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A gum Arabic assisted sustainable drug delivery system for adult Drosophila.

ABSTRACT: Large-scale compound screening in adult flies is hampered by the lack of continuous drug delivery systems and poor solubility of numerous compounds. Here we found that gum Arabic (Acacia/Senegal gum), a widely used stabilizer, can also emulsify lipophilic compounds and profoundly increase their accessibility to target tissues in Drosophila and mice. We further developed a gum Arabic-based drug delivery system, wherein the drug was ground into gum Arabic and emulsified in liquid food fed to flies by siphoning through a U-shape glass capillary. This system did not affect food intake nor cell viability. Since drugs were continuously delivered by siphoning, minimal compound waste and less frequent food changes make this system ideal for large-scale long-term screenings. In our pilot screening for antitumor drugs in the NCI DTP library, we used a Drosophila model of colorectal cancer and identified two drugs that are especially hydrophobic and were not identified in previous screenings. Our data demonstrated that gum Arabic facilitates drug delivery in animal models and the system is suitable for long-term high-throughput drug screening in Drosophila This system would accelerate drug discovery for chronic and cognitive conditions.

SUBMITTER: Liang Q

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7328006 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A gum Arabic assisted sustainable drug delivery system for adult <i>Drosophila</i>.

Liang Qiying Q Ma Peng P Zhang Qi Q Yin Youjie Y Wang Ping P Wang Saifei S Zhang Yao Y Han Ruolei R Deng Hansong H

Biology open 20200614 6

Large-scale compound screening in adult flies is hampered by the lack of continuous drug delivery systems and poor solubility of numerous compounds. Here we found that gum Arabic (Acacia/Senegal gum), a widely used stabilizer, can also emulsify lipophilic compounds and profoundly increase their accessibility to target tissues in <i>Drosophila</i> and mice. We further developed a gum Arabic-based drug delivery system, wherein the drug was ground into gum Arabic and emulsified in liquid food fed t ...[more]

PMID: 32487516

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A gum Arabic assisted sustainable drug delivery system for adult Drosophila.

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A gum Arabic assisted sustainable drug delivery system for adult <i>Drosophila</i>.

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