Solid state stabilisation of the orally delivered drugs atenolol, glibenclamide, memantine and paracetamol through their complexation with cucurbit[7]uril.
The inclusion of the cardiovascular beta-blocker drug atenolol, the antidiabetic drug glibenclamide, the Alzheimer's NMDA glutamate receptor drug memantine and the analgesic/antipyretic drug paracetamol by cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) has been studied by (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry, molecular modelling, fluorescence displacement assays and differential scanning calorimetry. All four drugs form 1 : 1 host-guest complexes with CB[7], but the exchange kinetics and location of the binding is different for each drug. Atenolol is bound over the central phenyl ring with a binding constant of 4.2 x 10(4) M(-1), whereas glibenclamide is bound over the terminal cyclohexyl group with a binding constant of 1.7 x 10(5) M(-1), and memantine is totally bound within the CB[7] cavity. Paracetamol is bound in two locations, over the central phenyl ring and over the methyl group, with the CB[7] molecule shuttling quickly between the two sites. Inclusion by CB[7] was shown by differential scanning calorimetry to physically stabilise all four drugs, which has applications preventing drug degradation and improving drug processing and formulation.
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, John Arbuthnott Building, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow, United KingdomG4 0NR.
Fiona J
FJ
McInnes
Nahoum G
NG
Anthony
Alan R
AR
Kennedy
Nial J
NJ
Wheate
D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000284:Administration, Oral; D001262:Atenolol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004355:Drug Stability; D005905:Glyburide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D008559:Memantine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D000099246:Cucurbit(n)urils
D000082:Acetaminophen; D001262:Atenolol; D005905:Glyburide; D047028:Macrocyclic Compounds; D008559:Memantine; D000099246:Cucurbit(n)urils