title: In-vivo studies on intraperitoneally administrated poly(vinyl alcohol).
abstract: The fate of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA, 195,000 g/mol) was studied in rabbits and nude mice after intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration. In-vivo fluorescence imaging using nude mice allowed for studies of tetramethylrhodamine labeled PVA distribution in the body and tracking the urinary excretion. The excreted PVA was studied in detail after collecting the urine of rabbits over a time period of 28 days. The PVA was separated from the urine by dialysis and analyzed by FTIR spectroscopy, (1)H-NMR spectroscopy, and size exclusion chromatography (SEC). Even after extensive dialysis, it was found that the excreted PVA showed a characteristic brownish color. The spectroscopic techniques revealed that this color was caused by the urine pigment (a metabolite of bilirubin) that could not be separated completely from the PVA. SEC showed unambiguously that the PVA with the very high molar mass had a glomerular permeability in the kidneys. Simultaneously, histological studies of the kidneys and the liver demonstrated that the tissues did not show any obvious damage.
authors.affiliation: Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale) D-06099, Germany.
authors.forename: Yanjiao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schädlich
authors.forename: Elkin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Amado
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weis
authors.forename: Erich
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Odermatt
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mäder
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kressler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity; D005260:Female; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008422:Materials Testing; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity; D011817:Rabbits; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol