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Jiang Y, Yu Y. Transgenic and gene knockout mice in gastric cancer research. Oncotarget 2017; 8:3696-3710. [PMID: 27713138 PMCID: PMC5356912 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.12467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Mouse models are useful tool for carcinogenic study. They will greatly enrich the understanding of pathogenesis and molecular mechanisms for gastric cancer. However, only few of mice could develop gastric cancer spontaneously. With the development and improvement of gene transfer technology, investigators created a variety of transgenic and knockout/knockin mouse models of gastric cancer, such as INS-GAS mice and gastrin knockout mice. Combined with helicobacter infection and carcinogens treatment, these transgenic/knockout/knockin mice developed precancerous or cancerous lesions, which are proper for gene function study or experimental therapy. Here we review the progression of genetically engineered mouse models on gastric cancer research, and emphasize the effects of chemical carcinogens or infectious factors on carcinogenesis of genetically modified mouse. We also emphasize the histological examination on mouse stomach. We expect to provide researchers with some inspirations on this field.
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- Yannan Jiang
- Department of Surgery of Ruijin Hospital and Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Gastric Neoplasms, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Surgery of Ruijin Hospital and Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Gastric Neoplasms, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Moss SF. The Clinical Evidence Linking Helicobacter pylori to Gastric Cancer. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 2016; 3:183-191. [PMID: 28275685 PMCID: PMC5331857 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2016.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Gastric cancer has long been recognized to be accompanied and preceded by chronic gastritis, lasting decades. Arguably, the most important development in our understanding of gastric cancer pathogenesis over the past 50 years has been the realization that, for most cases of gastric cancer, Helicobacter pylori is the cause of the underlying gastritis. Gastritis can promote gastric carcinogenesis, typically via the Correa cascade of atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia, and dysplasia. Nested case-control studies have shown that H pylori infection increases the risk of gastric cancer significantly, both of the intestinal and diffuse subtypes, and that H pylori is responsible for approximately 90% of the world's burden of noncardia gastric cancer. Based largely on randomized studies in high gastric cancer prevalence regions in East Asia, it appears that primary and tertiary intervention to eradicate H pylori can halve the risk of gastric cancer. Some public health authorities now are starting screening and treatment programs to reduce the burden of gastric cancer in these high-risk areas. However, there is currently much less enthusiasm for initiating similar attempts in the United States. This is partially because gastric cancer is a relatively less frequent cause of cancer in the United States, and in addition there are concerns about theoretical downsides of H pylori eradication, principally because of the consistent inverse relationship noted between H pylori and esophageal adenocarcinoma. Nevertheless, establishing a link between chronic H pylori infection and gastric cancer has led to novel insights into cancer biology, the gastrointestinal microbiome, and on individual and population-based gastric cancer prevention strategies.
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- Steven F. Moss
- Correspondence Address correspondence to: Steven F. Moss, MD, Gastroenterology Division, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, APC 414, Providence, Rhode Island 02903. fax: (401) 444-2939.Gastroenterology Division, Rhode Island Hospital593 Eddy Street, APC 414ProvidenceRhode Island 02903
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Dey SK, De PK, De A, Ojha S, De R, Mukhopadhyay AK, Samanta A. Floating mucoadhesive alginate beads of amoxicillin trihydrate: A facile approach for H. pylori eradication. Int J Biol Macromol 2016; 89:622-31. [PMID: 27177460 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Revised: 05/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This study investigates the design of sunflower oil entrapped floating and mucoadhesive beads of amoxicillin trihydrate using sodium alginate and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose as matrix polymers and chitosan as coating polymer to localize the antibiotic at the stomach site against Helicobacter pylori. Beads prepared by ionotropic gellation technique were evaluated for different physicochemical, in-vitro and in-vivo properties. Beads of all batches were floated for >24h with a maximum lag time of 46.3±3.2s. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that the beads were spherical in shape with few oil filled channels distributed throughout the surfaces and small pocket structures inside the matrix confirming oil entrapment. Prepared beads showed good mucoadhesiveness of 75.7±3.0% to 85.0±5.5%. The drug release profile was best fitted to Higuchi model with non fickian driven mechanism. The optimized batch showed 100% Helicobacter pylori growth inhibition in 15h in in-vitro culture. Furthermore, X-ray study in rabbit stomach confirmed the gastric retention of optimized formulation. The results exhibited that formulated beads may be preferred to localize the antibiotic in the gastric region to allow more availability of antibiotic at gastric mucus layer acting on Helicobacter pylori, thereby improving the therapeutic efficacy.
