Journal
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
Volume 27, Issue 12, Pages 2657-2669Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-010-0265-9
Keywords
biodistribution; blood-brain barrier (BBB); micelle; polyphosphoester
Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2007CB935804, 2009CB930304]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [90713035]
- National Science & Technology Major Project Key New Drug Creation and Manufacturing Program [2009ZX09501-024, 2009ZX09103-066]
- Shanghai Science and Technology Committee [08DZ1980200]
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The purpose of this work was to investigate the potential of poly(epsilon-caprolactone)-block-poly(ethyl ethylene phosphate) (PCL-PEEP) micelles for brain-targeting drug delivery. The coumarin-6-loaded PCL-PEEP micelles (CMs) were prepared and characterized. The cellular uptake of CMs was evaluated on in vitro model of brain-blood barrier (BBB), and the brain biodistribution of CMs in ICR mice was investigated. PCL-PEEP could self-assemble into 20 nm micelles in water with the critical micelle concentration (CMC) 0.51 mu g/ml and high coumarin-6 encapsulation efficiency (92.5 +/- 0.7%), and the micelles were stable in 10% FBS with less than 25% leakage of incorporated coumarin-6 during 24 h incubation at 37A degrees C. The cellular uptake of CMs by BBB model was significantly higher and more efficient than coumarin-6 solution (CS) at 50 ng/ml. Compared with CS, 2.6-fold of coumarin-6 was found in the brains of CM-treated mice, and C-max of CMs was 4.74% of injected dose/g brain. The qualitative investigation on the brain distribution of CMs indicated that CMs were prone to accumulate in hippocampus and striatum. These results suggest that PCL-PEEP micelles could be a promising brain-targeting drug delivery system with low toxicity.
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