期刊
PHARMACEUTICS
卷 14, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14091790
关键词
skin barrier function; stratum corneum; epidermis; drug delivery; skin penetration; penetration pathways; fluorescence lifetime imaging
资金
- Foundation of Skin and Physiology of the Donor Association for German Science and Humanities
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin
Understanding the penetration depth and pathways of drugs and cosmetics into the skin is important for drug delivery and cosmetic safety. In this study, TPT-FLIM was used to visualize the skin structure and study the penetration depths of different substances. The results showed that the fluorescence lifetime is the most appropriate parameter for building penetration profiles.
The stratum corneum (SC) forms a strong barrier against topical drug delivery. Therefore, understanding the penetration depth and pathways into the SC is important for the efficiency of drug delivery and cosmetic safety. In this study, TPT-FLIM (two-photon tomography combined with fluorescence lifetime imaging) was applied as a non-invasive optical method for the visualization of skin structure and components to study penetration depths of exemplary substances, like hydrophilic propylene glycol (PG), sodium fluorescein (NaFl) and lipophilic Nile red (NR) into porcine ear skin ex vivo. Non-fluorescent PG was detected indirectly based on the pH-dependent increase in the fluorescence lifetime of SC components. The pH similarity between PG and viable epidermis limited the detection of PG. NaFl reached the viable epidermis, which was also proved by laser scanning microscopy. Tape stripping and confocal Raman micro-spectroscopy were performed additionally to study NaFl, which revealed penetration depths of approximate to 5 and approximate to 8 mu m, respectively. Lastly, NR did not permeate the SC. We concluded that the amplitude-weighted mean fluorescence lifetime is the most appropriate FLIM parameter to build up penetration profiles. This work is anticipated to provide a non-invasive TPT-FLIM method for studying the penetration of topically applied drugs and cosmetics into the skin.
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