title: [Study on the rifampicin polylactic acid microspheres for lung targeting].
abstract: In this paper, the effects of different variables on the preparation of polylactic acid microspheres (PLA-MS) were studied. The optimized preparation conditions of rifampicin polylactic acid microspheres (RFP-PLA-MS) were aquired through orthogonal test. The paddle method was used to study the drug release properties of RFP-PLA-MS. Stability of RFP-PLA-MS at different temperatures was also studied. Pharmacokinetic and tissue distribution of RFP-PLA-MS after intravenous administration were carried out in rabbits. The experiments revealed that the RFP-PLA-MS was regular in its morphology with a mean diameter of 9.00 +/- 4.08 microns. The drug loading was 16.0% and encapsulation efficiency was 31.9%. The release properties could be expressed by the following equation: Q = 20.77 + 10.12 T 1/2 (gamma = 0.9892). The RFP-PLA-MS was stable after stored at 4 degrees C and room temperature under desiccated condition for three months. RFP-PLA-MS showed a combination of lung targeting and sustained drug release in experiments on rabbits.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008863:Microspheres; D011091:Polyesters; D011108:Polymers; D011817:Rabbits; D012293:Rifampin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D011091:Polyesters; D011108:Polymers; D019344:Lactic Acid; C033616:poly(lactide); D012293:Rifampin