Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 213, Issue -, Pages 1057-1067Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.06.046
Keywords
pH-driven; Curcumin; Self-assembly; Nanoparticles; In vivo release
Funding
- National Science Foundation of China [2021B1-0051]
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This study successfully prepared alcohol-free curcumin-loaded zein-propylene glycol alginate (zein-PGA-Cur) nanoparticles using a pH-driven method, which enhanced the bioavailability and physicochemical stability of curcumin. The prepared nanoparticles exhibited small size, negative zeta-potential, and excellent physical stability. In vivo experiments demonstrated that the nanoparticles significantly increased the plasma concentration of curcumin, leading to a 7.2-fold enhancement in bioavailability compared to pure curcumin crystals.
This study aimed to prepare alcohol-free curcumin-loaded zein-propylene glycol alginate (zein-PGA-Cur) nanoparticles using the pH-driven method to enhance the bioavailability and physicochemical stability of curcumin. The prepared zein-PGA-Cur nanoparticles exhibited a small size (360 nm) and negative zeta-potential (-5.8 mV), as well as excellent physical stability, under storage conditions of pH 4.0 and temperature at 4 degrees C for 30 days. In addition, the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results demonstrated that the main interactions of pH-driven for the formation of zein-PGA-Cur nanoparticles were hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic, and electrostatic interactions. Fluorescence spectroscopy revealed that the curcumin-induced fluorescence quenching of zein was static. Circular Dichroism spectroscopy demonstrated that the pH-driven method mainly decreased the beta-sheet structure of zein from 3.9 % to 1.4 %. Furthermore, the HT-29 colorectal adenocarcinoma cells viability experiments revealed that the prepared zein-PGA-Cur nanoparticles exhibited excellent biocompatibility. In vivo rat experiments also demonstrated that the prepared nanoparticles resulted in a higher plasma concentration of curcumin, representing a 7.2-fold enhancement in bioavailability compared with pure curcumin crystals. The findings of this study will provide a green and energy-saving method for the development of insoluble drug self-assembly systems and promote their wider applications in drug delivery.
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