Rastegar Ghazal, Salman Mohammad Musa, Sirsi Shashank R
Department of Bioengineering, Erik Johnson School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA.
Pharmaceutics. 2023 Oct 28;15(11):2550. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15112550.
The use of drug-loaded microbubbles for targeted drug delivery, particularly in cancer treatment, has been extensively studied in recent years. However, the loading capacity of microbubbles has been limited due to their surface area. Typically, drug molecules are loaded on or within the shell, or drug-loaded nanoparticles are coated on the surfaces of microbubbles. To address this significant limitation, we have introduced a novel approach. For the first time, we employed a transmembrane ammonium sulfate and pH gradient to load doxorubicin in a crystallized form in the core of polymeric microcapsules. Subsequently, we created remotely loaded microbubbles (RLMBs) through the sublimation of the liquid core of the microcapsules. Remotely loaded microcapsules exhibited an 18-fold increase in drug payload compared with physically loaded microcapsules. Furthermore, we investigated the drug release of RLMBs when exposed to an ultrasound field. After 120 s, an impressive 82.4 ± 5.5% of the loaded doxorubicin was released, demonstrating the remarkable capability of remotely loaded microbubbles for on-demand drug release. This study is the first to report such microbubbles that enable rapid drug release from the core. This innovative technique holds great promise in enhancing drug loading capacity and advancing targeted drug delivery.
近年来,载药微泡用于靶向给药,尤其是在癌症治疗中的应用受到了广泛研究。然而,由于微泡的表面积,其载药量一直受到限制。通常,药物分子被加载在微泡的壳上或壳内,或者载药纳米颗粒被包覆在微泡表面。为了解决这一重大限制,我们引入了一种新方法。我们首次采用跨膜硫酸铵和pH梯度,将结晶形式的阿霉素加载到聚合物微胶囊的核心。随后,通过微胶囊液芯的升华制备了远程加载微泡(RLMBs)。与物理加载的微泡相比,远程加载的微泡的载药量增加了18倍。此外,我们研究了RLMBs在超声场作用下的药物释放情况。120秒后,令人印象深刻的是,82.4±5.5%的加载阿霉素被释放,这表明远程加载微泡具有显著的按需药物释放能力。本研究首次报道了这种能够从核心快速释放药物的微泡。这种创新技术在提高载药量和推进靶向给药方面具有巨大潜力。
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