一种用于将α干扰素递送至眼表的pH响应性聚β-氨基酯纳米颗粒热响应性聚乙二醇-聚己内酯-聚乙二醇水凝胶分散体系。
A pH-Responsive Poly Beta-Amino Ester Nanoparticulate Thermo-Responsive PEG-PCL-PEG Hydrogel Dispersed System for the Delivery of Interferon Alpha to the Ocular Surface.
作者信息
Abdalla Yosra, du Toit Lisa Claire, Ubanako Philemon, Choonara Yahya Essop
机构信息
Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, 7 York Road, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.
Wits Infection Diseases and Oncology Research Institute (IDORI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, 7 York Road, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.
出版信息
Pharmaceutics. 2025 May 28;17(6):709. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics17060709.
The management of ocular tumours is faced with the challenge of developing a suitable treatment strategy with consideration of the anatomical and physiological protective barriers of the eye. Interferon alpha has been employed to treat patients with ocular tumours for decades; however, its short half-life and poor tolerability necessitate frequent administration. This study focuses on the design of an injectable pH-responsive and protective nanoparticle system dispersed into a thermo-responsive hydrogel for site-specific sustained delivery of interferon alpha (IFN-α2b) in the treatment of ocular surface tumours. The synthesis of a poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(caprolactone)-poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG-PCL-PEG) triblock copolymer (PECE) was undertaken. The IFN-α2b was encapsulated in poly(β-amino ester) (PBAE) nanoparticles (NP) with pH-responsive characteristics to proposedly release the IFNα-2b in response to the acidic nature of the tumour microenvironment. This was followed by characterisation via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), H-nuclear magnetic resonance (H-NMR) analysis, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) analysis, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and thermal-transition analysis of the PECE hydrogels. Release studies demonstrated that the PBAE nanoparticulate PEG-PCL-PEG hydrogel was both pH-responsive, while providing controlled release of IFN-α2b, and thermo-responsive. Release analysis highlighted that IFN-α2b-loaded NP dispersed into the hydrogel (IFNH) further prolonged the release of IFN-α2b with a pH-responsive yet controlled release rate in an acidic environment simulating a tumour microenvironment. The developed system proved to be biocompatible with human retinal pigment epithelial cells and the released IFN-α demonstrated bioactivity in the presence of an A172 glioblastoma cell line. In conclusion, the PECE hydrogel has promising potential for application as an ocular drug delivery system for the treatment of ocular tumours and could potentially overcome and prevent the drawbacks associated with the commercially available IFN-α2b injection.
眼部肿瘤的治疗面临着一项挑战,即要在考虑眼睛的解剖学和生理学保护屏障的情况下制定合适的治疗策略。几十年来,α干扰素一直被用于治疗眼部肿瘤患者;然而,其半衰期短且耐受性差,需要频繁给药。本研究聚焦于设计一种可注射的、pH响应性且具有保护作用的纳米颗粒系统,该系统分散于热响应性水凝胶中,用于眼部表面肿瘤治疗时α干扰素(IFN-α2b)的位点特异性持续递送。合成了聚(乙二醇)-聚(己内酯)-聚(乙二醇)(PEG-PCL-PEG)三嵌段共聚物(PECE)。IFN-α2b被包裹在具有pH响应特性的聚(β-氨基酯)(PBAE)纳米颗粒(NP)中,旨在根据肿瘤微环境的酸性性质释放IFNα-2b。随后通过傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)、氢核磁共振(H-NMR)分析、差示扫描量热法(DSC)、X射线粉末衍射(XRPD)分析、热重分析(TGA)以及PECE水凝胶的热转变分析对其进行表征。释放研究表明,PBAE纳米颗粒PEG-PCL-PEG水凝胶既具有pH响应性,又能实现IFN-α2b的控释,还具有热响应性。释放分析突出显示,分散于水凝胶中的负载IFN-α2b的NP(IFNH)在模拟肿瘤微环境的酸性环境中以pH响应且可控的释放速率进一步延长了IFN-α2b的释放。所开发的系统被证明与人视网膜色素上皮细胞具有生物相容性,并且释放的IFN-α在A172胶质母细胞瘤细胞系存在的情况下表现出生物活性。总之,PECE水凝胶作为治疗眼部肿瘤的眼部药物递送系统具有广阔的应用前景,并且有可能克服和预防与市售IFN-α2b注射相关的缺点。
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