title: Targeting the central nervous system: in vivo experiments with peptide-derivatized nanoparticles loaded with Loperamide and Rhodamine-123.
abstract: Polymeric nanoparticles (Np) represent one of the most innovative non-invasive approaches for the drug delivery to the central nervous system (CNS). It is known that the ability of the Np to cross the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB), thus allowing the drugs to exert their pharmacological activity in the central nervous district, is linked to their surface characteristics. Recently it was shown that the biocompatible polyester poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) derivatized with the peptide H(2)N-Gly-l-Phe-d-Thr-Gly-l-Phe-l-Leu-l-Ser(O-beta-d-Glucose)-CONH(2) [g7] was a useful starting material for the preparation of Np (g7-Np); moreover, fluorescent studies showed that these Np were able to cross the BBB. In this research, g-7 Np were loaded with Loperamide in order to assess their ability as drug carriers for CNS, and with Rhodamine-123, in order to qualitatively determine their biodistribution in different brain macro-areas. A pharmacological evidence is given that g7-Np are able to cross the BBB, ensuring, for the first time, a sustained release of the embedded drug, and that these Np are able to reach all the brain areas here examined. The ability to enter the CNS appears to be linked to the sequence of the peptidic moiety present on their surface.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tosi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Costantino
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rivasi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ruozi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leo
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Vergoni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tacchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertolini
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vandelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Forni
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000930:Antidiarrheals / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000378:metabolism*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D008139:Loperamide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D008297:Male; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000187:drug effects; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D000077182:Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer; D011108:Polymers / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D020112:Rhodamine 123 / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D000930:Antidiarrheals; D009842:Oligopeptides; D011108:Polymers; D020112:Rhodamine 123; D000077182:Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008139:Loperamide