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Novel polyion complex micelles for liver‐targeted delivery of diammonium glycyrrhizinate: In vitro and in vivo characterization
Author(s) -
Yang Ke Wei,
Li Xin Ru,
Yang Zhuo Li,
Li Ping Zhu,
Wang Fei,
Liu Yan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of biomedical materials research part a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1552-4965
pISSN - 1549-3296
DOI - 10.1002/jbm.a.31866
Subject(s) - micelle , materials science , nanocarriers , zeta potential , chitosan , ethylene glycol , in vivo , drug delivery , peg ratio , chemical engineering , biophysics , nuclear chemistry , chemistry , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , organic chemistry , aqueous solution , engineering , economics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , finance
Polyion complex micelles (PIC micelles) based on methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)‐ grafted ‐chitosan (mPEG‐ g ‐Chitosan) and lactose‐conjugated PEG‐ grafted ‐chitosan (Lac‐PEG‐ g ‐Chitosan) were designed as carriers for anionic drugs. Diammonium glycyrrhizinate (DG)‐loaded conventional PIC micelles (mPIC micelles) and lactose‐modified PIC micelles (Lac‐PIC micelles) were prepared successfully with encapsulation efficiency of 97.4% and 96.7%, respectively. These micelles were uniform spherical particles with a mean size of 21.6 and 26.4 nm by transmission electron microscopy, respectively. No significant size change of these micelles in three months indicated their good physical stability. The in vitro drug release behavior of mPIC micelles in different media as well as the changes of size and zeta potential demonstrated that the drug was released mainly through swelling and diffusion induced by ion exchange. The pharmacokinetic experiments showed that the area under the curve of DG plasma concentration‐time profile in rats for mPIC micelles and Lac‐PIC micelles were 1.2 times and 0.4 times higher than that for DG injection, respectively. The liver targeting ability of both mPIC micelles and Lac‐PIC micelles was evaluated in rats, revealing that Lac‐PIC micelles could deliver more DG to liver than mPIC micelles. Therefore, the Lac‐PIC micelles prepared in this study were promising liver‐targeted nanocarriers for DG. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res, 2009