壳聚糖及其衍生物作为药物载体研究进展

壳聚糖是甲壳素脱乙酰化的衍生物,是自然界中唯一的碱性多糖.壳聚糖及其衍生物是一类资源丰富、可生物降解的天然聚合物,具有生物相容性、高电荷密度、无毒性和粘膜粘附性,广泛应用于生物医学和药物制剂领域.壳聚糖作为药物载体可以控制药物释放、提高药物疗效、降低药物毒副作用,可以提高疏水性药物对细胞膜的通透性和药物稳定性及改变给药途径,还可以加强制刑的靶向给药能力.本文分别从壳聚糖及其衍生物在大分子药物载体、缓控释系统及不同部位给药系统中的应用进行了综述,以说明壳聚糖及其衍生物是一种优良的药物传递载体和新型药用辅料.     

壳聚糖在给药系统中的应用

壳聚糖来源丰富,具有良好的生物相容性、生物可降解性、无毒性、成膜性和极强的可塑性,已经作为高分子材料,广泛用于给药系统中.将壳聚糖应用于给药系统中可以提高药物安全性、有效性及可靠性,可以调整药物释放速率,减少给药次数.此外,壳聚糖可塑性强,可制成膜、压成片、制成颗粒、微球或增粘剂等多种剂型.该文就壳聚糖的特性及其在给药系统中的应用予以综述.     

多糖-药物轭合物的研究与展望

多糖类物质作为赋形剂在药物制剂中已被广泛使用,多糖结构中包含了多种活性基团如羟基、羧基、氨基等,具有良好的亲水性、生物可降解性以及生物安全性,使其在聚合物-药物轭合物的构建中成为理想的载体材料.目前天然的多糖大分子及其衍生物作为药物载体的研究方兴未艾,以多糖为载体的聚合物-药物轭合物在定位或靶向给药、组织工程、生物黏附等领域也备受关注.本文以天然多糖-药物轭合物的研究现状为切入点,总结归纳了多糖-药物轭合物的设计与构建途径,介绍了其在药物传递中的应用,讨论并分析了多糖在轭合物体系中的角色和发挥的作用,对以多糖为载体的聚合物-药物轭合物发展的方向予以了讨论.     

大肠杆菌微球包封效率及稳定性的研究

多聚物制备而成的微球是一种具有佐剂效应的疫苗控释系统,在疫苗研制中得到广泛应用.为改进大肠杆菌疫苗的制备质量,本文以天然高分子聚合物海藻酸钠和壳聚糖为材料,应用了三种不同制备微球的方法来制备大肠杆菌微球,观察微球的形态、粒径和稳定性,并测算其对大肠杆菌的包封率.结果表明,采用乳化-内部凝胶化法制备的大肠杆菌海藻酸钙-壳聚糖微球,圆整规则,粒径较小,包封率达到≈93.1％,具有良好的控释性能和稳定性,适于低温保存.     

改性壳聚糖作为药物载体材料的研究

壳聚糖改性后,显示出更好的溶解性、稳定性、低毒性、生物相容性、通透性、酶抑作用等多种功能特性,作为药物载体的应用具有广阔的研究前景。本文综述近年来改性壳聚糖作为p H敏感性载体材料、缓释载体、抗癌药物载体材料、多肽、蛋白质类药物载体材料、基因传送载体材料等方面的研究进展,并对其发展趋势作了预测。相信随着研究的深入,各个学科不断交叉渗透,改性壳聚糖作为药物载体的应用前景将更加广阔。     

萘普生缓释微球制备工艺及性能研究

本文利用壳聚糖和海藻酸钠通过复凝聚法将萘普生制成微球,研究成球的最佳制备工艺条件及载药微球性能,制备了可生物相容,自然降解无毒的载药微球。实验中,以微球的药物包封率为制备工艺优化指标,通过正交实验得出微球的最佳制备工艺条件为:壳聚糖浓度∶海藻酸钠浓度为1:1,pH值为4.0,搅拌速度为300rpm,反应温度为35℃。以最佳制备工艺条件制备的含药微球,重现性好,工艺稳定,同时体外溶出实验表明,该微球具有较好的缓释作用。     

长效缓释微球制剂生产技术的发展现状

长效缓释微球是将药物溶解或分散在高分子骨架材料中的微米级别的药物释放载体,这种新剂型可以显著降低给药频率,同时大分子材料的包裹可以提高药物的稳定性,降低药物的毒副作用,目前广泛应用在蛋白多肽等药物。已有一些用于治疗糖尿病、精神病、子宫内膜异位等疾病的长效缓释微球制剂被批准上市。然而,因为微球的制备工艺繁杂、质量控制困难,至今只在少数产品上应用,现在越来越多的口服难吸收的生物药物开始产品化,长效缓释微球在提高患者依从性方面备受瞩目。本综述对目前典型的微球制备技术做出分析和评判,以期对完善微球制备工艺有所帮助。     

