The Innovation Team for Integrating Pharmacy with Entrepreneurship, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Delivery, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Center of Topical Precise Drug Delivery System, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China; School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
The Innovation Team for Integrating Pharmacy with Entrepreneurship, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Delivery, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Center of Topical Precise Drug Delivery System, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Biomed Pharmacother. 2024 Apr;173:116339. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2024.116339. Epub 2024 Feb 29.
Microneedles (MNs) prepared from polymeric materials are painless and minimally invasive, safe and efficient, but they hindered by low mechanical strength and single diverse drug release pattern. Due to the distinctive mechanical strength and dimensions of poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles (NPs), the integration of nano-technology with microneedles can effectively improve penetration and delivery efficiency through the stratum corneum. We herein designed a simple paroxetine (PAX)-loaded PLGA nanoparticles-integrated dissolving microneedles system (PAX-NPs-DMNs), aiming to improve the bioavailability of PAX through the synergistic permeation-enhancing effect of dissolving microneedles (DMNs) and NPs. PAX-NPs-DMNs had a complete tips molding rate (N) of (94.06 ± 2.16) %, a 15×15 quadrangular-conical microneedle array and an overall fracture force of 301.10 N, which were improved nearly 0.50 times compared with the blank microneedles (HA-DMNs) and PAX microneedles (PAX-DMNs). PAX-NPs-DMNs could extend the release duration of PAX from 1 h to 24 h and the cumulative permeability per unit area (Q) was 47.66 times and 7.37 times higher than the PAX and the PAX-DMNs groups. PAX-NPs-DMNs could be rapidly dissolved within 10 min without hindering skin healing or causing adverse reactions. This study confirmed that PAX-NPs-DMNs can effectively improve the bioavailability of PAX and the mechanical strength of DMNs, which can easily penetrate the skin to provide sustained and painless delivery without causing adverse effects, thus offering a more convenient and effective method for central nervous diseases.
由聚合物材料制备的微针(MNs)无痛且微创,安全且高效,但由于机械强度低和单一的多种药物释放模式而受到限制。由于聚(乳酸-共-羟基乙酸)(PLGA)纳米颗粒(NPs)的独特机械强度和尺寸,纳米技术与微针的结合可以通过角质层有效提高渗透和输送效率。我们在此设计了一种简单的帕罗西汀(PAX)负载的 PLGA 纳米颗粒整合溶解微针系统(PAX-NPs-DMNs),旨在通过溶解微针(DMNs)和 NPs 的协同渗透增强作用来提高 PAX 的生物利用度。PAX-NPs-DMNs 具有完整的针尖成型率(N)(94.06 ± 2.16)%,15×15 个四边形锥形微针阵列和 301.10 N 的整体断裂力,与空白微针(HA-DMNs)和 PAX 微针(PAX-DMNs)相比,提高了近 0.50 倍。PAX-NPs-DMNs 可以将 PAX 的释放持续时间从 1 h 延长至 24 h,单位面积的累积渗透量(Q)是 PAX 和 PAX-DMNs 组的 47.66 倍和 7.37 倍。PAX-NPs-DMNs 可以在 10 min 内迅速溶解,不会阻碍皮肤愈合或引起不良反应。本研究证实,PAX-NPs-DMNs 可以有效提高 PAX 的生物利用度和 DMNs 的机械强度,易于穿透皮肤,提供持续无痛的输送,而不会造成不良影响,从而为中枢神经系统疾病提供了一种更方便、更有效的方法。