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Evaluation of the increase of the thymoquinone permeability formulated in polymeric micelles: In vitro test and in vivo toxicity assessment in Zebrafish embryos

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2021.106090

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Thymoquinone; Polymeric micelles; PAMPA; Caco-2 cells; hCMEC; D3 monolayer cells; Zebrafish

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A polymeric micelles formulation (TQ-MP) using Soluplus(R)-Solutol(R) HS15 was developed to enhance the permeability of Thymoquinone (TQ) for possible oral and parenteral administration. The optimized micelles showed small size and homogeneous distribution, and in vitro experiments demonstrated improved permeability of TQ in the intestine and blood brain barrier.
Thymoquinone (TQ) is a natural compound present in the essential oil and in the fixed oil of Nigella sativa L. Like many natural substances, it is characterized by poor aqueous solubility and low stability which limit its bioavailability. Soluplus (R)-Solutol (R) HS15 polymeric micelles (TQ-MP) were developed to increase the permeability of TQ with particular attention to overcoming intestinal barrier and the blood brain barrier, for possible oral and parenteral administration. The optimized micelles have dimensions < 100 nm and PdI < 0.2 indicating that the formulation was homogeneous as confirmed also by TEM experiments. EE% was 92.4 & PLUSMN; 0.3%. Stability studies showed a stable formulation following subsequent dilutions and in the gastric-intestinal media. In vitro studies have revealed that the carrier enhances the permeability of TQ in the intestine and in the blood brain barrier using Parallel Artificial Membrane Permeability Assay (PAMPA) assay and cellular tests with Caco-2 cells and hCMEC/D3 monolayer cells. Up-take study, cell viability and cytotoxicity studies were also conducted. Fluorescent micelles (FITC-MP), were also optimized to perform in vitro up-take study in Caco-2 cells and to study their toxicity in Zebrafish model. The toxicity was evaluated on three lines of Zebrafish: wild type, transgenic line Tg(Myl7:EGFP) in which cardiomyocytes are marked with green fluorescence protein and Tg(flk1-GFP) line which expresses GFP under the control of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (vegfr2) promoter.

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