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ArticlePharmaceutical research2010

Measurement and modeling of diffusion kinetics of a lipophilic molecule across rabbit cornea.

Chhavi Gupta, Anuj Chauhan, Raj Mutharasan, Sangly P Srinivas

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Article in Pharmaceutical research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chhavi GuptaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Anuj Chauhan
Raj Mutharasan
Sangly P Srinivas
University of Florida · USDrexel University · USIndiana University Bloomington · US

Funding

Kinetics of Drug Penetration Across the Cornea at a Microscopic LevelR21EY019119 · NEI · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI SRINIVAS, SANGLY P · 2008 to 2009
$410k
NEI NIH HHS R21-EY019119
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo develop a kinetic model for representing the diffusion and partitioning of Rhodamine B (RhB), a fluorescent lipophilic molecule, across the cornea for gaining insights into pharmacokinetics of topical drugs to the eye.

methodsRabbit corneas mounted underneath a custom-built scanning microfluorometer were perfused with Ringers on both sides of the tissue. After a step change in RhB on the tear side, transients of trans-corneal fluorescence of RhB were measured at a depth resolution approximately 8 microm.

resultsRhB distribution exhibited discontinuities at the interface between epithelium and stroma, and between stroma and endothelium. In each of the layers, fluorescence was non-uniform. Fluorescence was elevated in the epithelium and endothelium relative to the stroma. Modeling of RhB transport by diffusion in each layer and stipulation of partitioning of RhB at the cellular interfaces were required to account for trans-corneal penetration kinetics of RhB. The model parameters, estimated using the unsteady state trans-corneal RhB profiles, were found to be sensitive, and the model predicted the experimental profiles accurately.

conclusionsConventional pharmacokinetic models that depict cornea as a single compartment do not predict the depth-dependent kinetics of RhB penetration. The proposed model incorporates realistic transport mechanisms and thereby highlights the influence of physicochemical properties of drugs on trans-corneal kinetics.

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Biological TransportAnimalsCorneaDiffusionEndothelium, CornealEpithelium, CornealKineticsModels, BiologicalRabbitsRhodaminesrhodamine BRhodamines

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PMID20182774
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