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CHEMMEDCHEM
Volume 3, Issue 9, Pages 1395-1403Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.200800130
Keywords
blood-brain barrier; cells; miniemulsions; nanoparticles; poly(n-butylcyanoacrylate)
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By using fluorescent polysorbate 80 coated poly(n-butylcyanoacrylate) (PBCA) nanoparticles in an in vivo study direct evidence was found for the presence of nanoparticles entering the brain and retina of rats. The nanoparticles, prepared with a miniemulsion process, were labeled in situ with a fluorescent dye and coated with polysorbate 80. After preparation the particle size, potential, and the molecular weight distribution were determined. BMEC cells were used as an in vitro model for the BBB. The cells showed significant uptake of the particles, but no transcytosis could be observed in vitro. After applying the particles to the animals at two concentrations, cryosections of the brains and retinas were prepared. Regarding the sections of the rats that received the lower dose, co-localization of the applied fluorescent particles and the stained endothelial cells could be detected in the brain and retina, indicating particle internalization in the endothelial cells. Applied at higher doses, the particles could be detected within the brain and retina with few co-localized signals, suggesting passage through the blood-brain and blood-retina barriers.
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