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KMID : 1377020170140060743
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Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
2017 Volume.14 No. 6 p.743 ~ p.753
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Effect of Drug Carrier Melting Points on Drug Release of Dexamethasone-Loaded Microspheres
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Park Ji-Hoon
Kwon Doo-Yeon
Heo Ji-Yeon
Park Seung-Hun
Park Joon-Yeong
Lee Bong
Kim Jae-Ho
Kim Moon-Suk
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Abstract
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Here, we examined the effect of melting point of drug carriers on drug release of dexamethasone (Dex)-loaded microspheres. We prepared poly(L-lactide-ran-ε-caprolactone) (PLC) copolymers with varying compositions of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) and poly(L-lactide) (PLLA). As the PLLA content increased, the melting points of PLC copolymers decreased from 61 to 43 °C. PLC copolymers in vials solubilized at 40?50 °C according to the incorporation of PLLA into the PCL segment. Dexamethasone (Dex)-loaded PLC (MCxLy) microspheres were prepared by the oil-in-water (O/W) solvent evaporation/extraction method. The preparation yields were above 70%, and the mean particle size ranged from 30 to 90 μm. The MCxLy microspheres also showed controllable melting points in the range of 40?60 °C. Dex-loaded MCxLy microspheres showed similar in vitro and in vivo sustained release patterns after the initial burst of Dex. The in vitro and in vivo order of the Dex release was MC80L20 > MC90L10 > MC95L5, which agreed well with the melting point order of the drug carrier. Using in vivo fluorescence imaging of fluorescein (FI)-loaded microspheres implanted in animals, we confirmed the sustained release of FI over an extended period. In vivo inflammation associated with the PLC microsphere implants was less pronounced than that associated with Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA). In conclusion, we successfully demonstrated that it is possible to control Dex release using Dex-loaded MCxLy microspheres with different melting points.
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KEYWORD
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Microsphere, Block copolymer, Melting point, Drug release, Dexamethasone
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