STUDY ON TARGETING DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM——THE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR IN VIVO AFTER HEPATIC ARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION OF METHOTRAXATE MICROSPHERE

The cross-linked MTX-gelatin microsphere was chosen as an experimental model. Pharmacokinetics and biodegradable period of the microsphere were studied after hepatic arterial emblization in vivo in dogs. After hepatic arterial infusion, the concentration of MTX-ms in peripheral vein blood increased rapidly and declined slowly. In contrast, the peak time of the drug concentration of infused MTX solution appeared at once and decreased rapidly. The half-life of MTX-ms in vivo was 2.14 times as much as that of MTX solution. During the assay period of sixteen hours the drug concentration of MTX-ms in hepatic vein blood was constantly higher than that of MTX solution. The follow-up angiography revealed that microsphere is a kind of peripheral embolic agent and its degradable time in vivo is about one month. Both sustained release and embolization effecttiveness of microsphere will be significant in treatment of hepatic cancer.