期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
卷 92, 期 -, 页码 224-234出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2016.05.012
关键词
Alzheimer's disease; Brain targeting; Nanoparticles; Nose to brain delivery; Pharmacokinetics; Tarenflurbil
资金
- Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt of India
Poor brain penetration of tarenflurbil (TFB) was one of the major reasons for its failure in phase III clinical trials conducted on Alzheimer's patients. Thus there is a tremendous need of developing efficient delivery systems for TFB. This study was designed with the aim of improving drug delivery to brain through intranasally delivered nanocarriers. TFB was loaded into two different nanocarriers i.e., poly (lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles (TFB-NPs) and solid lipid nanoparticles (TFB-SLNs). Particle size of both the nanocarriers (<200 nm) as determined by dynamic light scattering technique and transmission electron microscopy, assured transcellular transport across olfactory axons whose diameter was approximate to 200 nm and then paving a direct path to brain. TFB-NPs and TFB-SLNs resulted in 64.11 +/- 2.21% and 57.81 +/- 532% entrapment efficiencies respectively which again asserted protection of drug from chemical and biological degradation in nasal cavity. In vitro release studies proved the sustained release of ill! from TFB-NPs and TFB-SLNs in comparison with pure drug, indicating prolonged residence times of drug at targeting site. Pharmacokinetics suggested improved circulation behavior of nanoparticles and the absolute bioavailabilities followed this order: TFB-NPs (i.n.) > TFB-SLNs (in.) > TFB solution (i.n.) > TFB suspension (oral). Brain targeting efficiency was determined in terms of %drug targeting efficiency (%DTE) and drug transport percentage (DTP). The higher %DTE (287.24) and DTP (65.18) were observed for TFB-NPs followed by TFB-SLNs (%DTE: 183.15 and DTP: 45.41) among all other tested groups. These encouraging results proved that therapeutic concentrations of TFB could be transported directly to brain via olfactory pathway after intranasal administration of polymeric and lipidic nanoparticles. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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