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Ortega V, Giorgio S, de Paula E. Liposomal formulations in the pharmacological treatment of leishmaniasis: a review. J Liposome Res 2017; 27:234-248. [DOI: 10.1080/08982104.2017.1376682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Vanessa Ortega
- Department of Biochemistry and Tissue Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
- Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Tissue Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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Martins VHG, Rodrigues MR, Mascarenhas LD, de Azambuja CRL, Londoño JL, de Lima VR. The effect of furazolidone on the physico-chemical properties of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine bilayers: Relevance to anti-leishmanial therapy. J Mol Struct 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2013.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Momeni A, Rasoolian M, Momeni A, Navaei A, Emami S, Shaker Z, Mohebali M, Khoshdel A. Development of liposomes loaded with anti-leishmanial drugs for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis. J Liposome Res 2013; 23:134-44. [PMID: 23350940 DOI: 10.3109/08982104.2012.762519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by different species of Leishmania parasites and its available treatments have not yet provided a strong consistent result. The weak response of current chemotherapeutics is due to their deficient effects on stealth parasites inside macrophages, rapid clearance from the site of action and systemic side effects in high doses. Liposomal formulation of anti-leishmanial drugs could overcome these problems. In this study, different liposomal formulations of three famous anti-leishmanial drugs: Glucantime®, miltefosine and paromomycin were prepared by a modified freeze-drying double emulsion method. Liposome size, zeta potential and encapsulation efficiency were evaluated, and their imaging was carried out by means of atomic force microscopy. Three formulations were evaluated in vivo by subcutaneous injection into skin lesions caused by Leishmania major in BALB/c mice. Encapsulation efficiency of prepared liposomes was up to 90%; however, they inherited a bimodal size distribution that caused their encapsulation efficiency to decrease to 50% during filtering sterilization. Besides, the effect of surface charge was significant on preparation procedure, size and encapsulation efficiency. All three formulations reduced amastigote counts and lesion size but only miltefosine-loaded formulations had significant therapeutic effects compared with control group (p < 0.05).
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- Arash Momeni
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
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Frézard F, Demicheli C. New delivery strategies for the old pentavalent antimonial drugs. Expert Opin Drug Deliv 2010; 7:1343-58. [DOI: 10.1517/17425247.2010.529897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Wassef NM, Swartz GM, Berman JD, Wilhelmsen CL, Alving CR. Toxic effects of antileishmanial reverse-phase evaporation liposomes containing dicetyl phosphate in monkeys. Drug Deliv 2008. [DOI: 10.3109/10717549509031368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Lemke A, Kiderlen AF, Kayser O. Amphotericin B. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2005; 68:151-62. [PMID: 15821914 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-1955-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2005] [Revised: 02/28/2005] [Accepted: 03/01/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Invasive fungal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunodeficient individuals (such as AIDS patients) and in transplant recipients or tumor patients undergoing immunosuppressive chemotherapy. Amphotericin B is one of the oldest, yet most efficient antimycotic agents. However, its usefulness is limited due to dose-dependent side-effects, notably nephrotoxicity. In order to improve its safety margin, new pharmaceutical formulations of amphotericin B have been designed especially to reduce its detrimental effects on the kidneys. Since the 1980s, a wide variety of new amphotericin B formulations have been brought forward for clinical testing, many of which were approved and reached market value in the 1990s. This review describes and discusses the molecular genetics, pharmacological, toxicological, and clinical aspects of amphotericin B itself and many of its innovative formulations.
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- A Lemke
- Institute of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, Biotechnology, and Quality Management, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 12169, Germany
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Kayser O, Olbrich C, Croft SL, Kiderlen AF. Formulation and biopharmaceutical issues in the development of drug delivery systems for antiparasitic drugs. Parasitol Res 2003; 90 Suppl 2:S63-70. [PMID: 12937968 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0769-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The development of really new antiparasitic drugs to market level is a very rare event. A large number of lead structures have already been screened and discarded, the market is large but poor, and the administrative barriers are increasingly high and costly. Novel antiparasitics must not only be better, they must also be substantially safer than the existing repertoire. There are two major aspects to drug development. One is the strategy of pathogen-specific biochemical intervention, the other the strategy of optimal formulation and application. This review focuses on the latter. In finding and adapting innovative and "intelligent", i.e. parasite- and disease-specific formulations and delivery systems, established but deficient drugs might be optimised, enhancing their efficiency and reducing negative side effects at relatively low cost. Further, many promising new ideas are severely hampered by the low water solubility of the antiparasitic drug. Here as well, some of the innovative drug formulation and delivery systems discussed below might offer highly efficient, while technologically simple, solutions.
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- O Kayser
- Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Pharmazie, Pharmazeutische Technologie, Biopharmazie und Biotechnologie, Kelchstrasse 31, 12169 Berlin, Germany.
