A new muscarinic receptor antagonist, 5-hydroxymethyl tolterodine (5-HMT), was successfully encapsulated into PLGA microspheres.
With an increase of PLGA concentration from 15% to 40%, encapsulation efficiency of 5-HMT increased from 55.39% to 76.32%, and the particle size of microsphere increased from 34.33 to 70.48 µm. Increasing the homogenisation speed from 850 to 2300 rpm, the particle size was reduced about 65%.The in vitro and in vivo studies in beagle dogs show that the release profile of 5-HMT-loaded microspheres (5-HMT MS) prepared with 503H is characterised by a low initial burst followed by slow release that lasted for 2 weeks. A Cmax of 1.617 ± 0.392 ng/mL was found on the sixth day. When evaluated for inhibition of the carbachol-induced contraction of rat urinary bladder, 5-HMT MS showed a much longer and more potent effect than tolterodine tablets. The mean urination time of the rats in the 5-HMT MS group was significantly decreased (p < 0.05 or p < 0.01) to less than 2 weeks.
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Teng L, Jiang C, Sun F, Li C, Teng L, Meng Q, Lee RJ, Li Y. Are you the author?
College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.
Reference: J Microencapsul. 2012 Aug 3. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.3109/02652048.2012.704950
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 22861176
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