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PHARMACEUTICS
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13050646
Keywords
quality by design; rapid equilibrium dialysis; muco-adhesion; brain PAMPA; RPMI 2650 nasal epithelial cell
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- New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology from the National Research, Development [UNKP-20-4-SZTE-327]
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The aim of this study was to develop an intranasal in situ thermo-gelling meloxicam-human serum albumin (MEL-HSA) nanoparticulate formulation applying poloxamer 407 (P407) to improve drug absorption. The optimized formulation (MEL-HSA-P14%) showed enhanced permeability through the blood-brain barrier-specific lipid fraction and promise for overcoming challenges of nasal drug delivery.
The aim of this study was to develop an intranasal in situ thermo-gelling meloxicam-human serum albumin (MEL-HSA) nanoparticulate formulation applying poloxamer 407 (P407), which can be administered in liquid state into the nostril, and to increase the resistance of the formulation against mucociliary clearance by sol-gel transition on the nasal mucosa, as well as to improve drug absorption. Nanoparticle characterization showed that formulations containing 12-15% w/w P407 met the requirements of intranasal administration. The Z-average (in the range of 180-304 nm), the narrow polydispersity index (PdI, from 0.193 to 0.328), the zeta potential (between -9.4 and -7.0 mV) and the hypotonic osmolality (200-278 mOsmol/L) of MEL-HSA nanoparticles predict enhanced drug absorption through the nasal mucosa. Based on the rheological, muco-adhesion, drug release and permeability studies, the 14% w/w P407 containing formulation (MEL-HSA-P14%) was considered as the optimized formulation, which allows enhanced permeability of MEL through blood-brain barrier-specific lipid fraction. Cell line studies showed no cell damage after 1-h treatment with MEL-HSA-P14% on RPMI 2650 human endothelial cells' moreover, enhanced permeation (four-fold) of MEL from MEL-HSA-P14% was observed in comparison to pure MEL. Overall, MEL-HSA-P14% can be promising for overcoming the challenges of nasal drug delivery.
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