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Liposomes have gained increased attention as systemic drug delivery vehicles following recent regulatory approvals of several vesicle-formulated drugs. These products have demonstrated improved therapeutic indices over their corresponding conventional drugs by avoiding sensitive tissues and/or increasing delivery to specific targets in vivo. They have achieved these improvements primarily through physical means: (1) by retaining drug within vesicles while in the circulation, thus avoiding or minimizing uptake by sensitive normal tissues; and (2) by selectively extravasating into target tissues, releasing active drug. In order to improve upon these therapies in the future, clinically active liposome delivery systems most likely will need to include site-directed surface ligands to further enhance their selective delivery. This may be crucial for the in vivo transport and delivery of macromolecules, including antisense, oligonucleotide aptamers, and genes, which-unlike most conventional drugs-do not circulate well and often require cellular uptake by fusion, endocytosis, or other processes to reach their active sites. This manuscript reviews technologies applicable to directing liposomes and their contents to selected in vivo targets using surface-bound, site-specific ligands. Presented are the biological barriers to be overcome, criteria for selecting the determinants to be targeted, various targeting ligands and overall delivery system design considerations. Several novel targets as well as novel ligand constructs for site-directed therapy are reviewed and discussed. Systemic liposome therapy, which currently must be administered by the intravenous route, is the principal focus of this analysis.
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- M Willis
- NeXstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Boulder, CO, USA
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- A C Allison
- Dawa Corporation, Belmont, California 94002, USA
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Pinto-Alphandary H, Balland O, Laurent M, Andremont A, Puisieux F, Couvreur P. Intracellular visualization of ampicillin-loaded nanoparticles in peritoneal macrophages infected in vitro with Salmonella typhimurium. Pharm Res 1994; 11:38-46. [PMID: 8140054 DOI: 10.1023/a:1018985308984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Intracellular targeting of ampicillin by means of polyisohexylcyanoacrylate (PIHCA) nanoparticles was studied in murine peritoneal macrophages infected with Salmonella typhimurium. The intracellular distribution of actively endocytosed nanoparticles was visualized by transmission electron microscopy and confocal microscopy. Nanoparticles were either isolated or closely associated with bacteria within phagosomes or phagolysosomes. Thus the potential of ampicillin-loaded nanoparticles in targeting of intracellular bacteria is demonstrated. Consequently, ampicillin, which usually penetrates into cells at a low level, is directly carried in, when loaded on nanoparticles, and brought into contact with intracellular bacteria.
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- H Pinto-Alphandary
- Laboratoire de Pharmacie Galénique, CNRS, URA 1218, Faculté de Pharmacie, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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Collins M, Carter KC, Baillie AJ, O'Grady J. The distribution of free and non-ionic vesicular sodium stibogluconate in the dog. J Drug Target 1993; 1:133-42. [PMID: 8069551 DOI: 10.3109/10611869308996069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The pharmacokinetics and tissue distribution of antimony after the administration of sodium stibogluconate in a free form or entrapped in vesicles prepared from non-ionic surfactant were studied in the dog. Animals were given either one or two intravenous bolus injection(s) equivalent to 45 mg Sb kg-1 as free drug or 0.625 or 0.685 mg Sb kg-1 as vesicular drug. Blood samples were taken at various times after dosing and antimony levels in various tissues were determined at 3 h, 48 h and 6 days after dosing. After free stibogluconate antimony clearance from the blood occurred in a rapid elimination phase with a blood half-life of 0.58 +/- 0.08 h. This rapid elimination phase did not occur after vesicular drug. Both drug preparations gave similar antimony levels in the spleen, liver and femur and humerus bone marrow at all time points assessed even though the vesicular dose was one-seventieth of the free drug dose. After the free drug there was marked urinary excretion of antimony and, as a result, increased kidney loading at the expense of other tissue. Vesicle-mediated drug delivery suppressed renal excretion and a much greater proportion of the antimony dose was recovered from tissue than was obtained after free drug. A hypothesis is presented to account for the differences in tissue antimony concentrations produced by the two formulations.
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- M Collins
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Alving CR. Immunologic aspects of liposomes: presentation and processing of liposomal protein and phospholipid antigens. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1113:307-22. [PMID: 1450204 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(92)90004-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- C R Alving
- Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100
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Verma JN, Wassef NM, Wirtz RA, Atkinson CT, Aikawa M, Loomis LD, Alving CR. Phagocytosis of liposomes by macrophages: intracellular fate of liposomal malaria antigen. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1991; 1066:229-38. [PMID: 1854787 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(91)90191-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Liposomes containing a synthetic recombinant protein were phagocytosed by macrophages, and the internalized protein was recycled to the cell surfaces where it was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The transit time of the liposome-encapsulated protein from initial phagocytosis of liposomes to appearance of protein on the surfaces of macrophages was determined by pulse-chase experiments. The macrophages were pulsed with liposomes containing protein and chased with empty liposomes, and vice versa. The amount and rate of protein antigen expression at the cell surfaces depended on the quantity of encapsulated protein ingested by the macrophages. Although liposomes were rapidly taken up by macrophages, the liposome-encapsulated protein was antigenically expressed for a prolonged period (at least 24 h) on the cell surface. Liposomes were visualized inside vacuoles in the macrophages by immunogold electron microscopy. The liposomes accumulated along the peripheries of the vacuoles and many of them apparently remained intact for a long time (greater than 6 h). However, nonliposomal free protein was also detected in the cytoplasm surrounding these vacuoles, and it was concluded that the free protein in the cytoplasm was probably en route to the macrophage surface. Exposure of the cells to ammonium chloride did not inhibit the appearance of liposomal antigenic epitopes on the cell surface, and this suggests that expression of the liposomal antigenic epitopes at the surface was not a pH-sensitive phenomenon. There was no significant effect of a liposomal adjuvant, lipid A, on the rate or extent of surface expression of the liposomal protein.
