title: Increased intestinal absorption of insulin in a micellar solution: water-in-oil-in-water insulin micelles.
abstract: Water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) insulin micelles were prepared, and the possibility of insulin absorption in a micellar form was examined. In this preparation, insulin was trapped in oil droplets of oleic acid in glyceryl-alpha-monooleate. (1) W/O/W insulin micelles were absorbed from the ligated jejunal loop of rabbits to the order of 12.3 to 58.5% of the dose given (10 mU/kg body weight) during the 3-h experimental period. (2) Alloxan diabetic rats were treated with intrajejunal administration of W/O/W insulin micelles at a dosage of either 25 or 50 mU/100 g body weight, three times daily for as long as 14 days. During treatment, a significant reduction in the daily excretion of urinary glucose was observed, concomitant with a decrease in fasting blood glucose. Quantitative estimates suggested that the effectiveness of 25 mU/100 g of intrajejunal W/O/W insulin micelles was comparable to that of regular insulin at a dosage of 1 mU/100 g i.m. These results would indicate that W/O/W insulin micelles, when given enterally, are more effective in lowering blood and urinary glucose levels than W/O/W insulin emulsions in which insulin was trapped in oil droplets of triglyceride.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D006029:Glycosuria; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D008823:Micelles; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D008823:Micelles