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Lyophilized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Amphotericin B: A Novel Targeted Nano Drug Delivery System for the Treatment of Systemic Fungal Infections.


ABSTRACT: We formulated and tested a targeted nanodrug delivery system to help treat life-threatening invasive fungal infections, such as cryptococcal meningitis. Various designs of iron oxide nanoparticles (IONP) (34-40 nm) coated with bovine serum albumin and coated and targeted with amphotericin B (AMB-IONP), were formulated by applying a layer-by-layer approach. The nanoparticles were monodispersed and spherical in shape, and the lead formulation was found to be in an optimum range for nanomedicine with size (?36 nm), zeta potential (-20 mV), and poly dispersity index (?0.2), and the drug loading was 13.6 ± 6.9 µg of AMB/mg of IONP. The drug release profile indicated a burst release of up to 3 h, followed by a sustained drug release of up to 72 h. The lead showed a time-dependent cellular uptake in C. albicans and C. glabrata clinical isolates, and exhibited an improved efficacy (16-25-fold) over a marketed conventional AMB-deoxycholate product in susceptibility testing. Intracellular trafficking of AMB-IONP by TEM and confocal laser scanning microscopy confirmed the successful delivery of the AMB payload at and/or inside the fungal cells leading to potential therapeutic advantages over the AMB-deoxycholate product. A short-term stability study at 5 °C and 25 °C for up to two months showed that the lyophilized form was stable.

SUBMITTER: Balabathula P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7150906 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lyophilized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Amphotericin B: A Novel Targeted Nano Drug Delivery System for the Treatment of Systemic Fungal Infections.

Balabathula Pavan P   Whaley Sarah Garland SG   Janagam Dileep R DR   Mittal Nivesh K NK   Mandal Bivash B   Thoma Laura A LA   Rogers P David PD   Wood George C GC  

Pharmaceutics 20200310 3


We formulated and tested a targeted nanodrug delivery system to help treat life-threatening invasive fungal infections, such as cryptococcal meningitis. Various designs of iron oxide nanoparticles (IONP) (34-40 nm) coated with bovine serum albumin and coated and targeted with amphotericin B (AMB-IONP), were formulated by applying a layer-by-layer approach. The nanoparticles were monodispersed and spherical in shape, and the lead formulation was found to be in an optimum range for nanomedicine wi  ...[more]

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