Single-file diffusion of protein drugs through cylindrical nanochannels

ACS Nano. 2010 Jul 27;4(7):3817-22. doi: 10.1021/nn100464u.

Abstract

A new drug delivery device using cylindrical block copolymer nanochannels was successfully developed for controlled protein drug delivery applications. Depending on the hydrodynamic diameter of the protein drugs, the pore size in cylindrical nanochannels could be controlled precisely down to 6 nm by Au deposition. Zero-order release of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and human growth hormone (hGH) by single-file diffusion, which has been observed for gas diffusion through zeolite pores, was realized up to 2 months without protein denaturation. Furthermore, a nearly constant in vivo release of hGH from the drug delivery nanodevice implanted to Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats was continued up to 3 weeks, demonstrating the feasibility for long-term controlled delivery of therapeutic protein drugs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Diffusion
  • Drug Delivery Systems / methods*
  • Gold / chemistry
  • Human Growth Hormone / administration & dosage
  • Human Growth Hormone / chemistry
  • Human Growth Hormone / pharmacokinetics
  • Humans
  • Injections
  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations / chemistry*
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate / chemistry
  • Polystyrenes / chemistry
  • Porosity
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / chemistry

Substances

  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  • Polystyrenes
  • Proteins
  • Human Growth Hormone
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • Gold
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate