Dissolution behavior of diclofenac sodium (DS) from wax matrix granules (WMGs) prepared using a twin-screw compounding extruder is closely related to swelling ability and solubility of the rate-controlling agent employed. A swellable and soluble (hydroxypropyl)-cellulose (HPC-SL) generates both an expansion of pores inside WMGs and a structural change observed as cracking on the surface of WMGs. These changes are confirmed by mercury porosimetry. Release of DS was increased with an increase in the amount of HPC-SL in WMGs, but only 35% of DS was released from WMGs containing 73% (w/w) NaCl at the 24 h point of the dissolution. Further, no cracking was observed on the surface of NaCl-containing WMGs. A linear relationship between mean dissolution time (MDT) of DS for WMGs containing different types of HPC (HPC-SL, -M, and -H) and swelling abilities suggests that release of DS could be directly controlled by swelling of HPCs. In addition to this result, an application of the exponential model (Mt/M infinity = kt(n)) introduced by Ritger and Peppas (J. Controlled Release 1987, 5, 23-36) to DS release indicates that case II release plays a critical role in HPC-SL-containing WMGs and Fickian release is predominant in NaCl-containing WMGs since the values of n of WMGs containing 73% (w/w) NaCl and 40% (w/w) HPC-SL are 0.41 and 0.71, respectively. These results suggest that proper selection of rate-controlling agents based on their physicochemical properties (such as swelling ability and solubility) is important in designing WMGs with desired dissolution profiles.
The pharmaceutical properties of TRX-liposomes due to their preferential binding to mesangial cells and long circulation time make this a likely candidate system for targeted drug delivery to the inflamed glomeruli of glomerulonephritis.
Newly formulated cationic liposomes (TRX-liposomes) with four different mean diameters were injected into twelve male rats via the lateral tail vein in order to evaluate the effect of liposomal size on pharmacokinetic parameters. TRX-liposomes disappeared from the blood according to the one-compartment model and demonstrated maximum and minimum half-lives of ca. 14 h (mean diameter of 114.3 nm) and ca. 5 h (mean diameter of 285.9 nm), respectively. This prolonged half-life tended to decrease at the boundary of 114.3 nm mean diameter. The optimal size (114.3 nm) for prolonged circulation of TRX-liposomes was consistent with that of pegylated liposomes such as Doxil((R)), however, the half-life was different among these liposomes. The electric charge of the TRX-liposomal surface is assumed to be responsible for this difference. The results of the present study will be very useful in the design of long-circulating cationic liposomes.
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