Formation of core/shell nanoparticles with a lipid core and their application as a drug delivery system

Biomacromolecules. 2005 Mar-Apr;6(2):1062-7. doi: 10.1021/bm049234r.

Abstract

A novel preparation method for core/shell nanoparticles with a drug-loaded lipid core was designed and characterized. The lipid core is composed of lecithin and a drug, and the polymeric shell is composed of Pluronics (poly(ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer, F-127). For the formation of stabilized core/shell nanoparticles, freeze-drying was performed in the presence of trehalose used as a cryoprotectant. Cryogenic transmittance electron microscopy (cryo-TEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and a particle size analyzer were used to observe the formation of the stabilized core/shell nanoparticles. For the application of the core/shell nanoparticles as a drug carrier, paclitaxel, a potent anticancer drug, was loaded into the core/shell nanoparticles, and the drug loading amount and the drug release pattern were observed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Calorimetry, Differential Scanning
  • Cryoelectron Microscopy
  • Drug Carriers*
  • Drug Compounding
  • Freeze Drying
  • Lipids*
  • Nanostructures
  • Paclitaxel / administration & dosage
  • Phosphatidylcholines
  • Poloxamer*

Substances

  • Drug Carriers
  • Lipids
  • Phosphatidylcholines
  • Poloxamer
  • Paclitaxel