治療用ファージの製剤化と安定化:レビュー
Eleni Siafakas1, Hien T T Duong2, Jonathan R Iredell3
1Sydney Pharmacy School, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
International journal of antimicrobial agents
|February 27, 2026
まとめ
バクテリオファージ(ファージ)は有望な抗生物質代替薬ですが、保存安定性の低さがその使用を妨げています。このレビューは、治療用途のための製剤化と保存を改善することを目的として、ファージの生存能力に影響を与える要因を調査します。
科学分野:
- 微生物学; バイオテクノロジー; 製薬科学
背景:
- バクテリオファージ(ファージ)は、耐性菌に対する抗生物質の代替として可能性を示しています。ファージ療法の市販化における現在の限界は、ファージ製剤の保存安定性の低さに起因しています。ファージの多様性と様々な保存方法により、標準化された製剤アプローチが不足しています。
研究 の 目的:
- 治療用ファージの保存安定性に影響を与える要因に関する既存の文献をレビューすること。ファージ製剤化および安定化戦略における知識のギャップを特定すること。ファージ調製物の長期保存を改善するための将来の研究を導くこと。
主な方法:
- タンパク質および生物学的製剤の製剤データと統合した文献レビュー。容器材料、緩衝液、塩/イオン、pH、温度、ポリマー、界面活性剤、および半固形製剤の影響の検討。ファージ生存能力喪失メカニズムの分析。
主要な成果:
- 保存安定性はファージ依存性であり、様々な製剤および保存パラメータの影響を受けます。生存能力喪失のメカニズムには、表面吸着、コロイド不安定性、凝集、および構造的/機能的妥協が含まれます。容器の種類、pH、温度、賦形剤などの多様な要因がファージの安定性に大きく影響します。
結論:
- ファージ療法の臨床的実行可能性を高めるためには、標準化された製剤プロトコルが必要です。治療用の大量生産のためのファージ安定化を最適化するには、さらなる研究が必要です。製剤の課題に取り組むことは、ファージ療法の可能性を最大限に引き出すために不可欠です。
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