Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ashesi University, Berekuso, Ghana.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, African University of Science and Technology, km 10, Airport RD, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria.
Sci Rep. 2019 Mar 7;9(1):3862. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-39578-4.
This paper presents the anomalous release kinetics of a cancer drug (prodigiosin) frompoly-n-isopropyl-acrylamide (P(NIPA))-based gels. The release exponents, n, which correspond to the drug release mechanisms, were found to be between 0.41 and 1.40. This is within a range that include Fickian case I (n = 0.45) and non-Fickian diffusion (case II) (n > 0.45) for cylindrical drug-loaded structures. The results, however, suggest that the release exponents, n, correspond mostly to anomalous case II and super case II transport mechanics with sigmoidal characteristics. The drug release kinetics of the P(NIPA)-based hydrogels are well described by bi-dose functions. The observed drug release behavour is related to the porosity of the hydrogels, which can be controlled by cross-linking and copolymerization with acrylamide, which also improves the hydrophilicity of the gels. The paper also presents the effects of cancer drug release on cell survival (%), as well as the cell metabolic activities of treated cells and non-treated cells. The implications of the results are discussed for the development of implantable thermosensitive gels for the controlled release of drugs for localized cancer treatment.
本文介绍了一种癌症药物(灵菌红素)从聚 N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(P(NIPA))基凝胶中的异常释放动力学。与药物释放机制相对应的释放指数 n 被发现介于 0.41 和 1.40 之间。这是在包括圆柱状载药结构中的菲克第一案例(n = 0.45)和非菲克扩散(案例 II)(n > 0.45)的范围内。然而,结果表明,释放指数 n 主要对应于异常案例 II 和超案例 II 输送力学,具有 S 型特征。P(NIPA)基水凝胶的药物释放动力学很好地用双剂量函数描述。观察到的药物释放行为与水凝胶的孔隙率有关,孔隙率可以通过与丙烯酰胺的交联和共聚来控制,这也提高了凝胶的亲水性。本文还介绍了癌症药物释放对细胞存活率(%)以及处理细胞和未处理细胞的细胞代谢活性的影响。讨论了这些结果对用于局部癌症治疗的药物控释的可植入热敏水凝胶的发展的意义。