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ArticlePharmaceutical research2016

An In Vitro Thrombolysis Study Using a Mixture of Fast-Acting and Slower Release Microspheres.

Hoai X Nguyen, Edgar A O'Rear

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Article in Pharmaceutical research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Hoai X NguyenSchool of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd, SEC, T301, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019, USA.
Edgar A O'RearSchool of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd, SEC, T301, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019, USA. eorear@ou.edu.
University of Oklahoma · US

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Abstract

purposeTo test the hypothesis that a mixture combining fast and slower release rate microspheres can restore blood flow rapidly and prevent formation of another blockage in thrombolysis.

methodsWe used polyethylene glycol (PEG) microspheres which provide the release of the encapsulated streptokinase (SK) on the scale of minutes, and Eudragit FS30D (Eud), a polymethacrylate polymer, for development of delayed release microspheres which were desirable to prevent a putative second thrombus. Eud microspheres were coated with chitosan (CS) to further extend half-life. Experiments included the development, characterization of Eud/SK and CS-Eud/SK microspheres, and in vitro thrombolytic studies of the mixtures of PEG/SK and Eud /SK microspheres and of PEG/SK and CS-Eud/SK microspheres.

resultsCS-Eud/SK microspheres have slightly lower encapsulation efficiency, reduced activity of SK, and a much slower release of SK when compared with microspheres of Eud/SK microspheres. Counter-intuitively, slower release leads to faster thrombolysis after reocclusion as a result of greater retention of agent and the mechanism of distributed intraclot thrombolysis.

conclusionsA mixture of PEG/SK and CS-Eud/SK microspheres could break up the blood clot rapidly while providing clot-lytic efficacy in prevention of a second blockage up to 4 h.

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ChitosanDrug CompoundingFibrinolytic AgentsHalf-LifeHumansMicrospheresParticle SizePolyethylene GlycolsPolymersPolymethacrylic AcidsStreptokinaseThrombolytic TherapyThrombosisChitosanFibrinolytic Agentsmethylmethacrylate-methacrylic acid copolymerPolyethylene GlycolsPolymersPolymethacrylic AcidsStreptokinasechitosanencapsulationeudragitreocclusionthrombolysis

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