Evaluation of new amphiphilic PEG derivatives for preparing stealth lipid nanoparticles

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• 作者：Rosario Pignatello ; Antonio Leonardi ; Rosalia Pellitteri ; Claudia Carbone ; Silvia Caggia ; Adriana Carol Eleonora Graziano ; Venera Cardile
• 关键词：PEGylation ; Stealth nanocarriers ; SLN ; QESD ; Lipoamino acids ; Amphiphilicity ; Cell uptake ; Macrophages
• 刊名：Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：5 October, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：434
• 期：Complete
• 页码：136-144
• 全文大小：1949 K

文摘

Two novel amphiphilic conjugates of mPEG₂₀₀₀ and mPEG₅₀₀₀ carboxylic acids with a lipoamino acid as a lipid anchor (mPEG-C-LAA18), recently described as surface modifiers for drug nanocarriers, were used to decorate solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN). The SLN were produced using a suitably adapted solvent injection method (the Quasi-emulsion solvent diffusion) and, for the sake of comparison, were also prepared using a commercial phospholipid PEG derivative (DSPE-PEG) and a lipid PEG (PEG 40 monostearate), commonly used to make stealth nanocarriers. The SLN were characterized in terms of technological properties and stability in serum. An in vitro assay using murine macrophage cultures confirmed the ability of the PEG-LAA conjugates to hinder or retard the internalization of the nanoparticles by the endocytic cells.