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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS
Volume 459, Issue 1-2, Pages 30-39Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.11.011
Keywords
Radiolabeled liposomes; In situ forming liposomal hydrogel; Liposome composition; Liposome charge; IP injection; Biodistribution
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- Tehran University of Medical Sciences [8560]
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Mixed drug delivery systems possess advantages over discrete systems, and can be used as a strategy to design more effective formulations. They are more valuable if the embedded particles perform well, rather than using drugs that have been affected by the surrounding vehicle. In order to address this concept, different liposomes have been incorporated into hydrogel to evaluate the potential effect on the controlled release of liposomes. Radiolabeled liposomes, with respect to different acyl chain lengths (DMPC, DPPC, or DSPC) and charges (neutral, negative [DSPG], or positive [DOTAP]) were integrated into chitosan-glycerophosphate. The results obtained from the biodistribution showed that the DSPC liposomes had the highest area under the curve (AUC) values, both in the blood (206.5%ID/g h(-1)) and peritoneum (622.3%ID/g h(-1)), when compared to the DPPC and DMPC formulations, whether in liposomal hydrogel or dispersion. Interesting results were observed in that the hydrogel could reverse the peritoneal retention of negatively charged liposomes, increasing to 8 times its AUC value, to attain the highest amount among all formulations. The interactions between the liposomes and chitosan-glycerophosphate, confirmed by the Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra as shifted characteristic peaks, were observed in the combined systems. Overall, the hydrogel could control the release of intact liposomes, which could be manipulated by both the liposome type and interactions between the two vehicles. (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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