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- J N Verma
- Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100
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Cynamon MH, Swenson CE, Palmer GS, Ginsberg RS. Liposome-encapsulated-amikacin therapy of Mycobacterium avium complex infection in beige mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1989; 33:1179-83. [PMID: 2802546 PMCID: PMC172620 DOI: 10.1128/aac.33.8.1179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Efficacy of liposome-encapsulated amikacin and free amikacin against Mycobacterium avium complex was evaluated in the beige mouse (C57BL/6J-bgJ/bgJ) acute infection model. Approximately 10(7) viable M. avium complex serotype 1 cells for which the MIC of amikacin was 8 micrograms/ml were given intravenously. Treatment was started with encapsulated or free amikacin at approximately 110 or 40 mg/kg of body weight 7 or 14 days later. In the former experiment, treatment was given two or three times per week. In the latter experiment, treatment was given daily for 5 days. The animals were sacrificed 5 days after the last dose. Liver, spleen, and lung were homogenized, and viable cell counts were determined on 7H10 agar. An analysis of variance and subsequent Tukey HSD (honestly significant difference) tests indicated that both encapsulated and free amikacin significantly reduced viable cell counts in each of the organs compared with counts in the control group. Compared with free amikacin, encapsulated amikacin significantly reduced viable cell counts in the liver and spleen. Liposome encapsulation of an active agent appears to be a promising therapeutic approach to M. avium complex infection.
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- M H Cynamon
- Veterans Administration Medical Center, Syracuse, New York
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- G Lopez-Berestein
- Department of Clinical Immunology and Drug Carriers, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston 77030
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Tachibana H, Yoshihara E, Kaneda Y, Nakae T. In vitro lysis of the bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense by stearylamine-bearing liposomes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1988; 32:966-70. [PMID: 3056249 PMCID: PMC172326 DOI: 10.1128/aac.32.7.966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Cytolytic activity of liposomes consisting of stearylamine and phosphatidylcholine (SA/PC-liposomes) was examined in vitro against the bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. More than 99% of the cells (2 X 10(6)/ml) were killed within 30 min by treatment with 15 mol% SA/PC-liposomes (100 microM total lipids). As few as 1.2 X 10(12) liposomes per ml (equivalent to 2 nM liposome) showed trypanocidal activity. Fluorescence microscopy of cells treated with the dansylated SA/PC-liposomes suggested that the liposomes bound to and accumulated on the cell surface, eventually damaging the plasma membrane. SA/PC-liposomes showed no significant hemolysis when incubated with human and mouse erythrocytes under conditions that killed greater than 99.9% of the T. b. gambiense trypomastigotes. Human leukocytes were also shown to be less susceptible to SA/PC-liposomes than T. b. gambiense. These results may point to a new direction in strategy for therapy of African trypanosomiasis.
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- H Tachibana
- Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
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Swenson CE, Popescu MC, Ginsberg RS. Preparation and use of liposomes in the treatment of microbial infections. Crit Rev Microbiol 1988; 15 Suppl 1:S1-31. [PMID: 3293919 DOI: 10.3109/10408418809104463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The potential application of liposomes to drug delivery has been apparent since 1965, when these phospholipid vesicles were first described by Bangham. Since then, experiments on animals have shown that liposome encapsulation can dramatically alter the distribution of drugs in the body and their rate of clearance. These pharmacokinetic differences, as well as other less well-understood effects, can result in reduced toxicity and enhanced efficacy of the encapsulated drug. The vast majority of studies on the therapeutic use of liposomes have involved the delivery of drugs used in cancer chemotherapy and metabolic storage diseases, but there is now more literature on the use of liposomes for the delivery of antimicrobial drugs and immunomodulating agents. This review briefly discusses the general properties of liposomes and the rationale for their use in antimicrobial drug delivery and immunomodulation, as well as the encapsulation of specific agents and the effect of encapsulation on the treatment of infectious diseases.
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- C E Swenson
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Liposome Company, Inc. Princeton, New Jersey
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Experimental studies suggest that liposomes could substantially improve the performance of anti-leishmanial drugs in the chemotherapy of visceral leishmaniasis. In this article, Carl Alving discusses the potential for overcoming resistance to antimonial drugs; for 'buffering' the toxicity of drugs, and for drug delivery under conditions where hospitalization is impossible or inconvenient. Liposomes can also be used experimentally to reduce the toxicity and increase the efficacy of parenterally-administered primaquine in the treatment of sporozoite-induced murine malaria.
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- C R Alving
- Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100, USA
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