Application of synthetic alkyl glycoside vesicles as drug carriers. III. Plasma components affecting stability of the vesicles.
Application of synthetic alkyl glycoside vesicles as drug carriers. III. Plasma components affecting stability of the vesicles.
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合成烷基糖苷囊泡作为药物载体的应用
DOI:
10.1248/cpb.36.1841
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发表时间:
1988
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Y. Kato
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作者:
H. Kiwada;I. Nakajima;H. Matsuura;M. Tsuji;Y. Kato
Long-chain alkyl glycosides form liposome-like vesicles. However, they are unstable in plasma and thus are unsuitable as drug carriers. The mechanisms causing the instability of palmitoyl glucoside vesicles (Glu-liposomes) in plasma were investigated in this study. They very rapidly released about 70% of their aqueous content at the start of incubation with fresh rat plasma at 37°C. On the other hand, phosphatidylcholine liposomes (PC-liposomes) released about 30% of their content, though the release pattern was very similar. Two components were suspected to b involved in destabilizing the Glu-liposomes in plasma from a plasma dilution experiment, and their effects seemed to depend on the type or size of the vesicles. The activity disappeared on pre-heating of the plasma at 56°C for 30 min in the case of PC-liposomes, but not Glu-liposomes, and about 35% of the contents of the latter was still released on incubation even with pre-heated plasma. This result indicates that the activity destabilizing glycoside vesicles in plasma was composed of two factors, one heat-stable and the other heat-labile. The heat-stable one was consumed by incubation with empty glycoside vesicles, regardless of the sugar moiety or size of vesicles, but not by PC-liposomes. Therefore, the heat-stable factor seemed to be specific to vesicles covered with sugar moieties. By fractionation of plasma protein by the salting-out technique, the activity was found in the albumin fraction.