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Fluorescence-mediated Tomography for the Detection and Quantification of Macrophage-related Murine Intestinal Inflammation
Published on: December 15, 2017
Inflammation-specific targeted carriers for local drug delivery to inflammatory bowel disease
Niranjan G Kotla1, Rajbir Singh2, Becca V Baby2
1CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland.
Abstract:
Delivering drugs directly to the inflamed intestinal sites to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), particularly Crohn's and ulcerative colitis, is highly challenging. Recent advances in colitis therapy medications are expanding opportunities for improving local on-site drug availability by minimising the associated systemic side-effects. Drug delivery with targeted carrier systems has shown the potential to increase site-specificity, stability, and therapeutic efficacy. Herein, we report the development of a strong anionic charged inflammation targeted nanocarriers (IT-NCs) loaded with an immunosuppressant model drug. This system showed preferential adhesion on a charge-modified surface in vitro, and in both dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) and TNBS colitis mice in vivo models. IT-NCs showed improved colitis phenotype therapeutic efficacy in both animal models compared to free drug. Furthermore, ex vivo study of colon tissue biopsies from patients with colitis revealed that IT-NCs adhered preferentially to inflamed biopsies compared to normal. Together, our results suggest that IT-NCs have promising therapeutic potential as delivery carriers' in colitis management.
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