Fatty acid acylated Fab-fragments of antibodies to neurospecific proteins as carriers for neuroleptic targeted delivery in brain. |
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Authors: | V P Chekhonin A V Kabanov Y A Zhirkov G V Morozov |
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Affiliation: | V.P. Sebsky All-Union Research Institute for General and Forensic Psychiatry, Moscow, USSR. |
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Abstract: | A method for targeted delivery of neuroleptics from blood in brain based on using Fab-fragments of antibodies to antigens of brain glia cells (acid gliofibrillar antigen and alpha 2-glycoprotein) is suggested. The essence of the technique is that the molecule of neuroleptic (trifluoperazine) is conjugated with Fab-fragments of these antibodies. The conjugate thus obtained is modified by stearoylchloride in the system of Aerosol OT reversed micelles in octane. The study of the distribution of 125I-labelled conjugates in the rat organism after intracordial introduction is performed. On the contrary to the nonmodified conjugates and conjugate, containing fatty acylated Fab-fragments of antibodies, nonspecific to the rat brain, the conjugate of trifluoperazine with stearoylated Fab-fragments of antibodies to neurospecific antigens accumulate in brain tissues. The drastic increase of the neuroleptic activity of trifluoperazine resulting from its coupling with stearoylated Fab-fragments of antiglial antibodies is observed. |
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