Drug DeliveryPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-06-20DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2024.2361168
Jennifer Huling, Stefan Oschatz, Helge Lange, Katharina Anna Sterenczak, Thomas Stahnke, Jana Markhoff, Oliver Stachs, Steffen Möller, Nasrullah Undre, Anita Peil, Anselm Jünemann, Niels Grabow, Georg Fuellen, Thomas Eickner
{"title":"γ-Cyclodextrin hydrogel for the sustained release of josamycin for potential ocular application.","authors":"Jennifer Huling, Stefan Oschatz, Helge Lange, Katharina Anna Sterenczak, Thomas Stahnke, Jana Markhoff, Oliver Stachs, Steffen Möller, Nasrullah Undre, Anita Peil, Anselm Jünemann, Niels Grabow, Georg Fuellen, Thomas Eickner","doi":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2361168","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2361168","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness worldwide. However, its surgical treatment, in particular via trabeculectomy, can be complicated by fibrosis. In current clinical practice, application of the drug, Mitomycin C, prevents or delays fibrosis, but can lead to additional side effects, such as bleb leakage and hypotony. Previous <i>in silico</i> drug screening and <i>in vitro</i> testing has identified the known antibiotic, josamycin, as a possible alternative antifibrotic medication with potentially fewer side effects. However, a suitable ocular delivery mechanism for the hydrophobic drug to the surgical site does not yet exist. Therefore, the focus of this paper is the development of an implantable drug delivery system for sustained delivery of josamycin after glaucoma surgery based on crosslinked γ-cyclodextrin. γ-Cyclodextrin is a commonly used solubilizer which was shown to complex with josamycin, drastically increasing the drug's solubility in aqueous solutions. A simple γ-cyclodextrin crosslinking method produced biocompatible hydrogels well-suited for implantation. The crosslinked γ - cyclodextrin retained the ability to form complexes with josamycin, resulting in a 4-fold higher drug loading efficiency when compared to linear dextran hydrogels, and prolonged drug release over 4 days.</p>","PeriodicalId":11679,"journal":{"name":"Drug Delivery","volume":"31 1","pages":"2361168"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11191840/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141426548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Drug DeliveryPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-06-25DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2024.2368971
{"title":"Statement of Retraction: A convergent synthetic platform for dual anticancer drugs functionalized by reduced graphene nanocomposite delivery for hepatocellular cancer.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2368971","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2368971","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11679,"journal":{"name":"Drug Delivery","volume":"31 1","pages":"2368971"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11210406/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141450119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advances in polymeric nano-delivery systems targeting hair follicles for the treatment of acne.","authors":"Yujing Lei, Wanting Jiang, Cheng Peng, Donghai Wu, Jing Wu, Yiling Xu, Hong Yan, Xinhua Xia","doi":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2372269","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2372269","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acne is a common chronic inflammatory disorder of the sebaceous gland in the hair follicle. Commonly used external medications cause skin irritation, and the transdermal capacity is weak, making it difficult to penetrate the cuticle skin barrier. Hair follicles can aid in the breakdown of this barrier. As nanomaterials progress, polymer-based nanocarriers are routinely used for hair follicle drug delivery to treat acne and other skin issues. Based on the physiological and anatomical characteristics of hair follicles, this paper discusses factors affecting hair follicle delivery by polymer nanocarriers, summarizes the common combination technology to improve the targeting of hair follicles by carriers, and finally reviews the most recent research progress of different polymer nanodrug-delivery systems for the treatment of acne by targeting hair follicles.</p>","PeriodicalId":11679,"journal":{"name":"Drug Delivery","volume":"31 1","pages":"2372269"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11225637/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141491338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Drug DeliveryPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-08-17DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2024.2388624
Denisse-Iulia Bostiog, Natalia Simionescu, Adina Coroaba, Ioana C Marinas, Mariana C Chifiriuc, Gratiela Gradisteanu Pircalabioru, Stelian S Maier, Mariana Pinteala
