Cromolyn sodium encapsulated PLGA nanoparticles: An attempt to improve intestinal permeation

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• 作者：Ravi R. Patel ; Sundeep Chaurasia ; Gayasuddin Khan ; Pramila Chaubey ; Nagendra Kumar ; Brahmeshwar Mishra ; ^{bmishrabhu@rediffmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Cromolyn sodium ; PLGA nanoparticles ; Intestinal permeation
• 刊名：International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：83
• 期：Complete
• 页码：249-258
• 全文大小：3582 K

文摘

High hydrophilicity curtails the intestinal permeation of cromolyn sodium (CS) which in turn compels to compromise with its multiple biological activities. Hence, the present research was intended with an objective to develop CS encapsulated polylactide-co-glycolide (PLGA) nanoparticles (CS-PNs) for enhancing intestinal permeation. The CS-PNs were prepared by double emulsification solvent evaporation method (W₁/O/W₂). The “Quality by Design” approach using box-behnken experimental design was employed to enhance encapsulation of CS inside CS-PNs without compromising with particle size. The polymer concentration, surfactant concentration and organic/aqueous phase ratio significantly affected the physicochemical properties of CS-PNs. The optimized CS-PNs were subjected to various solid-state and surface characterization studies using FTIR, DSC, XRD, TEM and AFM, which pointed towards the encapsulation of CS inside the spherical shaped nanoparticles without any physical as well as chemical interactions. Ex-vivo intestinal permeation study demonstrated ∼4 fold improvements in CS permeation by forming CS-PNs as compared to pure CS. Further, in-vivo intestinal uptake study performed using confocal microscopy, after oral administration confirmed the permeation potential of CS-PNs. Thus, the findings of the studies suggest that CS-PNs could provide a superior therapeutic carrier system of CS, with enhanced intestinal permeation.