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ArticlePharmaceutical research2017

Comparison of Dialysis- and Solvatofluorochromism-Based Methods to Determine Drug Release Rates from Polymer Nanoassemblies.

Derek Reichel, Younsoo Bae

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Article in Pharmaceutical research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Derek ReichelDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 789 South Limestone, Lexington, Kentucky, 40536-0596, USA.
Younsoo BaeDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 789 South Limestone, Lexington, Kentucky, 40536-0596, USA. younsoo.bae@uky.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1360-3524
University of Kentucky · US

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purposeTo compare traditional dialysis- and novel solvatofluorochromism (SFC)-based methods for accurate determination of drug release profiles for nanoparticle drug carriers.

methodsPolymer nanoassemblies (PNAs) varying in drug release patterns were prepared using poly(ethylene glycol), poly(ethylenimine), hydrophobic excipients (palmitate and deoxycholate), and model hydrophobic anticancer drugs with clinical relevance (carfilzomib and docetaxel). Nile blue (NB) was used as a model SFC dye quenching fluorescence in water yet emitting strong fluorescence in the presence of hydrophobic drugs within PNAs. Drug release kinetics were measured by dialysis- and SFC-based methods, and analyzed by mathematical modeling of free drug, spiked drug, and encapsulated drug release.

resultsThe dialysis method overestimated drug remaining in PNAs because it included released drug in measurements, whereas the SFC method successfully distinguished drugs entrapped in PNAs from released in solution and thus provided more accurate drug release patterns. However, mathematical modeling revealed that the dialysis method would be less influenced than the SFC method by hydrophobic excipients modulating drug diffusion within PNAs.

conclusionsIn comparison to the dialysis-based method, the SFC-based method would allow for real-time spectroscopic determination of drug release from PNAs and potentially other nanoparticle drug carriers with improved convenience and accuracy.

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Deoxycholic AcidDiffusionDrug CarriersDrug LiberationExcipientsFluorescenceHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsKineticsNanoparticlesPalmitatesPharmaceutical PreparationsPolyethylene GlycolsPolyethyleneiminePolymersDeoxycholic AcidDrug CarriersExcipientsPalmitatesPharmaceutical PreparationsPolyethylene GlycolsPolyethyleneiminePolymerscontrolled drug releasedrug release kineticsmathematical modelingnanoparticlessolvatofluorochromism

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