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ArticleACS biomaterials science & engineering2022

Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Improve Oral Delivery of Antitubercular Bicyclic Nitroimidazoles.

Chee Wei Ang, Lendl Tan, Zhi Qu, Nicholas P West, Matthew A Cooper, Amirali Popat, Mark A T Blaskovich

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Article in ACS biomaterials science & engineering, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Chee Wei AngCentre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4512-2592
Lendl TanSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9955-2440
Zhi QuSchool of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia.
Nicholas P WestSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0955-9890
Matthew A CooperCentre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3147-3460
Amirali PopatSchool of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5401-3446
Mark A T BlaskovichCentre for Superbug Solutions, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9447-2292

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 104797/Z/14/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pretomanid and MCC7433, a novel nitroimidazopyrazinone analog, are promising antitubercular agents that belong to the bicyclic nitroimidazole family. Despite possessing high cell permeability, they suffer from poor aqueous solubility and require specialized formulations in order to be orally bioavailable. To address this limitation, we investigated the use of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MCM-41) as drug carriers. MCM-41 nanoparticles were synthesized using a sol-gel method, and their surface was further modified with amine and phosphonate groups. A simple rotary evaporation method was used to incorporate the compounds of interest into the nanoparticles, leading to a high encapsulation efficiency of ≥86% with ∼10% loading (w/w). An overall significant improvement of solubility was also observed, and the pharmacological activity of pretomanid and MCC7433 was fully retained when tested in vitro against

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NanoparticlesNitroimidazolesOrganophosphonatesAminesAnimalsAntitubercular AgentsDrug CarriersMiceSilicon DioxideAminesAntitubercular AgentsDrug CarriersMCM-41NitroimidazolesOrganophosphonatespretomanidSilicon Dioxidemesoporous silica nanoparticlesnitroimidazoleoral deliverysolubilitytuberculosis

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PMID34464089
PMCPMC9554870

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