{"title":"Multi-shell gold nanoparticles functionalized with methotrexate: a novel nanotherapeutic approach for improved antitumoral and antioxidant activity and enhanced biocompatibility.","authors":"Denisse-Iulia Bostiog, Natalia Simionescu, Adina Coroaba, Ioana C Marinas, Mariana C Chifiriuc, Gratiela Gradisteanu Pircalabioru, Stelian S Maier, Mariana Pinteala","doi":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2388624","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2388624","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Methotrexate (MTX) is a folic acid antagonist routinely used in cancer treatment, characterized by poor water solubility and low skin permeability. These issues could be mitigated by using drug delivery systems, such as functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), known for their versatility and unique properties. This study aimed to develop multi-shell AuNPs functionalized with MTX for the improvement of MTX antitumoral, antioxidant, and biocompatibility features. Stable phosphine-coated AuNPs were synthesized and functionalized with tailored polyethylene glycol (PEG) and short-branched polyethyleneimine (PEI) moieties, followed by MTX covalent binding. Physicochemical characterization by UV-vis and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) confirmed the synthesis at each step. The antioxidant activity of functionalized AuNPs was determined using DPPH radical scavenging assay, ferric ions' reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), and cupric reducing antioxidant capacity (CUPRAC) assays. Biocompatibility and cytotoxicity were assessed using MTT and LDH assays on HaCaT human keratinocytes and CAL27 squamous cell carcinoma. MTX functionalized AuNPs demonstrated enhanced antioxidant activity and a pronounced cytotoxic effect on the tumoral cells compared to their individual components, highlighting their potential for improving cancer therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":11679,"journal":{"name":"Drug Delivery","volume":"31 1","pages":"2388624"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11332291/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141995544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving anti-oxidant stress treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage through self-assembled nanoparticles of oleanolic acid.","authors":"Youdong Zhou, Hengyu Wang, Xinyi Zhu, Qingyu Zhao, Gang Deng, Yong Li, Qianxue Chen","doi":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2388735","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2388735","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a life-threatening acute hemorrhagic cerebrovascular disease, with early brain injury (EBI) being the main cause of high mortality and severe neurological dysfunction. Oxidative stress plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of EBI. In this study, we synthesized antioxidant stress nanoparticles based on self-assembled oleanolic acid (OA) using the solvent volatilization method. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques were employed to analyze and understand the self-assembly mechanism of oleic acid nanoparticles (OA NPs). The TUNEL assay, Nissl staining, and brain water content measurements were conducted to investigate the impact of OA NPs on cortical neuronal injury. Additionally, Western blot analysis was performed to investigate the antioxidant stress mechanism of OA NPs. The result showed that OA NPs exhibited a spherical structure with an average diameter of 168 nm. The application of OA NPs in SAH has been found to contribute to the reduction of keap1 protein levels and an increase in the nuclear level of Nrf2. As a result, the transcription of antioxidant stress proteins, including HO1 and NQO1, is triggered. The activation of the antioxidant stress pathway by OA NPs ultimately leads to a decrease in neuron damage and an improvement in neurological dysfunction. In conclusion, we successfully designed and synthesized OA NPs that can efficiently target the site of SAH. These nanoparticles have demonstrated their potential as antioxidants for the treatment of SAH, offering significant clinical applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":11679,"journal":{"name":"Drug Delivery","volume":"31 1","pages":"2388735"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11342817/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142016733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drug delivery in leptomeningeal disease: Navigating barriers and beyond.","authors":"Numair Arshad, Nupur Biswas, Jaya Gill, Santosh Kesari, Shashaanka Ashili","doi":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2375521","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2375521","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leptomeningeal disease (LMD) refers to the infiltration of cancer cells into the leptomeningeal compartment. Leptomeninges are the two membranous layers, called the arachnoid membrane and pia mater. The diffuse nature of LMD poses a challenge to its effective diagnosis and successful management. Furthermore, the predominant