Journal
JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE
Volume 75, Issue 3, Pages 259-269Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-3659(01)00400-X
Keywords
rhEGF; microsphere; poly(L-lactic acid); encapsulation efficiency; osmotic pressure difference; chronic gastric ulcer healing
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Biodegradable microspheres containing recombinant human epidermal growth factor (rhEGF) were prepared using poly(L-lactic acid) by a solvent evaporation method based on multiple w/o/w emulsion. Encapsulation efficiency and initial release were influenced by the amount of polymer, inner water phase volume and osmotic pressure difference between inner water phase and outer water phase. The effect of osmotic pressure difference between inner water phase and outer water phase in w/o/w emulsion on particle size, porosity and in vitro release of rhEGF from microspheres were also studied. Microspheres prepared with the optimized osmotic pressure, polymer amount and inner water volume produced 21% initial release on the first day with 92% encapsulation efficiency. The blood concentration of rhEGF was maintained at constant levels for 9-11 days after a single subcutaneous (s.c.) administration of rhEGF microspheres. The gastric ulcer healing effect of a single s.c. administration of rhEGF microspheres was increased 1.44-fold compared with twice a day s.c. administration of rhEGF saline solution after I I days. The enhanced curative ratio of rhEGF loaded microspheres may be due to the optimized osmotic pressure, high encapsulation efficiency and sustained release pattern. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science BY. All rights reserved.
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