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- Sanjoy Kumar Dey
- Division of Microbiology, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Dr. B. C. Roy College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Bidhan Nagar, Durgapur 713206, India
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Dr. B. C. Roy College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Bidhan Nagar, Durgapur 713206, India
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- Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Beleghata, Kolkata 700010, India
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- Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Beleghata, Kolkata 700010, India
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India.
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You LL, Cao DH, Jiang J, Hou Z, Suo YE, Wang SD, Cao XY. Transgenic mouse models of gastric cancer: Pathological characteristic and applications. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2015; 23:2754-2760. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v23.i17.2754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Transgenic animal models of gastric cancer have high specificity and similar tumor characteristics to human gastric cancer. Current research and application of transgenic animal models of gastric cancer are wide, and several models have been developed. In transgenic animal models of gastric cancer, primary gastric carcinoma can develop spontaneously. These transgenic animal models have been widely used to study the mechanism of gastric cancer development, and have great significance for clinical diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer. This paper systematically summarizes several different kinds of transgenic animal models and describes the molecular pathogenic mechanisms and pathological characteristics of gastric mucosal lesions in these models as well as their applications.
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Lee JY, Kim N, Nam RH, Choi YJ, Seo JH, Lee HS, Oh JC, Lee DH. No Correlation of Inflammation With Colonization of Helicobacter pylori in the Stomach of Mice Fed High-salt Diet. J Cancer Prev 2014; 19:144-51. [PMID: 25337583 PMCID: PMC4204169 DOI: 10.15430/jcp.2014.19.2.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Revised: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background: Previous studies on Helicobacter pylori infection in mice have contributed to better understanding of the pathogenesis of chronic gastritis and gastric carcinoma. The aim of this study was to evaluate H. pylori colonization and subsequent inflammatory responses in the stomachs of C57BL/6 mice depending on inoculation number and the presence of high-salt diet. Methods: Eighty-four female mice with 4 weeks age were used in this study. The infected mice were gavaged with H. pylori strain Sydney-1 (SS1), and the uninfected mice were dosed with vehicle. In each of these groups, half of the mice were fed ona basal diet (0.25% salt) and the other half were fed on a high-salt diet (7.5% salt). The infected mice were inoculated 4 or 5 times, and infection status and degree of inflammation were checked by culture and histopathology, respectively, after 4 weeks. Gastric mucosal myeloperoxidase and tumor necrosis factor-alpha were measured by ELISA. Results: The overall infection rate was 95.2%; the infection rate after 5 inoculations (100%) was greater than that after 4 inoculations (91.3%). However, no differences in the degree of inflammation were found between 2 groups. The bacterial density was also significantly increased in mice that were on the high-salt diet and had been inoculated 5 times, respectively. Mean neutrophil infiltration in the infected group was 1.7±0.6 (1, minimal; 2, mild; 3, moderate; 4, marked). However, the high-salt diet was not increase the inflammatory grade in the infected group. Gastric mucosal myeloperoxidase and tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels did not increased by the high-salt diet and increased the number of inoculation. Conclusions: In spite of well colonization of H. pylori in the stomachs of C57BL/6 mice, the degree of subsequent inflammation was irrelevant to high-salt diet and frequent (5 times) inoculations.