phenotype; solid masses or freely floating cells, has altering implications on the effectiveness of drug delivery systems. The standard of care is the intrathecal delivery of chemotherapy drugs but it is associated with increased instances of treatment-related complications, low patient compliance, and suboptimal drug distribution. An alternative involves administering the drugs systemically, after which they must traverse fluid barriers to arrive at their destination within the leptomeningeal space. However, this route is known to cause off-target effects as well as produce subtherapeutic drug concentrations at the target site within the central nervous system. The development of new drug delivery systems such as liposomal cytarabine has improved drug delivery in leptomeningeal metastatic disease, but much still needs to be done to effectively target this challenging condition. In this review, we discuss about the anatomy of leptomeninges relevant for drug penetration, the conventional and advanced drug delivery methods for LMD. We also discuss the future directions being set by different clinical trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":11679,"journal":{"name":"Drug Delivery","volume":"31 1","pages":"2375521"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11249152/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141589886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Drug DeliveryPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-07-15DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2024.2379369
Bryce Chiang, Kathleen Heng, Kyeongwoo Jang, Roopa Dalal, Yaping Joyce Liao, David Myung, Jeffrey L Goldberg
{"title":"Development of a novel SupraChoroidal-to-Optic-NervE (SCONE) drug delivery system.","authors":"Bryce Chiang, Kathleen Heng, Kyeongwoo Jang, Roopa Dalal, Yaping Joyce Liao, David Myung, Jeffrey L Goldberg","doi":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2379369","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2379369","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Targeted drug delivery to the optic nerve head may be useful in the preclinical study and later clinical management of optic neuropathies, however, there are no FDA-approved drug delivery systems to achieve this. The purpose of this work was to develop an optic nerve head drug delivery technique.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Different strategies to approach the optic nerve head were investigated, including standard intravitreal and retroorbital injections. A novel SupraChoroidal-to-Optic-NervE (SCONE) delivery was optimized by creating a sclerotomy and introducing a catheter into the suprachoroidal space. Under direct visualization, the catheter was guided to the optic nerve head. India ink was injected. The suprachoroidal approach was performed in New Zealand White rabbit eyes <i>in vivo</i> (25 animals total). Parameters, including microneedle size and design, catheter design, and catheter tip angle, were optimized <i>ex vivo</i> and <i>in vivo</i>.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of the candidate optic nerve head approaches, intravitreal, retroorbital, and suprachoroidal approaches were able to localize India ink to within 2 mm of the optic nerve. The suprachoroidal approach was further investigated, and after optimization, was able to deposit India ink directly within the optic nerve head in up to 80% of attempts. In eyes with successful SCONE delivery, latency and amplitude of visual evoked potentials was not different than the naïve untreated eye.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>SCONE delivery can be used for targeted drug delivery to the optic nerve head of rabbits without measurable toxicity measured anatomically or functionally. Successful development of this system may yield novel opportunities to study optic nerve head-specific drug delivery in animal models, and paradigm-shifting management strategies for treating optic neuropathies.</p><p><strong>Translational relevance: </strong>Here we demonstrate data on a new method for targeted delivery to the optic nerve head, addressing a significant unmet need in therapeutics for optic neuropathies.</p>","PeriodicalId":11679,"journal":{"name":"Drug Delivery","volume":"31 1","pages":"2379369"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC467098/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141619651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Drug DeliveryPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-11-08DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2024.2425158
Georgia I Sakellari, Hannah Batchelor, Fotis Spyropoulos
