Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfrana Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, UK.
Research Institute in Healthcare Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfrana Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1LY, UK.
Int J Pharm. 2015 Oct 15;494(1):73-82. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.07.072. Epub 2015 Jul 30.
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) has a poor prognosis and is one of the most common primary malignant brain tumours in adults. Stereotactic injections have been used to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs directly into brain tumours. This paper describes the development of disulfiram (DSF)-loaded biodegradable millirods manufactured using hot melt extrusion (HME) and injection moulding (IM). The paper demonstrates that the stability of the DSF within the millirods is dependent on the manufacturing technique used as well as the drug loading. The physical state of the DSF within the millirods was dependent on the fabrication process, with the DSF in the HME millirods being either completely amorphous within the PLGA, while the DSF within the IM millirods retained between 54 and 66% of its crystallinity. Release of DSF from the millirods was dependent on the degradation rate of the PLGA, the manufacturing technique used as well as the DSF loading. DSF in the 10% (w/w) DSF loaded HME millirods and the 20% (w/w) DSF-loaded HME and IM millirods had a similar cytotoxicity against a GBM cell line compared to the unprocessed DSF control. However, the 10% (w/w) DSF-loaded IM millirods had a significantly lower cytotoxicity when compared to the unprocessed control.
多形性胶质母细胞瘤(GBM)预后不良,是成人中最常见的原发性恶性脑肿瘤之一。立体定向注射已被用于将化疗药物直接递送到脑肿瘤中。本文描述了使用热熔挤出(HME)和注塑成型(IM)制造的载有双硫仑(DSF)的可生物降解毫微棒的开发。本文表明,毫微棒中 DSF 的稳定性取决于所用的制造技术以及药物负载。DSF 在毫微棒内的物理状态取决于制造工艺,HME 毫微棒中的 DSF 完全为无定形状态,而 IM 毫微棒中的 DSF 保留了 54%至 66%的结晶度。DSF 从毫微棒中的释放取决于 PLGA 的降解速率、所用的制造技术以及 DSF 的负载。与未处理的 DSF 对照相比,10%(w/w)DSF 负载的 HME 毫微棒和 20%(w/w)DSF 负载的 HME 和 IM 毫微棒中的 DSF 对 GBM 细胞系具有相似的细胞毒性。然而,与未处理的对照相比,10%(w/w)DSF 负载的 IM 毫微棒的细胞毒性显著降低。