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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS
卷 354, 期 1-2, 页码 56-62出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.11.005
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IgM; polyethylene glycol (PEG); accelerated blood clearance (ABC) phenomenon; liposomes; repeated injection; complement activation
We and a Dutch group reported that empty PEGylated liposomes (approximately 100 nm) lose their long-circulating characteristic when they are administrated twice in the same animal with certain intervals (referred to as the accelerated blood clearance (ABC) phenomenon). Very recently, we showed that anti-PEG IgM, induced by the first dose of empty PEGylated liposomes, is responsible for inducing the phenomenon, based on the observation that IgM thus produced selectively binds to the surface of subsequently injected PEGylated liposomes, leading to substantial complement activation. It is generally believed that nanocarriers coated with a polymer, such as PEG, have no or lower immunagenicity. However, the results indicated evidence that unexpected immune responses occur even to such polymer-coated liposomes. Such immunogenicity of empty liposomes presents a serious concern in the development of liposomal formulations and their use in the clinic. In addition, through series of our studies, it was demonstrated that the magnitude of the ABC phenomenon depends on the physicochemical property of injected liposomes as a first dose, time interval between injection, lipid dose and drug-encapsulation. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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