期刊
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
卷 98, 期 -, 页码 54-64出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2018.12.091
关键词
Wound healing agent; Curcumin; Chitosan; Oligochitosan; Nanoparticle complex
资金
- Vietnam Nuclear Research Institute [07/17/VNCHN]
- Nanyang Technological University's Undergraduate Research Experience on Campus (URECA)
- Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute
While the wound healing activity of curcumin (CUR) has been well-established, its clinical effectiveness remains limited due to the inherently low aqueous CUR solubility, resulting in suboptimal CUR exposure in the wound sites. Previously, we developed high-payload amorphous nanoparticle complex (or nanoplex) of CUR and chitosan (CHI) capable of CUR solubility enhancement by drug-polyelectrolyte complexation. The CUR-CHI nanoplex, however, exhibited poor colloidal stability due to its strong agglomeration tendency. Herein we hypothesized that the colloidal stability could be improved by replacing CHI with its oligomers (OCHI) owed to the better charge distribution in OCHI. The effects of key parameters in drug-polyelectrolyte complexation (i.e. pH, salt inclusion, CUR concentration, and OCHI/CUR charge ratio) on the physical characteristics and preparation efficiency of the CUR-OCHI nanoplex produced were investigated. The in vivo wound healing efficacy of the CUR-OCHI nanoplex and its cytotoxicity towards human keratinocytes cells were examined. The results showed that CUR-OCHI nanoplex exhibited prolonged colloidal stability (72 h versus < 24 h for the CUR-CHI nanoplex). At the optimal condition, the CUR-OCHI nanoplex (without ultrasonication) exhibited size, zeta potential, and CUR payload of approximate to 140 nm, 20 mV, and 78% (w/w), respectively. The nanoplex preparation was simple yet robust at nearly 100% CUR utilization rate. The CUR-OCHI nanoplex exhibited superior wound healing efficacy to the native CUR with wound closure of > 90% after 7 days versus 9 days for the native CUR resulting in smaller scars, attributed to its generation of high CUR concentration in the wound sites.
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