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- Ju Yup Lee
- Departments of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoungnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Departments of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoungnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Departments of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoungnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Departments of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoungnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Departments of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoungnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Departments of Pathology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoungnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Yonsei Plus Clinic, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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- Departments of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoungnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
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Masadeh MM, Alkofahi AS, Alzoubi KH, Tumah HN, Bani-Hani K. Anti-Helicobactor pylori activity of some Jordanian medicinal plants. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2014; 52:566-569. [PMID: 24251817 DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2013.853811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2013] [Accepted: 10/06/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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CONTEXT Natural flora are considered a major source of new agents for the treatment of Helicobactor pylori. The plants used in this study were selected based on previous traditional use. OBJECTIVE In this study, we evaluated the effect of extracts of 16 medicinal plants grown in Jordan against clinical isolates of H. pylori. MATERIALS AND METHODS Tested plant extracts included Aloysia triphylla (L'Her.) Britton (Verbenaceae), Anethum graveolens L. (Apiaceae), Artemisia inculata Delile (Asteraceae), Capparis spinosa L. (Capparaceae), Crataegus aronia (L.) Bosc ex. DC. (Rosaceae), Inula viscose (L.) Ait (Asteraceae), Lavandula officinalis Chaix. (Lamiaceae), Lepidium sativum L. (Cruciferae), Origanum syriaca L. (Lamiaceae), Paronychia argentea Lam. (Caryophyllaceae), Passiflora incarnate L. (Passifloraceae), Psidium guajava L. (Myrtaceae), Sarcopoterium spinosum (L.) Spach (Rosaceae), Sesamum indicum L. (Pedaliaceae), Urtica urens L. (Urticaceae) and Varthemia iphionoids Boiss (Asteraceae). Clinical isolates of H. pylori were tested in vitro for susceptibility to each of the above plant crude extracts using disk diffusion method, and the MIC value was determined for each plant extract using the serial dilution method. RESULTS Results showed that ethanol extracts of most medicinal plants exerted cytotoxiciy against H. pylori isolates. Among the tested plant extracts, A. triphylla (MIC: 90 µg/mL, MBC: 125 µg/mL) and I. viscosa (MIC: 83 µg/mL, MBC: 104 µg/mL) showed the strongest activity against both isolates of H. pylori. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION Jordanian medicinal plants might be valuable sources of starting materials for the synthesis of new antibacterial agents against H. pylori.
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Yu Y, Su L, Wang X, Wang X, Xu C. Association between Helicobacter pylori infection and pathological changes in the gastric mucosa in Chinese children. Intern Med 2014; 53:83-8. [PMID: 24429445 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.0918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE H. pylori infection in children has a high prevalence worldwide. The disease can cause progressive gastric mucosal inflammation, as verified in animal models. However, data from large-scale clinical studies are limited. METHODS We examined 1,634 Chinese children with upper gastrointestinal discomfort using endoscopy. The clinical and pathological data of the patients were analyzed. RESULTS A total of 524 (32.1%) patients were infected with H. pylori, and the prevalence of H. pylori infection increased with age. The H. pylori-infected patients exhibited a significantly higher prevalence of active inflammation (26.9% vs. 4.1%), lymphoid follicle formation (18.5% vs. 4.6%) and marked lymphocyte infiltration (19.7% vs. 5.6%). The H. pylori-infected patients also exhibited a significantly higher prevalence of moderate to marked chronic superficial gastritis (41.9% vs. 9.2%) and moderate chronic atrophic gastritis (21.7% vs. 2.6%) than the uninfected patients (p<0.01). CONCLUSION H. pylori infection is associated with the degree of gastric mucosal inflammation and the severity of different types of chronic gastritis.
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- Yi Yu
- Department of Pediatrics, Rui Jin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai JiaoTong University, China
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Stein M, Ruggiero P, Rappuoli R, Bagnoli F. Helicobacter pylori CagA: From Pathogenic Mechanisms to Its Use as an Anti-Cancer Vaccine. Front Immunol 2013; 4:328. [PMID: 24133496 PMCID: PMC3796731 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori colonizes the gastric mucosa of more than 50% of the human population, causing chronic inflammation, which however is largely asymptomatic. Nevertheless, H. pylori-infected subjects can develop chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma, and gastric cancer. Chronic exposure to the pathogen and its ability to induce epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) through the injection of cytotoxin-associated gene A into gastric epithelial cells may be key triggers of carcinogenesis. By deregulating cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions as well as DNA methylation, histone modifications, expression of micro RNAs, and resistance to apoptosis, EMT can actively contribute to early stages of the cancer formation. Host response to the infection significantly contributes to disease development and the concomitance of particular genotypes of both pathogen and host may turn into the most severe outcomes. T regulatory cells (Treg) have been recently demonstrated to play an important role in H. pylori-related disease development and at the same time the Treg-induced tolerance has been proposed as a possible mechanism that leads to less severe disease. Efficacy of antibiotic therapies of H. pylori infection has significantly dropped. Unfortunately, no vaccine against H. pylori is currently licensed, and protective immunity mechanisms against H. pylori are only partially understood. In spite of promising results obtained in animal models of infection with a number of vaccine candidates, few clinical trials have been conducted so far and with no satisfactory outcomes. However, prophylactic vaccination may be the only means to efficiently prevent H. pylori-associated cancers.
