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Generation of Alginate Microspheres for Biomedical Applications
Published on: August 12, 2012
One-Step Microfluidic Coating of Phospholipid Microbubbles with Natural Alginate Polymer as a Delivery System for
Esra Ilhan-Ayisigi1,2,3, Pelin Saglam-Metiner1, Giuliana Manzi3
1Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University, Bornova-Izmir, 35100, Turkey.
Abstract:
In this study, the neoplastic drug frequently used in the treatment of lung cancer, carboplatin is loaded to microbubbles via a microfluidic platform. In order to increase the drug loading capacity of microbubbles, carboplatin is encapsulated into alginate polymer layer. The phospholipid microbubbles (MBs) are synthesized by MicroSphere Creator, which is connected with T-junction and micromixer for the treatment with CaCl2 solution to provide gelation of the alginate coated phospholipid microbubbles (AMBs). The carboplatin loaded alginate coated phospholipid microbubbles (CAMBs) result in 12.2 ± 0.21 µm mean size, obtained by mixing with 0.05% CaCl2 using T-junction. The cytotoxic activities of the synthesized MBs, AMBs, and CAMBs are also investigated with the 3-(4,5-Dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide) (MTT) and live/dead fluorescent dying assays in the A549 and BEAS-2B cell lines. The one-step microfluidic coating of lipid microbubbles with natural alginate polymer appears to be a promising strategy for enhanced drug reservoir properties.
