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Comparative Study of In Situ Loaded Antibody and PEG‐Fab NIPAAM Gels
Author(s) -
Awwad Sahar,
AlShohani Athmar,
Khaw Peng T.,
Brocchini Steve
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
macromolecular bioscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1616-5195
pISSN - 1616-5187
DOI - 10.1002/mabi.201700255
Subject(s) - peg ratio , self healing hydrogels , chemistry , ethylene glycol , controlled release , chromatography , biophysics , polymer chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , finance , economics , biology
Hydrogels can potentially prolong the release of a therapeutic protein, especially to treat blinding conditions. One challenge is to ensure that the protein and hydrogel are intimately mixed by better protein entanglement within the hydrogel. N ‐isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAM) gels are optimized with poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEDGA) crosslinker in the presence of either bevacizumab or PEG conjugated ranibizumab (PEG 10 ‐Fab rani ). The release profiles of the hydrogels are evaluated using an outflow model of the eye, which is previously validated for human clearance of proteins. Release kinetics of in situ loaded bevacizumab‐NIPAAM gels displays a prolonged bimodal release profile in phosphate buffered saline compared to bevacizumab loaded into a preformed NIPAAM gel. Bevacizumab release in simulated vitreous from in situ loaded gels is similar to bevacizumab control indicating that diffusion through the vitreous rather than from the gel is rate limiting. Ranibizumab is site‐specifically PEGylated by disulfide rebridging conjugation. Prolonged and continuous release is observed with the in situ loaded PEG 10 ‐Fab rani ‐NIPAAM gels compared to PEG 10 ‐Fab rani injection (control). Compared to an unmodified protein, there is better mixing due to PEG entanglement and compatibility of PEG 10 ‐Fab rani within the NIPAAM‐PEDGA hydrogel. These encouraging results suggest that the extended release of PEGylated proteins in the vitreous can be achieved using injectable hydrogels.