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Nath AG, Dubey P, Kumar A, Vaiphei KK, Rosenholm JM, Bansal KK, Gulbake A. Recent Advances in the Use of Cubosomes as Drug Carriers with Special Emphasis on Topical Applications. J Lipids 2024; 2024:2683466. [PMID: 39022452 PMCID: PMC11254465 DOI: 10.1155/2024/2683466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/15/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024] Open
Abstract
Topical drug delivery employing drug nanocarriers has shown prominent results in treating topical ailments, especially those confined to the skin and eyes. Conventional topical formulations persist with drug and disease-related challenges during treatment. Various nanotechnology-driven approaches have been adopted to mitigate the issues associated with conventional formulations. Among these, cubosomes have shown potential applications owing to their liquid crystalline structure, which aids in bioadhesion, retention, sustained release, and loading hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties. The phase transition behavior of glyceryl monooleate, the concentration of stabilizers, and critical packing parameters are crucial parameters that affect the formation of cubosomes. Microfluidics-based approaches constitute a recent advance in technologies for generating stable cubosomes. This review covers the recent topical applications of cubosomes for treating skin (psoriasis, skin cancer, cutaneous candidiasis, acne, and alopecia) and eye (fungal keratitis, glaucoma, conjunctivitis, and uveitis) diseases. The article summarizes the manufacturing and biological challenges (skin and ocular barriers) that must be considered and encountered for successful clinical outcomes. The patented products are successful examples of technological advancements within cosmeceuticals that support various topical applications with cubosomes in the pharmaceutical field.
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- A. Gowri Nath
- Department of PharmaceuticsNational Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati, Assam 781101, India
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- Department of PharmaceuticsNational Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati, Assam 781101, India
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- Department of PharmaceuticsNational Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati, Assam 781101, India
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- Department of PharmaceuticsNational Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati, Assam 781101, India
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences LaboratoryFaculty of Science and EngineeringÅbo Akademi University, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences LaboratoryFaculty of Science and EngineeringÅbo Akademi University, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Department of PharmaceuticsNational Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati, Assam 781101, India
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Singh A, Rakshit D, Kumar A, Mishra A, Shukla R. Formulation and Characterization of Silibinin Entrapped Nano-Liquid Crystals for Activity against Aβ 1-42 Neurotoxicity in In-Vivo Model. AAPS PharmSciTech 2024; 25:149. [PMID: 38954224 DOI: 10.1208/s12249-024-02859-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Silibinin (SIL) Encapsulated Nanoliquid Crystalline (SIL-NLCs) particles were prepared to study neuroprotective effect against amyloid beta (Aβ1-42) neurotoxicity in Balb/c mice model. Theses NLCs were prepared through hot emulsification and probe sonication technique. The pharmacodynamics was investigatigated on Aβ1-42 intracerebroventricular (ICV) injected Balb/c mice. The particle size, zeta potential and drug loading were optimized to be 153 ± 2.5 nm, -21 mV, and 8.2%, respectively. Small angle X-ray (SAXS) and electron microscopy revealed to crystalline shape of SIL-NLCs. Thioflavin T (ThT) fluroscence and circular dichroism (CD) technique were employed to understand monomer inhibition effect of SIL-NLCs on Aβ1-4. In neurobehavioral studies, SIL-NLCs exhibited enhanced mitigation of memory impairment induced on by Aβ1-42 in T-maze and new object recognition test (NORT). Whereas biochemical and histopathological estimation of brain samples showed reduction in level of Aβ1-42 aggregate, acetylcholine esterase (ACHE) and reactive oxygen species (ROS). SIL-NLCs treated animal group showed higher protection against Aβ1-42 toxicity compared to free SIL and Donopezil (DPZ). Therefore SIL-NLCs promises great prospect in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
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- Ajit Singh
- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Raebareli, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226002, India
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) - Guwahati, Changsari, Kamrup, Assam-781101, India
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) - Guwahati, Changsari, Kamrup, Assam-781101, India
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) - Guwahati, Changsari, Kamrup, Assam-781101, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Raebareli, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226002, India.
