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Solid drug particles encapsulated bead-on-string nanofibers: the control of bead number and its corresponding release
Tingxiao Li1, Lianmei Liu2, Lei Wang1
1a School of Fashion Technology, Shanghai University of Engineering Science , Shanghai , China.
Abstract:
Bead-on-string nanofibers are explored as potential carriers of micro-level solid drug particles in recent years in drug release and tissue engineering. The special alternating distribution of nanoscale fiber and micro beads satisfied the fully encapsulation of particle drugs and the corresponding sustained release. Antibiotic drug tetracycline hydrochloride (TCH) was used as solid model drug particles. The present study fabricated poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLG A) bead-on-string nanofibers with different TCH loading rates for the controlled drug delivery. Bead number (BN), as one of the crucial factors that determine the encapsulation capability, was successfully controlled by tailoring the electrospinning parameters: voltage, flow rate and distance. The in vitro release experiment analyze by UV-Visible light spectrophotometer indicated that the bead-on-string nanofiber with more BN would increase the total release quantity of TCH. The drug released from bead-on-string nanofibers was mainly driven by classical Fickian diffusion. PLGA bead-on-string nanofibers suggest the potential as promising substrate for solid drug particles delivery applications.
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