In vitro stability of poly(D,L-lactide) and poly(D,L-lactide)/poloxamer nanoparticles in gastrointestinal fluids
In vitro stability of poly(D,L-lactide) and poly(D,L-lactide)/poloxamer nanoparticles in gastrointestinal fluids
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DOI:
10.3109/03639049709146156
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发表时间:
1997-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
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Reich, G
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作者:
Reich, G
Poly(D, L-lactide) (PLA) nanoparticles of various surface and bulk properties were prepared by a nanoprecipitation procedure and evaluated for their physical and chemical in vitro stability in simulated gastrointestinal fluids of 37 degrees C. The influence of polymer characteristics and poloxamer 188 (POL 188) adsorption was studied. Physical stability was followed by visual appearance, panicle size, and zeta potential measurements. Molecular weight changes were analyzed by gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Due to a sharp decrease in their negative zeta potential, poloxamer-free nanaparticles flocculated in simulated gastric fluid, irrespective of the polymer properties. Their physical stability in protein-free intestinal fluids increased with an increase in carboxy end group concentration of the PLA and thus, with an increase in their negative zetapotential. Protein effects at pH 7.5 were rather complex indicating a stabilizing effect of negatively charged proteins and a destabilizing effect of positively charged proteins. Poloxamer 188 adsorption sterically stabilized the nanoparticles against flocculation in gastric fluid, irrespective of the PLA characteristics. Physical stability of the PLA/POL 188 nanoparticles in intestinal fluids was affected by the PLA characteristics. Poloxamer 188 increased the physical stability of nanoparticles composed of hydrophobic PLA, irrespective of the proteins present. A gradual panicle size increase could however, be observed for PLA/POL nanoparticles composed of PLA with a high content of carboxy end groups, especially in combination with positively charged proteins. This effect is most likely due to a decrease in PLA/POL interactions resulting from the ionization of the carboxy end groups located on the nanoparticle surface and leading to conformational changes and/or a distinct desorption of POL 188. The chemical stability of PLA and PLA/POL nanoparticles depended on the glass transition temperature (T-gH) Of the hydrated polymer matrix. Enzymatic effects could not be detected. Nanoparticles with T-gH >37 degrees C were chemically stable in both gastric and intestinal fluids at 37 degrees C over a time period of more than 48 hr.