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Di Spirito N, Grizzuti N, Lutz-Bueno V, Urciuoli G, Auriemma F, Pasquino R. Pluronic F68 Micelles as Carriers for an Anti-Inflammatory Drug: A Rheological and Scattering Investigation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:1544-1554. [PMID: 38166478 PMCID: PMC10795184 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/04/2024]
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Age-long ambition of medical scientists has always been advancement in healthcare and therapeutic medicine. Biomedical research indeed claims paramount importance in nanomedicine and drug delivery, and the development of biocompatible storage structures for delivering drugs stands at the heart of emerging scientific works. The delivery of drugs into the human body is nevertheless a nontrivial and challenging task, and it is often addressed by using amphiphilic compounds as nanosized delivery vehicles. Pluronics belong to a peculiar class of biocompatible and thermosensitive nonionic amphiphilic copolymers, and their self-assemblies are employed as drug delivery excipients because of their unique properties. We herein report on the encapsulation of diclofenac sodium within Pluronic F68 self-assemblies in water, underpinning the impact of the drug on the rheological and microstructural evolution of pluronic-based systems. The self-assembly and thermoresponsive micellization were studied through isothermal steady rheological experiments at different temperatures on samples containing 45 wt % Pluronic F68 and different amounts of diclofenac sodium. The adoption of scattering techniques, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), allowed for the description of the system features at the nanometer length scale, providing information about the characteristic size of each part of the micellar structures as a function of temperature and drug concentration. Diclofenac sodium is not a good fellow for Pluronic F68. The triblock copolymer aids the encapsulation of the drug, highly improving its water solubility, whereas diclofenac sodium somehow hinders Pluronic self-assembly. By using a simple empirical model and no fitting parameters, the steady viscosity can be predicted, although qualitatively, through the volume fraction of the micelles extracted through scattering techniques and compared to the rheological one. A tunable control of the viscous behavior of such biomedical systems may be achieved through the suitable choice of their composition.
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- DICMaPI, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, P. le Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Laboratory
for Neutron Scattering & Imaging, Paul
Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche, Università di
Napoli “Federico II”, Complesso Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche, Università di
Napoli “Federico II”, Complesso Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- DICMaPI, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, P. le Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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Huang Y, Chang Z, Xia X, Zhao Z, Zhang X, Huang Z, Wu C, Pan X. Current and evolving knowledge domains of cubosome studies in the new millennium. JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH 2023; 25:176. [DOI: 10.1007/s11051-023-05823-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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Yooyod M, Ross S, Phewchan P, Daengmankhong J, Pinthong T, Tuancharoensri N, Mahasaranon S, Viyoch J, Ross GM. Homo- and Copolymer Hydrogels Based on N-Vinylformamide: An Investigation of the Impact of Water Structure on Controlled Release. Gels 2023; 9:gels9040333. [PMID: 37102945 PMCID: PMC10138162 DOI: 10.3390/gels9040333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 04/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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This study investigated the performance of novel hydrogels based on poly (N-vinylformamide) (PNVF), copolymers of NVF with N-hydroxyethyl acrylamide (HEA) (P(NVF-co-HEA)), and 2-carboxyethyl acrylate (CEA) (P(NVF-co-CEA)), which were synthesized by photopolymerization using a UVLED light source. The hydrogels were analyzed for important properties such as equilibrium water content (%EWC), contact angle, freezing and non-freezing water, and diffusion-based in vitro release. The results showed that PNVF had an extremely high %EWC of 94.57%, while a decreasing NVF content in the copolymer hydrogels led to a decrease in water content with a linear relationship with HEA or CEA content. Water structuring in the hydrogels showed appreciably more variance, with ratios of free to bound water differing from 16.7:1 (NVF) to 1.3:1 (CEA), corresponding to PNVF having ~67 water molecules per repeat unit. The release studies of different dye molecules followed Higuchi's model, with the amount of dye released from the hydrogels depending on the amount of free water and the structural interactions between the polymer and the molecule being released. The results suggest that PNVF copolymer hydrogels have potential for controlled drug delivery by altering the polymer composition to govern the amount and ratio of free to bound water contained in the hydrogels.
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- Maytinee Yooyod
- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Center of Excellence in Biomaterials, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Center of Excellence in Biomaterials, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Biopolymer Group, Department of Chemistry, Center of Excellence in Biomaterials, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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Box-Behnken design optimized silibinin loaded glycerylmonooleate nanoliquid crystal for brain targeting. Chem Phys Lipids 2022; 244:105193. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2022.105193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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