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Provedor de dados: | 56
País: | Brazil
Título: | Lipid core nanoparticles resembling low-density lipoprotein and regression of atherosclerotic lesions: effects of particle size
Autores: | Freitas,S.C.M.P.; Tavares,E.R.; Silva,B.M.O.; Meneghini,B.C.; Kalil-Filho,R.; Maranhão,R.C.
Data: | 2018-01-01
Ano: | 2018
Palavras-chave: | Solid lipid nanoparticles; Drug targeting; Paclitaxel; Atherosclerosis; Particle size.
Resumo: | Particles are usually polydispersed and size is an important feature for lipid-based drug delivery systems in order to optimize cell-particle interactions as to pharmacologic action and toxicity. Lipid nanoparticles (LDE) with composition similar to that of low-density lipoprotein carrying paclitaxel were shown to markedly reduce atherosclerosis lesions induced in rabbits by cholesterol feeding. The aim of this study was to test whether two LDE fractions, one with small (20–60 nm) and the other with large (60–100 nm) particles, had different actions on the atherosclerotic lesions. The two LDE-paclitaxel fractions, prepared by microfluidization, were separated by density gradient ultracentrifugation and injected (4 mg/body weight, intravenously once a week) into two groups of rabbits previously fed cholesterol for 4 weeks. A group of cholesterol-fed animals injected with saline solution was used as control to assess lesion reduction with treatment. After the treatment period, the animals were euthanized for analysis. After treatment, both the small and large nanoparticle preparations of LDE-paclitaxel had equally strong anti-atherosclerosis action. Both reduced lesion extension in the aorta by roughly 50%, decreased the intima width by 75% and the macrophage presence in the intima by 50%. The two preparations also showed similar toxicity profile. In conclusion, within the 20–100 nm range, size is apparently not an important feature regarding the LDE nanoparticle system and perhaps other solid lipid-based systems.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2018000300612
Editor: | Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Relação: | 10.1590/1414-431x20177090
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.51 n.3 2018
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess