Title
Scaffolds for Sustained Release of Ambroxol Hydrochloride, a Pharmacological Chaperone That Increases the Activity of Misfolded β-Glucocerebrosidase
Date Issued
01 August 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Enshaei H.
Molina B.G.
Estrany F.
Arnan C.
Puiggalí J.
Saperas N.
Alemán C.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Publisher(s)
Wiley-VCH Verlag
Abstract
Ambroxol is a pharmacological chaperone (PC) for Gaucher disease that increases lysosomal activity of misfolded β-glucocerebrosidase (GCase) while displaying a safe toxicological profile. In this work, different poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL)-based systems are developed to regulate the sustained release of small polar drugs in physiological environments. For this purpose, ambroxol is selected as test case since the encapsulation and release of PCs using polymeric scaffolds have not been explored yet. More specifically, ambroxol is successfully loaded in electrospun PCL microfibers, which are subsequently coated with additional PCL layers using dip-coating or spin-coating. The time needed to achieve 80% release of loaded ambroxol increases from ≈15 min for uncoated fibrous scaffolds to 3 days and 1 week for dip-coated and spin-coated systems, respectively. Furthermore, it is proven that the released drug maintains its bioactivity, protecting GCase against induced thermal denaturation.
Volume
19
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería química
Farmacología, Farmacia
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85067898823
PubMed ID
Source
Macromolecular Bioscience
ISSN of the container
16165187
Sponsor(s)
Authors acknowledge MINECO/FEDER (MAT2015-69367-R and MAT2015-69547-R), Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (2017SGR359 and 2017SGR373) for financial support. Support for the research of C.A. was received through the prize “ICREA Academia” for excellence in research funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya. The authors thank Dr. E. Armelin, Dr. J. Guillem, Dr. M. P. Almajano, and Mr. J. Sans for their assistance and suggestions in some experiments.
Authors acknowledge MINECO/FEDER (MAT2015-69367-R and MAT2015-69547-R), Ag?ncia de Gesti? d?Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (2017SGR359 and 2017SGR373) for financial support. Support for the research of C.A. was received through the prize ?ICREA Academia? for excellence in research funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya. The authors thank Dr. E. Armelin, Dr. J. Guillem, Dr. M. P. Almajano, and Mr. J. Sans for their assistance and suggestions in some experiments.
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