Polymer nanoparticle-based controlled pulmonary drug delivery

Methods Mol Biol. 2014:1141:133-45. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0363-4_8.

Abstract

The development of novel formulations for controlled pulmonary drug delivery purposes has gained remarkable interest in medicine. Although nanomedicine represents attractive concepts for the treatment of numerous systemic diseases, scant information is available on the controlled drug release characteristics of colloidal formulations following lung administration, which might be attributed to the lack of methods to follow their absorption and distribution behavior in the pulmonary environment.In this chapter, we describe the methods of preparation and characterization of drug-loaded polymeric nanoparticles prepared from biodegradable charge-modified branched polyesters, aerosolization of the nanosuspensions using a vibrating-mesh nebulizer, and evaluation of the pulmonary pharmacokinetics (i.e., absorption and distribution characteristics) of the nanoscale drug delivery vehicles following aerosol delivery to the airspace of an isolated lung model. The disclosed methodology may contribute to the design of advanced colloids for the treatment of respiratory disorders.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Inhalation
  • Aerosols
  • Animals
  • Colloids
  • Delayed-Action Preparations / chemistry
  • Delayed-Action Preparations / pharmacokinetics*
  • Drug Compounding / methods
  • Drug Liberation
  • Fluoresceins / pharmacokinetics*
  • Lung / drug effects*
  • Lung / physiology
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Nebulizers and Vaporizers
  • Organ Culture Techniques
  • Particle Size
  • Polyglactin 910 / analogs & derivatives*
  • Polyglactin 910 / chemistry
  • Polyvinyl Alcohol / chemistry*
  • Rabbits

Substances

  • Aerosols
  • Colloids
  • Delayed-Action Preparations
  • Fluoresceins
  • diethylaminopropyl amine-poly(vinyl alcohol)-grafted-poly(lactide-co-glycolide)
  • 6-carboxyfluorescein
  • Polyglactin 910
  • Polyvinyl Alcohol