Microgels of silylated HPMC as a multimodal system for drug co-encapsulation

Publication date: 5 November 2017 Source:International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Volume 532, Issue 2 Author(s): Mohamed Zayed, Corine Tourne-Peteilh, Michel Ramonda, Gildas Rethore, Pierre Weiss, Jean Martinez, Gilles Subra, Ahmad Mehdi, Jean-Marie Devoisselle, Philippe Legrand Combined therapy is a global strategy developed to prevent drug resistance in cancer and infectious diseases. In this field, there is a need of multifunctional drug delivery systems able to co-encapsulate small drug molecules, peptides, proteins, associated to targeting functions, nanoparticles. Silylated hydrogels are alkoxysilane hybrid polymers that can be engaged in a sol−gel process, providing chemical cross linking in physiological conditions, and functionalized biocompatible hybrid materials. In the present work, microgels were prepared with silylated (hydroxypropyl)methyl cellulose (Si-HPMC) that was chemically cross linked in soft conditions of pH and temperature. They were prepared by an emulsion templating process, water in oil (W/O), as microreactors where the condensation reaction took place. The ability to functionalize the microgels, so-called FMGs, in a one-pot process, was evaluated by grafting a silylated hydrophilic model drug, fluorescein (Si-Fluor), using the same reaction of condensation. Biphasic microgels (BPMGs) were prepared to evaluate their potential to encapsulate lipophilic model drug (Nile red). They were composed of two separate compartments, one oily phase...
Source: International Journal of Pharmaceutics - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research