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Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Microspheres Derived from Castor Oil, Poly(ε-carpolactone), and Poly(ethylene glycol): Preparation, Characterization and Application in Naltrexone Drug Delivery

In the present study, the newly synthesized castor oil-derived thioether-containing ω-hydroxyacid (TEHA) block copolymers with polycaprolactone (TEHA-b-PCL), with methoxypoly(ethylene glycol) (mPEG), (TEHA-b-mPEG) and with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) (TEHA-b-PEG-b-TEHA), were investigated as polymer...

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Autores principales: Nerantzaki, Maria, Skoufa, Eirini, Adam, Kyriakos-Vasileios, Nanaki, Stavroula, Avgeropoulos, Apostolos, Kostoglou, Margaritis, Bikiaris, Dimitrios
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6213069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30332793
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma11101996
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author Nerantzaki, Maria
Skoufa, Eirini
Adam, Kyriakos-Vasileios
Nanaki, Stavroula
Avgeropoulos, Apostolos
Kostoglou, Margaritis
Bikiaris, Dimitrios
author_facet Nerantzaki, Maria
Skoufa, Eirini
Adam, Kyriakos-Vasileios
Nanaki, Stavroula
Avgeropoulos, Apostolos
Kostoglou, Margaritis
Bikiaris, Dimitrios
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description In the present study, the newly synthesized castor oil-derived thioether-containing ω-hydroxyacid (TEHA) block copolymers with polycaprolactone (TEHA-b-PCL), with methoxypoly(ethylene glycol) (mPEG), (TEHA-b-mPEG) and with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) (TEHA-b-PEG-b-TEHA), were investigated as polymeric carriers for fabrication of naltrexone (NLX)-loaded microspheres by the single emulsion solvent evaporation technique. These microspheres are appropriate for the long-term treatment of opioid/alcohol dependence. Physical properties of the obtained microspheres were characterized in terms of size, morphology, drug loading capacity, and drug release. A scanning electron microscopy study revealed that the desired NLX-loaded uniform microspheres with a mean particle size of 5–10 µm were obtained in all cases. The maximum percentage encapsulation efficiency was found to be about 25.9% for the microspheres obtained from the TEHA-b-PEG-b-TEHA copolymer. Differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffractometry analysis confirmed the drug entrapment within microspheres in the amorphous state. In vitro dissolution studies revealed that all NLX-loaded formulations had a similar drug release profile: An initial burst release after 24 h, followed by a sustained and slower drug release for up to 50 days. The analysis of the release kinetic data, which were fitted into the Korsmeyer–Peppas release model, indicated that diffusion is the main release mechanism of NLX from TEHA-b-PCL and TEHA-b-mPEG microspheres, while microspheres obtained from TEHA-b-PEG-b-TEHA exhibited a drug release closer to an erosion process.
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spelling pubmed-62130692018-11-14 Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Microspheres Derived from Castor Oil, Poly(ε-carpolactone), and Poly(ethylene glycol): Preparation, Characterization and Application in Naltrexone Drug Delivery Nerantzaki, Maria Skoufa, Eirini Adam, Kyriakos-Vasileios Nanaki, Stavroula Avgeropoulos, Apostolos Kostoglou, Margaritis Bikiaris, Dimitrios Materials (Basel) Article In the present study, the newly synthesized castor oil-derived thioether-containing ω-hydroxyacid (TEHA) block copolymers with polycaprolactone (TEHA-b-PCL), with methoxypoly(ethylene glycol) (mPEG), (TEHA-b-mPEG) and with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) (TEHA-b-PEG-b-TEHA), were investigated as polymeric carriers for fabrication of naltrexone (NLX)-loaded microspheres by the single emulsion solvent evaporation technique. These microspheres are appropriate for the long-term treatment of opioid/alcohol dependence. Physical properties of the obtained microspheres were characterized in terms of size, morphology, drug loading capacity, and drug release. A scanning electron microscopy study revealed that the desired NLX-loaded uniform microspheres with a mean particle size of 5–10 µm were obtained in all cases. The maximum percentage encapsulation efficiency was found to be about 25.9% for the microspheres obtained from the TEHA-b-PEG-b-TEHA copolymer. Differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffractometry analysis confirmed the drug entrapment within microspheres in the amorphous state. In vitro dissolution studies revealed that all NLX-loaded formulations had a similar drug release profile: An initial burst release after 24 h, followed by a sustained and slower drug release for up to 50 days. The analysis of the release kinetic data, which were fitted into the Korsmeyer–Peppas release model, indicated that diffusion is the main release mechanism of NLX from TEHA-b-PCL and TEHA-b-mPEG microspheres, while microspheres obtained from TEHA-b-PEG-b-TEHA exhibited a drug release closer to an erosion process. MDPI 2018-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6213069/ /pubmed/30332793 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma11101996 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Nerantzaki, Maria
Skoufa, Eirini
Adam, Kyriakos-Vasileios
Nanaki, Stavroula
Avgeropoulos, Apostolos
Kostoglou, Margaritis
Bikiaris, Dimitrios
Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Microspheres Derived from Castor Oil, Poly(ε-carpolactone), and Poly(ethylene glycol): Preparation, Characterization and Application in Naltrexone Drug Delivery
title Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Microspheres Derived from Castor Oil, Poly(ε-carpolactone), and Poly(ethylene glycol): Preparation, Characterization and Application in Naltrexone Drug Delivery
title_full Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Microspheres Derived from Castor Oil, Poly(ε-carpolactone), and Poly(ethylene glycol): Preparation, Characterization and Application in Naltrexone Drug Delivery
title_fullStr Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Microspheres Derived from Castor Oil, Poly(ε-carpolactone), and Poly(ethylene glycol): Preparation, Characterization and Application in Naltrexone Drug Delivery
title_full_unstemmed Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Microspheres Derived from Castor Oil, Poly(ε-carpolactone), and Poly(ethylene glycol): Preparation, Characterization and Application in Naltrexone Drug Delivery
title_short Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Microspheres Derived from Castor Oil, Poly(ε-carpolactone), and Poly(ethylene glycol): Preparation, Characterization and Application in Naltrexone Drug Delivery
title_sort amphiphilic block copolymer microspheres derived from castor oil, poly(ε-carpolactone), and poly(ethylene glycol): preparation, characterization and application in naltrexone drug delivery
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6213069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30332793
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma11101996
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