壳聚糖作为药物缓释控释载体的研究进展

壳聚糖因其具有良好的生物学特性而成为多种药物载体研究的热点。药物经过壳聚糖负载后,不仅能够达到缓释控释的目的,还能够改变药物的给药方式,以此减少给药次数,降低药物不良反应,提高药物生物利用度。本文就壳聚糖和改性壳聚糖作为普通药物和生物大分子药物载体的研究进展作一综述。     

生物可降解聚合物纳米粒给药载体

生物可降解聚合物纳米粒用于给药载体具有广阔的前景。本文综述了生物可降解聚合物纳米粒给药载体领域的最新进展 :包括纳米粒表面修饰特性、药物释放、载多肽和蛋白质等生物大分子药物传输中的潜在应用。     

Fe3O4/ 生物可降解复合材料研究

磁性氧化铁纳米粒子因具有尺寸小、低毒性和超顺磁性等特点,已经引起了生物化工、医药工业领域的广泛关注。生物可降解高分子材料是生物医用高分子研究中最活跃的领域之一,已广泛用于外科手术缝合线,植入体材料及药物释放载体等。将Fe3O4和生物可降解高分子材料进行复合,可以扩大两者的应用范围,达到理想的治疗效果,并有望开创临床治疗的新时代。本文介绍了磁性四氧化三铁粒子的化学制备方法,包括共沉淀法、溶胶-凝胶法、微乳液法,并对各种方法的优缺点进行了比较;重点阐述了磁性壳聚糖,磁性聚乳酸,磁性PEG,磁性PCL复合材料的制备,及它们在酶的固定化、磁靶向药物及基因载体等医学领域的应用,显示了Fe3O4/生物可降解复合材料在医学领域的广阔应用前景;最后对复合材料走向临床应用所面临的问题及发展前景进行了讨论。     

Preparation,Drug Releasing Property and Pharmacodynamics of Soy Isoflavone-Loaded Chitosan Microspheres

Soybean isoflavone (SIF) has anti-aging properties and many other biological functions; however, SIF is difficult to reach higher blood concentration due to its rapid metabolism. Therefore, it is of great value to design and produce a sustained-release formulation that is able to maintain a stable level of plasma concentrations. In this paper, soybean isoflavone sustained-release microsphere from chitosan and sodium alginate was prepared successfully. The important factors that determined the quality of the microspheres were the sodium alginate concentration in solution B, the ratio of soybean isoflavone to chitosan and the mixing speed. The relative yield, encapsulation efficiency and drug loading capability of SIF were much higher than the existing commercial formulations. In real gastrointestinal conditions, compared with the non-sustained release group, the release rate of SIF slowed down and the reaction time was prolonged. Animal experiments showed that sustained-release microspheres intensified the anti-aging potentials of SIF. Compared with the Non-sustained release (NSR) group mice, oral SIF/CHI microsphere treated mice were better in the Morris Water Maze Test (MWMT), the MDA level in the both plasma and brain of the sustained release(SR) group mice decreased, and SOD content was remarkably improved.     

Combined physical and chemical immobilization of glucose oxidase in alginate microspheres improves stability of encapsulation and activity

Chemical sensors utilizing immobilized enzymes and proteins are important for monitoring chemical processes and biological systems. In this study, calcium-cross-linked alginate hydrogel microspheres were fabricated as enzyme carriers by an emulsification technique. Glucose oxidase (GOx) was encapsulated in alginate microspheres using three different methods: physical entrapment (emulsion), chemical conjugation (conjugation), and a combination of physical entrapment and chemical conjugation (emulsion-conjugation). Nano-organized coatings were applied on alginate/GOx microspheres using the layer-by-layer self-assembly technique in order to stabilize the hydrogel/enzyme system under biological environment. The encapsulation of GOx and formation of nanofilm coating on alginate microspheres were verified with FTIR spectral analysis, zeta-potential analysis, and confocal laser scanning microscopy. To compare both the immobilization properties of enzyme encapsulation techniques and the influence of nanofilms with uncoated microspheres, the relationship between enzyme loading, release, and effective GOx activity (enzyme activity per unit protein loading) were studied over a period of four weeks. The results produced four key findings: (1) the emulsion-conjugation technique improved the stability of GOx in alginate microspheres compared to the emulsion technique, reducing the GOx leaching from microsphere from 50% to 17%; (2) the polyelectrolyte nanofilm coatings increased the GOx stability over time, but also reduced the effective GOx activity; (3) the effective GOx activity for the emulsion-conjugation technique (about 3.5 x 10(-)(5) AU microg(-)(1) s(-)(1)) was higher than that for other methods, and did not change significantly over four weeks; and (4) the GOx concentration, when compared after one week for microspheres with three bilayers of poly(allylamine hydrochloride)/sodium poly(styrene sulfonate) ({PAH/PSS}) coating, was highest for the emulsion-conjugation technique. As a result, the comparison of these three techniques showed the emulsion-conjugation technique to be a potentially effective and practical way to fabricate alginate/GOx microspheres for implantable glucose biosensor application.     

