Journal
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
Volume 67, Issue 2, Pages 199-204Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2008.08.018
Keywords
Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA); Polymeric emulsifier; Emulsification; Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN); Hydrophilic protein
Funding
- National High Technology Research and Development Program of China [2006AA10A2030]
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Most proteins are hydrophilic and poorly encapsulated into the hydrophobic matrix of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN). To solve this problem, poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) was utilized as a lipophilic polymeric emulsifier to prepare hydrophilic protein-loaded SLN by w/o/w double emulsion and solvent evaporation techniques. Hydrogenated castor oil (HCO) was used as a lipid matrix and bovine serum albumin (BSA), lysozyme and insulin were used as model proteins to investigate the effect of PLGA on the formulation of the SLN. The results showed that PLGA was essential for the primary w/o emulsification. In addition, the stability of the w/o emulsion, the encapsulation efficiency and loading capacity of the nanoparticles were enhanced with the increase of PLGA concentration. Furthermore, increasing PLGA concentration decreased zeta potential significantly but had no influence on particle size of the SLN. In vitro release study showed that PLGA significantly affected the initial burst release, i.e. the higher the content of PLGA, the lower the burst release. The released proteins maintained their integrity and bioactivity as confirmed by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SIDS-PAGE) and biological assay. These results demonstrated that PLGA was an effective emulsifier for the preparation of hydrophilic protein-loaded SLN. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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