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Improving the In-Vivo Biological Activity of Fingolimod Loaded Phbv Nanoparticles by Using Hydrophobically Modified Alginate Publisher Pubmed



Rezaie Shirmard L1 ; Ghofrani M2 ; Bahari Javan N2 ; Bayrami S2 ; Tavassoli A3 ; Rezaie A4 ; Amini M5, 6 ; Kebriaeezadeh A7 ; Rouini MR8 ; Dinarvand R2 ; Rafieetehrani M2 ; Dorkoosh FA2, 9
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  1. 1. Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Analytical chemistry, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
  4. 4. School of Dentistry, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Drug Design and Development Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  7. 7. Department of Pharmacoeconomy and Pharmaceutical Administration, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  8. 8. Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetic Division, Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  9. 9. Medical Biomaterial Research Centre (MBRC), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy Published:2020


Abstract

Uncontrolled distribution of nanoparticles (NPs) within the body can significantly decrease the efficiency of drug therapy and is considered among the main restrictions of NPs application. The aim of this study was to develop a depot combination delivery system (CDS) containing fingolimod loaded poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) NPs dispersed into a matrix of oleic acid-grafted-aminated alginate (OA-g-AAlg) to minimize the nonspecific biodistribution (BD) of PHBV NPs. OA-g-AAlg was synthesized in two step; First, Alg was aminated by using adipic dihydrazide (ADH). The degree of hyrazide group substitution of Alg was determined by trinitro-benzene-sulfonic acid (TNBS) assay. Second, OA was attached to AAlg through formation of an amide bond. Chemical structure of OA-g-AAlg was confirmed with FTIR and HNMR spectroscopy. Furthermore, rheological properties of OA-g-AAlg with different grafting ratios were evaluated. In-vitro release studies indicated that 47% of fingolimod was released from the CDS within 28 days. Blood and tissue samples were analyzed using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry following subcutaneous (SC) injection of fingolimod-CDS into Wistar rats. The elimination phase half-life of CDS-fingolimod was significantly higher than that of fingolimod (∼32 d vs. ∼20 h). To investigate the therapeutic efficacy, lymphocyte count was assessed over a 40 day period in Wistar rats. Peripheral blood lymphocyte count decreased from baseline by 27 ± 8% in 2 days after injection. Overall, the designed CDS represented promising results in improving the pharmacokinetic properties of fingolimod. Therefore, we believe that this sustained release formulation has a great potential to be applied to delivery of various therapeutics. © 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.