LIPOSOME DISPOSITION INVIVO .3. DOSE AND VESICLE-SIZE EFFECTS
LIPOSOME DISPOSITION INVIVO .3. DOSE AND VESICLE-SIZE EFFECTS
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DOI:
10.1016/0005-2760(81)90311-8
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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HUNT, CA
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ABRA, RM;HUNT, CA
The effect of lipid dose (4.3-512.8 .mu.mol total lipid/kg body wt), administered i.v. as liposomes encapsulating radioactive inulin, upon the ability of mouse organs to bind and/or take-up the radioactive label was studied in vivo. Three different liposome diameters were investigated: 0.46 .mu.m (L), 0.16 .mu.m (M) and 0.058 .mu.m (S). All liposomes were negatively charged with a lipid composition of phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidic acid/cholesterol/.alpha.-tocopherol in the molar ratio 4:1:5:0.1 or 4:1:1:0.05. Overall radioactive label disposition after 2 h was consistent with localization predominantly in the RES. A saturation of liver with increasing lipid dose was demonstrated for all 3 sizes, together with a corresponding increase in blood levels. Spleen radioactivity increased with increasing dose of L- and M-liposomes, but decreased for increasing dose of S-liposomes. Levels in residual carcass exhibited no trend. By adjusting liposomal lipid dose and vesicle diameter the percentage of administered dose present in blood could be varied 733-fold, that in spleen 9-fold and liver 4-fold. Stability in vivo was ranked L > M > S-liposomes. Correction for differences of in vivo stability reduced the differences in organ accumulation between the 3 liposome sizes. The organ accumulation pattern suggested a dose- and diameter-dependent mechanism for liposome disposition. It was expected that when doses of fixed liposome composition were expressed as number of liposomes or their total surface area, organ saturation patterns would be similar. Re-plotting the percent dose values for liver and spleen vs. the number of liposomes administered revealed a saturation pattern for L-, M- and S-liposomes which differed in each case. Plotting the data vs. the total surface area of the dose revealed a similar disposition pattern for L-, M- and S-liposomes in liver and L- and M-liposomes in spleen. In addition to composition, the lipid dose, total liposomal surface area and effective mean diameter are important pharmacokinetic variables. The optimization of the therapeutic index of an encapsulated agent or target-tissue delivery via liposomes will require consideration of both the surface area and diameter of the liposome doses together with liposome composition.