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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
We examined the therapeutic activity of betamethasone disodium 21-phosphate (BP) encapsulated in biocompatible and biodegradable blended nanoparticles of poly (D,L-lactic/glycolic acid) (PLGA)/poly(D,L-lactic acid) (PLA) homopolymers and polyethylene glycol (PEG)-block-PLGA/PLA copolymers (stealth nanosteroid) in experimental arthritis models. Various stealth nanosteroids with a size of 45 to 115 nm were prepared and then intravenously administered to rats with adjuvant arthritis (AA) rats and mice with anti-type II collagen antibody-induced arthritis (AbIA). The accumulation of stealth nanoparticles with Cy7 in inflamed joints was determined using an in vivo imaging system. The type A stealth nanosteroid, composed of PLA (2.6 kDa) and PEG (5 kDa)-PLA (3 kDa), with a PEG content of 10% and a diameter of 115 nm, exhibited the highest anti-inflammatory activity. In AA rats, a 35% decrease in paw inflammation was obtained in 1 day and maintained for 9 days with a single injection of the type A stealth nanosteroid (40 microg of BP), whereas the same does of nonstealth nanosteroid and 3 times higher free BP showed a significantly weaker response. In AbIA mice, a single injection of the type A stealth nanosteroid (3 microg of BP) resulted in complete remission of the inflammatory response after 1 week. Furthermore, in AbAI mice, the accumulation of type A stealth nanoparticles in inflamed joints was shown to parallel the severity of inflammation. The observed strong therapeutic benefit obtained with the type A stealth nanosteroid in experimental arthritis may have been due to prolonged blood circulation and targeting to the inflamed joint in addition to its sustained release in situ.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1521-0103
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
329
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
412-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Arthritis, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Betamethasone, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Drug Carriers, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Drug Compounding, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Glucocorticoids, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Injections, Intravenous, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Lactic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Nanoparticles, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Polyethylene Glycols, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Polyglycolic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Rats, Inbred Lew, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:19244548-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Treatment of experimental arthritis with stealth-type polymeric nanoparticles encapsulating betamethasone phosphate.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Drug Delivery System, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article