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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
We have prepared polymeric nanoparticles using a blend of poly(lactic acid) and monomethoxy-polyethyleneglycol(PEG)-polylactide block copolymer along with betamethasone disodium phosphate (BP). Nanoparticles have been screened for anti-inflammatory activity using experimental rat models of inflammation. In the present study, we examined the degradation of nanoparticles in vitro during incubation. We found that the nanoparticles lost the PEG chains present on their surfaces within a few days, and subsequently gradually released BP. Furthermore, we found that these nanoparticles preferentially accumulated in the inflammatory lesion in adjuvant arthritis rat models, and that the amount of BP gradually depleted from the lesion over 14 days. These results suggested the mechanism underlying the anti-inflammatory effect of the nanoparticles in vivo: the initial accumulation of BP in the lesion due to the enhanced permeability and retention effect, the subsequent internalization in inflammatory macrophages due to the loss of PEG, and the release of BP in cells during the hydrolysis of polymers. The nanoparticles were successfully prepared on a large-scale and stably stored in the form of a freeze-dried formulation for at least 69 weeks below 25 degrees C. These results suggest that the nanoparticles can be used as an anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical formulation in a clinical setting.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1873-3476
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
385
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
170-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Anti-Inflammatory Agents, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Arthritis, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Betamethasone, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Chemistry, Pharmaceutical, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Delayed-Action Preparations, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Drug Carriers, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Drug Stability, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Drug Storage, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Freeze Drying, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Freund's Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Hydrolysis, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Lactates, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Mycobacterium, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Nanoparticles, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Nanotechnology, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Permeability, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Polyethylene Glycols, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Rats, Inbred Lew, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Solubility, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Technology, Pharmaceutical, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:19837147-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Preparation and characterization of a nanoparticulate formulation composed of PEG-PLA and PLA as anti-inflammatory agents.
pubmed:affiliation
Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 5-1 Oe-honmachi, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan. tishihar@kumamoto-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article