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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS
Volume 560, Issue -, Pages 65-77Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.01.058
Keywords
Microcapsule sorting; Alginate; Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles; Microfluidics; Type I Diabetes Mellitus
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- University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU (Spain) [EHUa16/06, ESPPOC 16/65]
- Basque Country Government (Spain) [IT907-16, KK-2017/0000088, 307616FKA4]
- Spanish Government (Spain) [RYC-2012-10796]
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Microencapsulation of pancreatic islets for the treatment of Type I Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) generates a high quantity of empty microcapsules, resulting in high therapeutic graft volumes that can enhance the host's immune response. We report a 3D printed microfluidic magnetic sorting device for microcapsules purification with the objective to reduce the number of empty microcapsules prior transplantation. In this study, INS1E pseudoislets were microencapsulated within alginate (A) and alginate-poly-L-lysine-alginate (APA) microcapsules and purified through the microfluidic device. APA microcapsules demonstrated higher mechanical integrity and stability than A microcapsules, showing better pseudoislets viability and biological function. Importantly, we obtained a reduction of the graft volume of 77.5% for A microcapsules and 78.6% for APA microcapsules. After subcutaneous implantation of induced diabetic Wistar rats with magnetically purified APA microencapsulated pseudoislets, blood glucose levels were restored into normoglycemia ( < 200 mg/dL) for almost 17 weeks. In conclusion, our described microfluidic magnetic sorting device represents a great alternative approach for the graft volume reduction of microencapsulated pseudoislets and its application in T1DM disease.
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