Wang Zhuxian, Liu Jun, Wu Yufan, Li Yamei, Zhu Hongxia, Liu Qiang, Yang Bin
Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Int J Pharm X. 2025 May 30;9:100343. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpx.2025.100343. eCollection 2025 Jun.
Licochalcone A (LA) garnered remarkable acclaim in acute inflammation therapy, however, poor release capability from the matrix and oral bioavailability restrict its oral delivery. To address this challenge, licorice-derived glycyrrhizic acid (GA) and LA were co-assembled into GA-LA (GLA) binary co-assembled nanoparticles (BCGNs), which were subsequently incorporated into supramolecular hydrogel matrix. GLA BCGNs demonstrated a remarkable capacity to scavenge various reactive oxygen species (ROS) and facilitated the cascade process of O -HO-O in vitro. Subsequently, GLA was dispersed in nano form into ovalbumin (OVA) and rhamnose (Rha) solutions, which were next self-assembled into OVA-Rha-GLA hydrogels. Remarkably, the introduction of Rha induced disordered secondary conformation of OVA, which decreased its mechanical properties and inherent binding energy, thereby shaping the three-dimensional supramolecular spatial structures of OVA-Rha-GLA networks. The assembly mechanisms indicated that the hydrogen bonding predominantly drove the assembly of loose supramolecular networks surrounded by -OH, -CH and C[bond, double bond]O bonds on the Rha and OVA. Notably, the conformational transformation facilitated faster LA release, confirmed by computational simulation analysis, which was conducive to acute inflammation curation. Therefore, OVA-Rha-GLA exhibited excellent anti-inflammation and ROS-scavenging versatilities, displaying improved oral bioavailability compared to hydrogels lacking BCGNs or Rha in cellular and animal acute inflammation experiments. The results provided novel BCGNs-embedded supramolecular hydrogel systems to improve the drug release and anti-inflammatory bioactivities of LA, which demonstrated great promise in the management of acute inflammation.
光甘草定(LA)在急性炎症治疗中备受赞誉,然而,其从基质中的释放能力较差以及口服生物利用度较低限制了其口服给药。为应对这一挑战,将源自甘草的甘草酸(GA)与LA共同组装成GA-LA(GLA)二元共组装纳米颗粒(BCGNs),随后将其掺入超分子水凝胶基质中。GLA BCGNs表现出显著的清除各种活性氧(ROS)的能力,并在体外促进了O -HO-O的级联过程。随后,GLA以纳米形式分散在卵清蛋白(OVA)和鼠李糖(Rha)溶液中,接着它们自组装成OVA-Rha-GLA水凝胶。值得注意的是,Rha的引入诱导了OVA的无序二级构象,降低了其机械性能和固有结合能,从而塑造了OVA-Rha-GLA网络的三维超分子空间结构。组装机制表明,氢键主要驱动了由Rha和OVA上的-OH、-CH和C=O键包围的松散超分子网络的组装。值得注意的是,通过计算模拟分析证实,构象转变促进了LA的更快释放,这有利于急性炎症的治疗。因此,在细胞和动物急性炎症实验中,OVA-Rha-GLA表现出优异的抗炎和ROS清除多功能性,与缺乏BCGNs或Rha的水凝胶相比,其口服生物利用度有所提高。这些结果提供了新型的嵌入BCGNs的超分子水凝胶系统,以改善LA的药物释放和抗炎生物活性,这在急性炎症的管理中显示出巨大的前景。
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