基于微针穿刺皮肤组织学辅助的微针给药数值模拟新范式。
A new paradigm for numerical simulation of microneedle-based drug delivery aided by histology of microneedle-pierced skin.
作者信息
Han Tao, Das Diganta Bhusan
机构信息
Chemical Engineering Department, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leicestershire, UK.
Chemical Engineering Department, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leicestershire, UK.
出版信息
J Pharm Sci. 2015 Jun;104(6):1993-2007. doi: 10.1002/jps.24425. Epub 2015 Mar 26.
Microneedle (MN) is a relatively recent invention and an efficient technology for transdermal drug delivery (TDD). Conventionally, mathematical models of MNs drug delivery define the shape of the holes created by the MNs in the skin as the same as their actual geometry. Furthermore, the size of the MN holes in the skin is considered to be either the same or a certain fraction of the length of the MNs. However, the histological images of the MN-treated skin indicate that the real insertion depth is much shorter than the length of the MNs and the shapes may vary significantly from one case to another. In addressing these points, we propose a new approach for modeling MN-based drug delivery, which incorporates the histology of MN-pierced skin using a number of concepts borrowed from image processing tools. It is expected that the developed approach will provide better accuracy of the drug diffusion profile. A new computer program is developed to automatically obtain the outline of the MNs-treated holes and import these images into computer software for simulation of drug diffusion from MN systems. This method can provide a simple and fast way to test the quality of MNs design and modeling, as well as simulate experimental studies, for example, permeation experiments on MN-pierced skin using diffusion cell. The developed methodology is demonstrated using two-dimensional (2D) numerical modeling of flat MNs (2D). However, the methodology is general and can be implemented for three dimensional (3D) MNs if there is sufficient number of images for reconstructing a 3D image for numerical simulation. Numerical modeling for 3D geometry is demonstrated by using images of an ideal 3D MN. The methodology is not demonstrated for real 3D MNs, as there are not sufficient numbers of images for the purpose of this paper.
微针(MN)是一项相对较新的发明,也是一种用于经皮给药(TDD)的高效技术。传统上,微针给药的数学模型将微针在皮肤中形成的孔的形状定义为与它们的实际几何形状相同。此外,皮肤中微针孔的大小被认为与微针的长度相同或为其长度的一定比例。然而,微针处理过的皮肤的组织学图像表明,实际插入深度比微针的长度短得多,而且形状在不同情况下可能有很大差异。针对这些问题,我们提出了一种基于微针给药建模的新方法,该方法利用从图像处理工具借鉴的一些概念纳入了微针穿刺皮肤的组织学特征。预计所开发的方法将提供更好的药物扩散曲线准确性。开发了一个新的计算机程序来自动获取微针处理过的孔的轮廓,并将这些图像导入计算机软件以模拟药物从微针系统的扩散。这种方法可以提供一种简单快速的方式来测试微针设计和建模的质量,以及模拟实验研究,例如使用扩散池对微针穿刺皮肤进行渗透实验。使用扁平微针的二维(2D)数值建模展示了所开发的方法。然而,该方法具有通用性,如果有足够数量的图像用于重建三维(3D)图像以进行数值模拟,那么它也可以应用于三维微针。通过使用理想三维微针的图像展示了三维几何形状的数值建模。由于本文目的所需的图像数量不足,因此未针对实际三维微针展示该方法。
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