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- Markus Stein
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY, USA
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Krueger S, Bernhardt A, Kalinski T, Baldensperger M, Zeh M, Teller A, Adolf D, Reinheckel T, Roessner A, Kuester D. Induction of premalignant host responses by cathepsin x/z-deficiency in Helicobacter pylori-infected mice. PLoS One 2013; 8:e70242. [PMID: 23936173 PMCID: PMC3728094 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori are responsible for the induction of chronic gastric inflammation progressing to atrophy, metaplasia, and gastric cancer. The overexpression of Cathepsin X/Z (Ctsz) in H. pylori-infected mucosa and gastric cancer is mediated predominantly by an augmented migration of ctsz−/−positive macrophages and the up-regulation of Ctsz in tumor epithelium. To explore the Ctsz-function in the context of chronic inflammation and the development of preneoplastic lesions, we used Ctsz-deficient mice in a H. pylori gastritis model. Ctsz−/− and wild-type (wt) mice were infected with H. pylori strain SS1. The mice were sacrificed at 24, 36, and 50 weeks post infection (wpi). The stomach was removed, and gastric strips were snap-frozen or embedded and stained with H&E. Tissue sections were scored for epithelial lesions and inflammation. Ki-67 and F4/80 immunostaining were used to measure epithelial cell proliferation and macrophage infiltration, respectively. The upregulation of compensating cathepsins and cytokines were confirmed by Western blotting and quantitative RT-PCR. SS1-infected wt and ctsz−/− mice showed strong inflammation, foveolar hyperplasia, atrophy, and cystically-dilated glands. However, at 50 wpi, ctsz−/− mice developed significantly more severe spasmolytic polypeptide-expressing metaplasia (SPEM), showed enhanced epithelial proliferation, and higher levels of infiltrating macrophages. Induction of cytokines was higher and significantly prolonged in ctsz−/− mice compared to wt. Ctsz deficiency supports H. pylori-dependent development of chronic gastritis up to metaplasia, indicating a protective, but not proteolytic, function of Ctsz in inflammatory gastric disease.
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- Sabine Krueger
- Department of Pathology, Medical Informatics, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Harsha S. Dual drug delivery system for targeting H. pylori in the stomach: preparation and in vitro characterization of amoxicillin-loaded Carbopol® nanospheres. Int J Nanomedicine 2012; 7:4787-96. [PMID: 22969298 PMCID: PMC3435120 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s34312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background and methods: A dual (immediate/sustained-release) oral amoxicillin suspension was developed as a new dosage form to eradicate Helicobacter pylori. Carbopol®-loaded amoxi-cillin nanospheres could bind with the mucosa after delivery to the stomach and could increase the efficiency of the drug, providing both an immediate and a sustained action. Results: The objective of this research was to develop amoxicillin nanospheres using a spray-drying technique and to investigate such features as their particle size, drug content, percentage yield, surface morphology, in vitro release, and stability. The nanospheres had a particle size range of 280–320 nm after optimizing the preparation method using a central composite design. The drug content and percentage yield was 85.3% ± 0.7% and 92.8% ± 0.9%, respectively. The in vitro release profile of the amoxicillin nanospheres was consistent with a Korsmeyer-Peppas pattern, and the release after one hour was 19%, while for the original drug, amoxicillin, under the same conditions, 90% was released in the first 30 minutes. Conclusion: The nanospheres used in this study enabled controlled release of amoxicillin over an extended period of time for up to 12 hours and the formulation was stable for 12 months.
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- Sree Harsha
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Asha, Saudi Arabia.
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