Emulsan, a tailorable biopolymer for controlled release

Microsphere hydrogels made with emulsan-alginate were used as carrier for the microencapsulation of blue dextran in order to study the effect of emulsan on the alginate bead stability. Blue dextran release studies indicated an increase of microsphere stability in presence of emulsan, as a coating agent. BSA adsorption by emulsan-alginate microspheres is also enhanced 40% compared to alginate alone. XPS studies confirm the presence of BSA adsorbed on emulsan microsphere surfaces. These results are in agreement with the equilibrium adsorption model of Freundlich. Studies of BSA adsorption using non-equilibrium Lagergren second-order and intraparticle models, are suggesting a complex mechanisms of protein adsorption by chemisorption and intraparticle diffusion. Also, enzymatic release of BSA from emulsan microspheres containing azo-BSA under physiological conditions is suggests the possibility of using microspheres as a depot for pre-proteins of medical interest.     

DNA encapsulation by an air-agitated, liquid-liquid mixer

Smooth and spherical alginate microspheres and nylon-membrane bound microcapsules were formed in an air-agitated, liquid-liquid mixer by emulsification/internal gelation and interfacial polymerization respectively. The mean diameter of the alginate microspheres ranged from 100 to 800 mum, and was controlled by process modifications. Increase in emulsifier concentration, gas flowrate, and emulsification time resulted in smaller microsphere size as did a decrease in liquid height. Increase in the dispersed phase viscosity resulted in a longer emulsification time required for approaching a minimum microsphere size. Microspheres could be formed with the proportion of dispersed phase approaching 30%. The yield of alginate microspheres was 70%, with losses attributed to incomplete recovery during washing and filtration operations. The yield of DNA encapsulation within the fraction of recovered microspheres, was 94%. The small loss was thought to occur by surface release during the washing of the microspheres. (c) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 56: 464-470, 1997.     

影响PLGA微球包封率和粒径相关因素研究进展

聚乳酸乙醇酸共聚物(PLGA)是一种可生物降解的高分子聚合物,具有良好的生物相容性,其降解产物为乳酸和乙醇酸,是机体正常代谢的中间产物,最终可分解为二氧化碳和水,并分别经肺和肾脏排出体外,对人体不产生危害,所以PLGA在微球制剂的制备中常作为首选载体。近年来PLGA微球制剂在医药领域有着飞跃发展,尤其是在抗肿瘤、免疫疫苗、蛋白给药、基因治疗、诊断试剂和细胞支架等方面显现出很大优势。而且已有许多PLGA微球获得美国FDA批准上市,临床应用也有令人满意的效果,未见报道有严重的不良反应。但现阶段国内生产的PLGA缓释微球的质量还有很多不足之处如微球粒径偏大、包封率和载药量偏低、突释过大等,有待进一步提高和改进。本文将综述在制备包裹水溶性药物的PLGA微球过程中相关因素如药物本身理化性质、制备方法、PLGA结构特点、有机溶剂等对微球粒径、包封率的影响,以期为提高以PLGA为药物载体的药效奠定良好的理论基础。     

Novel, fluorescent, magnetic, polysaccharide-based microsphere for orientation, tracing, and anticoagulation: preparation and characterization

