Journal
ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS
Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages 2335-2341Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c01105
Keywords
butyrate; polyvinyl butyrate; nanoparticles; inflammatory bowel disease; vitamin D-3
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Polyvinyl butyrate (PVBu) nanoparticles (NPs) are proposed as butyrate donors for colitis treatment, showing suppressed inflammatory activation of macrophages in vitro and therapeutic effect on a colitis mouse model, especially when incorporating vitamin D3. PVBu NPs are a promising therapeutic for IBD treatment as both a butyrate donor and carrier for hydrophobic drugs like vitamin D3.
Butyrate has been attracting attention for the suppression of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, clinical trials of butyrate for IBD treatment have resulted in controversial outcomes, likely owing to the adverse effect of butyrate on the intestinal epithelium that was observed at high butyrate concentrations. Herein, we propose polyvinyl butyrate (PVBu) nanoparticles (NPs) as butyrate donors for delivery to the lower part of the intestine for the treatment of colitis. The PVBu NPs suppressed the inflammatory activation of macrophages in vitro, although sodium butyrate inversely further activated macrophages. Oral administration of NPs did not change the luminal concentration of free butyrate; however, NPs showed a therapeutic effect on a colitis mouse model. In addition, incorporation of vitamin D-3 into the NPs enhanced the therapeutic effect on colitis. Hence, PVBu NPs are a promising therapeutic for IBD treatment, not only as a butyrate donor but also as a carrier for hydrophobic drugs like vitamin D-3.
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