{"title":"The role of lipid particle-laden interfaces in regulating the co-delivery of two hydrophobic actives from o/w emulsions.","authors":"Georgia I Sakellari, Hannah Batchelor, Fotis Spyropoulos","doi":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2425158","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10717544.2024.2425158","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Co-delivery strategies have become an integral active delivery approach, although understanding of how the microstructural characteristics could be deployed to achieve independently regulated active co-delivery profiles, is still an area at its infancy. Herein, the capacity to provide such control was explored by utilizing Pickering emulsions stabilized by lipid particles, namely solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) and nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs). These dual functional species, regarding their concurrent Pickering stabilization and active carrying/delivery capabilities, were formulated with different solid lipid and surfactant types, and the effect on the release and co-release modulation of two hydrophobic actives separately encapsulated within the lipid particles themselves and within the emulsion droplets was investigated. Disparities between the release profiles from the particles in aqueous dispersions or at an emulsion interface, were related to the specific lipid matrix composition. Particles composed of lipids with higher oil phase compatibility of the emulsion droplets were shown to exert less control over their release regulation ability, as were particles in the presence of surfactant micelles in the continuous phase. Irrespective of their formulation characteristics, all particles provided a level of active release control from within the emulsion droplets, which was dependant on the permeability of the formed interfacial layer. Specifically, use of a bulkier particle surfactant or particle sintering at the droplet interface resulted in more sustained droplet release rates. Compared to sole release, the co-release performance remained unaffected by the co-existence of the two hydrophobic actives with the co-release behavior persisting over a storage period of 1 month.</p>","PeriodicalId":11679,"journal":{"name":"Drug Delivery","volume":"31 1","pages":"2425158"},"PeriodicalIF":5.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11552284/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142603639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Drug DeliveryPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2023-12-26DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2023.2296350
Melbha Starlin Chellathurai, Syed Mahmood, Zarif Mohamed Sofian, Cheng Wan Hee, Ramkanth Sundarapandian, Haja Nazeer Ahamed, C S Kandasamy, Ayah R Hilles, Najihah Mohd Hashim, Ashok Kumar Janakiraman
{"title":"Biodegradable polymeric insulin microneedles - a design and materials perspective review.","authors":"Melbha Starlin Chellathurai, Syed Mahmood, Zarif Mohamed Sofian, Cheng Wan Hee, Ramkanth Sundarapandian, Haja Nazeer Ahamed, C S Kandasamy, Ayah R Hilles, Najihah Mohd Hashim, Ashok Kumar Janakiraman","doi":"10.1080/10717544.2023.2296350","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10717544.2023.2296350","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Microneedle (MN) delivery devices are more accepted by people than regular traditional needle injections (e.g. vaccination) due to their simplicity and adaptability. Thus, patients of chronic diseases like diabetes look for alternative pain-free treatment regimens circumventing regular subcutaneous injections. Insulin microneedles (INS-MNs) are a thoughtfully researched topic (1) to overcome needle phobia in patients, (2) for controlled delivery of the peptide, (3) decreasing the frequency of drug administration, (4) to ease the drug administration procedure, and (5) thus increasing patient adherence to the treatment dosage regimes. MNs physically disrupt the hard outer skin layer to create minuscule pores for insulin (INS) to pass through the dermal capillaries into the systemic circulation. Biodegradable polymeric MNs are of greater significance for INS and vaccine delivery than silicon, metal, glass, or non-biodegradable polymeric MNs due to their ease of fabrication, mass production, cost-effectiveness, and bioerodability. In recent years, INS-MNs have been researched to deliver INS through the transdermal implants, buccal mucosa, stomach wall, intestinal mucosal layers, and colonic mucosa apart from the usual transdermal delivery. This review focuses on the design characteristics and the applications of biodegradable/dissolvable polymeric INS-MNs in transdermal, intra-oral, gastrointestinal (GI), and implantable delivery. The prospective approaches to formulate safe, controlled-release INS-MNs were highlighted. Biodegradable/dissolvable polymers, their significance, their impact on MN morphology, and INS release characteristics were outlined. The developments in biodegradable polymeric INS-MN technology were briefly discussed. Bio-erodible polymer selection, MN fabrication and evaluation factors, and other design aspects were elaborated.</p>","PeriodicalId":11679,"journal":{"name":"Drug Delivery","volume":"31 1","pages":"2296350"},"PeriodicalIF":6.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10763835/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139039670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}