title: Transport of surface engineered polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers across IPEC-J2 cell monolayers.
abstract: The aim of our study was to prepare arginine-and ornithine-conjugated Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers and study their permeability across IPEC-J2 cell monolayers, a new intestinal cell line model for drug absorption studies. Arginine and ornithine were conjugated to the amine terminals of the PAMAM(G4) dendrimers by Fmoc synthesis. The apical-to-basolateral (AB) and basolateral-to-apical (BA) apparent permeability coefficients (P(app)) for the PAMAM dendrimers increased by conjugating the dendrimers with both of these polyamines. The enhancement in permeability was dependent on the dendrimer concentration and duration of incubation. Correlation between monolayer permeability and the decrease in transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) with the PAMAM dendrimers and the polyamine-conjugated dendrimers suggests that paracellular transport is one of the mechanisms of transport across the epithelial cells. Cytotoxicity of these surface-modified dendrimers was evaluated in IPEC-J2 cells by MTT (methylthiazoletetrazolium) assay. Arginine-conjugated dendrimers were insignificantly more toxic than PAMAM dendrimer as well as ornithine-conjugated dendrimers. Though investigations on the possible involvement of other transport mechanisms are in progress, results of the present study suggest the potential of dendrimer-polyamine conjugates as the carriers for antigen/drug delivery through the oral mucosa.
authors: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota 57007, USA.
authors: Dipak S
authors: DS
authors: Pisal
authors: Venkata K
authors: VK
authors: Yellepeddi
authors: Ajay
authors: A
authors: Kumar
authors: Srinath
authors: S
authors: Palakurthi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002460:Cell Line; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D050091:Dendrimers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity; D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000633:toxicity; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D011073:Polyamines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D050091:Dendrimers; D004337:Drug Carriers; C104700:PAMAM Starburst; D011073:Polyamines