Preparing polymer-based sustained-release systems without exposing proteins to water-oil or water-air interfaces and cross-linking reagents
Preparing polymer-based sustained-release systems without exposing proteins to water-oil or water-air interfaces and cross-linking reagents
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制备基于聚合物的缓释系统,无需将蛋白质暴露于水-油或水-空气界面和交联试剂
DOI:
10.1016/j.jconrel.2008.02.010
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发表时间:
2008-05-22
影响因子:
10.8
通讯作者:
Zhu, Hua
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作者:
Jin, Tuo;Zhu, Hahao;Zhu, Hua
We report a method to load proteins into polymer-based sustained-release systems without exposing them to water-oil or water-air interfaces, factors known to denature proteins. By dispersing a dextan solution containing a protein into a PEG solution containing small amount of alginate, a stable aqueous-aqueous "emulsion" was formed. The poly-anionic alginate generated a diffuse double layer around each dextran droplet to prevent them from contacting with each other and fusing to a block phase. Proteins distributed in the stabilized dextran droplets by preferential partition favoring dextran. Freeze-drying this emulsion resulted in protein-loaded dextran particles, 1-2 mu m in diameter and 1.6 g/cm(3) in density. The particles were harvested by washing the lyophilized powder using organic solvents to remove the PEG continuous phase. An activity assay of encapsulated P-galactosidase indicated that protein activity was preserved during the particle-forming process including the step of sonicating the particles in organic solvents. The dextran particles also improved release profile and integrity of proteins when encapsulated in degradable polymer sustained-release systems. The aqueous-aqueous emulsion offers a convenient way to prepare solvent-resistant protein-polysaccharide particles that can easily be incorporated in a variety of polymer-based pharmaceutical dosage forms and medical devices such as microspheres, scaffolds and drug-eluting stents for sustained-release protein delivery. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.