A fluorescent, magnetic composite poly(styrene-maleic anhydride) microsphere, suitable for conjugation with polysaccharide, was synthesized using magnetite/europium phthalate particles as seeds by copolymerization of styrene and maleic anhydride. The magnetite/europium phthalate particles were wrapped up by poly(ethylene glycol), which improved the affinity between the seed particles and the monomers. The composite microspheres obtained, with a diameter of 0.15-0.7 microm, contain 586-1013 microg of magnetite/g of microsphere and 0.5-16 mmol surface anhydride groups/g of microsphere. Heparin was conjugated with the reactive surface anhydride groups on the surface of the microspheres by covalent binding to obtain a fluorescent, magnetic, polysaccharide-based microsphere. The microspheres not only retain their bioactivities but also provide magnetic susceptibility and fluorescence. They can be used as a carrier with magnetic orientation and fluorescence tracer for potent drug targeting. The orientation, tracer, and anticoagulation of the fluorescence, magnetic, polysaccharide-based microspheres were studied. The anticoagulant activity of the microspheres and heparin binding capacity reached 54,212.8 U and 607.1 mg/g of dry microspheres. The activity recovery was 50.2%. The anticoagulant activity of the microspheres increases with the increase of the conjugated heparin on the surface of the microspheres and the decrease of the microsphere size. Furthermore, The fluorescent, magnetic, polysaccharide-based microspheres can be easily transported to a given position in a magnetic field and traced via their fluorescence.     

尺寸均一的壳聚糖微球的制备及其作为胰岛素控释载体的研究

采用新型微孔膜乳化技术制备了载胰岛素的壳聚糖微球。研究表明,要制备粒径均一的壳聚糖微球,必须将亲水性膜修饰成疏水性;制得的微球粒径和所采用的膜孔径之间存在很好的线性关系,使得微球粒径可控;以胰岛素为模型药物,主要考察了交联剂用量和交联时间对微球表面形态、药物包埋率和微球体外释药特性的影响。结果表明当氨基与醛基的摩尔比为1∶0.7、交联时间为1h时,所得载药微球的包埋率最高,随着戊二醛用量的增加和交联时间的延长,药物体外释放速率减慢。     

Easy method to determine refractive indices of microspheres and in micro-regions of inhomogeneous media

We describe an innovative method which can accurately determine the refractive index (RI) of individual microspheres by immersing the microspheres in a medium and analyzing their phase-contrast microscopic images. Compared with the current techniques for microsphere RI measurement, the method has several advantages: it is simple and easy and it cannot only measure the RI of each individual microsphere but also perform measurement simultaneously on all the microspheres in the same field of view. In measurement, microspheres are not required to be suspended in a specific liquid but in any medium with known RI which is appropriate for the microspheres or even just in atmosphere. By using microspheres with known RI as sensors, the method can also be used for rapid in situ measurement of the local RI of inhomogeneous media. In this paper, we describe the principle of the method and the experiments of using the method to measure the RI of individual microspheres. Its applications for sensing instantaneous RI/concentration/temperature variation in critical situations such as anywhere in mixing flows or living biological specimens are also presented.     

Alginate Microspheres Containing Temperature Sensitive Liposomes (TSL) for MR-Guided Embolization and Triggered Release of Doxorubicin

Objective

The objective of this study was to develop and characterize alginate microspheres suitable for embolization with on-demand triggered doxorubicin (DOX) release and whereby the microspheres as well as the drug releasing process can be visualized in vivo using MRI.

Methods and Findings

For this purpose, barium crosslinked alginate microspheres were loaded with temperature sensitive liposomes (TSL/TSL-Ba-ms), which release their payload upon mild hyperthermia. These TSL contained DOX and [Gd(HPDO3A)(H₂O)], a T₁ MRI contrast agent, for real time visualization of the release. Empty alginate microspheres crosslinked with holmium ions (T₂* MRI contrast agent, Ho-ms) were mixed with TSL-Ba-ms to allow microsphere visualization. TSL-Ba-ms and Ho-ms were prepared with a homemade spray device and sized by sieving. Encapsulation of TSL in barium crosslinked microspheres changed the triggered release properties only slightly: 95% of the loaded DOX was released from free TSL vs. 86% release for TSL-Ba-ms within 30 seconds in 50% FBS at 42°C. TSL-Ba-ms (76 ± 41 μm) and Ho-ms (64 ± 29 μm) had a comparable size, which most likely will result in a similar in vivo tissue distribution after an i.v. co-injection and therefore Ho-ms can be used as tracer for the TSL-Ba-ms. MR imaging of a TSL-Ba-ms and Ho-ms mixture (ratio 95:5) before and after hyperthermia allowed in vitro and in vivo visualization of microsphere deposition (T₂*-weighted images) as well as temperature-triggered release (T₁-weighted images). The [Gd(HPDO3A)(H₂O)] release and clusters of microspheres containing holmium ions were visualized in a VX₂ tumor model in a rabbit using MRI.

Conclusions

In conclusion, these TSL-Ba-ms and Ho-ms are promising systems for real-time, MR-guided embolization and triggered release of drugs in vivo.