Abstract:
AIM To improve the treatment efficacy and reduce the side effect of 5-fluorouracil (5-Fu), liver targeted 5-Fu solid lipid nanoparticles (5-FuE-SLN) were prepared. METHODS 5-Fu as model drug, was esterified with stearyl chloride. The resulted compound
N1-stearyl-5-Fu (prodrug) was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance and infrared spectrometry. The prodrug was used to prepare 5-Fu solid lipid nanoparticles (5-FuE-SLN) by the method of physical agglomeration. Transmission electron microscopy was employed to study the shape, mean size and particle distribution of 5-FuE-SLN. The drug loading, the
in vitro drug release characteristics, the
in vivo drug distribution and pharmacokinetics in animal were also investigated. RESULTS The finding showed that the average diameter was 240.19 nm, drug loading was 20.53%. The
in vitro release characteristics investigated fitted to first-order pharmacokinetic model. In order to investigate the targeting effect of 5-FuE-SLN, the concentrations of 5-fluorouracil in plasma, liver, lung, heart, spleen and kidney of mice were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) after intravenous administration. The study on
in vivo distribution indicated that the fate of 5-FuE-SLN was different from that of free 5-Fu. The mean content of 5-Fu in liver was 67.3% for 5-FuE-SLN group, 37.52% greater than the control group. It was demonstrated that 5-FuE-SLN has selective targeting to liver tissue. The pharmacokinetics of 5-FuE-SLN lyophilized powders in rabbits after intravenous administration was studied by HPLC. The plasma concentration-time curve of 5-FuE-SLN obeyed two-compartment model. The pharmacokinetic parameters of 5-FuE-SLN were as follows:
Vc=0.043361 L.kg
-1,
T1/2α= 0.080714 h,
T1/2β=1.283457 h, CL
s=0.163265 L.h
-1. CONCLUSION Using prodrug to enhance drug liposoluble properties and the method of preparation of the liver targeted 5-FuE-SLN lyophilized powders by physical agglomeration presented in this paper seem to have significant advantages and important reference value.