载药聚合物胶束片的研制与评价:枸橼酸他莫昔芬。
Development and evaluation of polymeric micelle containing tablet formulation for poorly water-soluble drug: tamoxifen citrate.
机构信息
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
出版信息
Drug Dev Ind Pharm. 2020 Oct;46(10):1695-1704. doi: 10.1080/03639045.2020.1820037. Epub 2020 Sep 14.
Poor aqueous solubility is one of the key reasons for slow dissolution rate and poor intestinal absorption and finally that causes low therapeutic efficacy of many existing drugs. Tamoxifen citrate (TMX) (BCS Class II drug) with low water solubility has poor oral bioavailability in the range of 20%-30%, therefore, high doses are required for treatment with TMX. Self-assemblage of amphiphilic polymers leads to the formation of polymeric micelles which makes them unique nano-carriers with excellent biocompatibility, low toxicity, enhanced blood circulation time, and solubilization of poorly water-soluble drugs. In this study poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(propylene glycol)-block-poly(ethylene glycol) triblock copolymer, which has been approved by FDA for oral application was used to benefit its micellar solubilization effect. Self-assembled micelles were prepared for the delivery of TMX and this way TMX solubility was increased approximately 60 times. TMX-treated cells showed 38.06 ± 1.5% viability at 50 µM concentration for 24 h; 66.71 ± 11.6% viability at 25 µM concentration for 48 h, at the same conditions TMX-loaded micelles exhibited 24.994 ± 0.25% and 43.36 ± 4.37% cell viability, respectively ( < 0.05). These results showed that the encapsulation of TMX into PEG-PPG-PEG micelles facilitated the cellular uptake, which led to an increased cytotoxicity in MCF-7 cancer cells. Tablet formulation containing lyophilized TMX-loaded micelles was showed an improved dissolution than commercial TMX tablet (Tamoxifen TEVA). It can be reasonably expected that the obtained drug dissolution rate and increased cytotoxicity to tumor cells will result in an increase of TMX bioavailability and tolerability associated with an important dose reduction and decreased side effects.
水溶性差是许多现有药物溶解缓慢、肠道吸收差、最终治疗效果不佳的关键原因之一。枸橼酸他莫昔芬(TMX)(BCS 类 II 药物)水溶性低,口服生物利用度在 20%-30%范围内,因此需要高剂量治疗。两亲聚合物的自组装导致形成聚合物胶束,使其成为具有优异生物相容性、低毒性、增强血液循环时间和增溶疏水性差药物的独特纳米载体。在这项研究中,使用了已被 FDA 批准用于口服应用的聚乙二醇-嵌段-聚丙二醇-嵌段-聚乙二醇三嵌段共聚物,以受益于其胶束增溶作用。为了递送 TMX,制备了自组装胶束,从而将 TMX 的溶解度提高了约 60 倍。在 50 μM 浓度下孵育 24 小时后,TMX 处理的细胞显示出 38.06±1.5%的存活率;在 25 μM 浓度下孵育 48 小时后,存活率为 66.71±11.6%,而载 TMX 胶束分别显示出 24.994±0.25%和 43.36±4.37%的细胞活力(<0.05)。这些结果表明,将 TMX 包封到 PEG-PPG-PEG 胶束中促进了细胞摄取,从而导致 MCF-7 癌细胞的细胞毒性增加。含有冻干 TMX 载药胶束的片剂制剂的溶解性能优于市售 TMX 片剂(Tamoxifen TEVA)。可以合理地预期,获得的药物溶解速率和增加的肿瘤细胞细胞毒性将导致 TMX 生物利用度和耐受性增加,同时重要的是减少剂量和降低副作用。