Glucocorticoids in nano-liposomes administered intravenously and subcutaneously to adjuvant arthritis rats are superior to the free drugs in suppressing arthritis and inflammatory cytokines

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• 作者：Rina Ulmansky^a ; ¹ ; Keren Turjeman^b ; ¹ ; ^{kerenbarhum@gmail.com} ; Moshe Baru^c ; Galia Katzavian^a ; Michal Harel^a ; Alex Sigal^b ; Yaakov Naparstek^a ; ² ; Yechezkel Barenholz^b ; ²
• 关键词：Liposomes ; Glucocorticoids ; Adjuvant arthritis ; Subcutaneous ; Intravenous ; Cytokines
• 刊名：Journal of Controlled Release
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：25_01683659
• 类别：pha
• 出版时间：10 June, 2012
• 卷：160
• 期：2
• 页码：299-305
• 文件大小：853 K

摘要

We have previously shown that intravenous (i.v.) treatment with sterically stabilized nano-liposomes (NSSL) actively remote-loaded with the glucocorticoid (GC) methylprednisolone hemisuccinate (NSSL-MPS) or betamethasone hemisuccinate (NSSL-BMS) significantly decreased severity of adjuvant arthritis in Lewis rats (a model of human rheumatoid arthritis) throughout all disease stages. Here, we compared i.v. or subcutaneous (s.c.) weekly treatment with each of the two NSSL-GC to weekly or daily treatment with the free drugs or with the TNF-伪 antagonists Infliximab and Etanercept. Therapeutic efficacy and effects on the profile of pro-inflammatory (IL-6, TNF-伪, and INF-纬) and anti-inflammatory (IL-10 and TGF-尾) cytokines in rat sera and splenocyte tissue culture supernatants were compared to those of the liposomal and free drugs. Both s.c. and i.v. NSSL-GC suppressed arthritis significantly, compared to higher doses of the free drugs or to TNF-伪 antagonists. NSSL-GC also suppressed the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, but did not change the levels of TGF- 尾. The highly efficacious anti-inflammatory therapeutic feature of these nano-drugs makes them candidates for treatment of human rheumatoid arthritis.