight-week-old BALB/c athymic nude mice were purchased from the Shanghai SLAC Laboratory Animal Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China). The mice were housed and maintained in the animal facility of the Animal Center of Nanjing Medical University. The animal protocol was reviewed and approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of Nanjing Medical University.
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