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Yehan Li1, Fei Liu1, Jiajing Che1
1Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, China.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to prepare sodium glycocholate liposomes (SGC-Lip) encapsulating semaglutide (Sml) to improve oral bioavailability and better exert hypoglycemic effect. In this paper, SGC-Lip was prepared by reverse-phase evaporation method with particle size around 140 nm, potential around -27 mV, rounded morphology and better stability. The hypoglycemic and intestinal uptake effects of SGC-Lip and cholesterol-containing liposomes (CH-Lip) were comparatively investigated in rats, and the oral safety of SGC-Lip was examined by cytotoxicity assay. The results indicate that SGC-Lip can achieve a hypoglycemic effect of 40% of the initial value within 12 hours, and the AAC0-12h is approximately six times that of CH-Lip without sodium glycocholate. The results of the cytotoxicity tests indicate that SGC-Lip has good oral safety. SGC-Lip enhances the absorption of semaglutide in the small intestinal villi via an apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (ASBT)-mediated pathway with the highest penetration at the ileal site. In summary, the oral bioavailability of semaglutide can be improved by encapsulating semaglutide in SGC-Lip and utilizing the stabilizing and permeation-promoting effects of SGC on liposomes.
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