Glucuronate-modified liposomes with prolonged circulation time.
- 31 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Pharmaceutical Society of Japan in CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN
- Vol. 38 (6), 1663-1666
- https://doi.org/10.1248/cpb.38.1663
Abstract
For the purpose of obtaining liposomes with long circulation time in blood, we synthesized 1-O-palmityl-D-glucuronic acid (PGlcUA) and incorporated it into the liposomal membranes. The clearance of the PGluUA-liposomes composed of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), cholesterol, and PGlcUA (40 : 40 : 20 as a molar ratio) from blood and their tissue distribution were compared with those of dipalmitolyphosphatidylglycerol (DPPG)-liposomes (DPCC/cholesterol/DPPG = 40 : 40 : 20). When [3H]inulin-loaded PGlcUA-liposomes and DPPG-liposomes were intravenously injected into rats, the half-life of the PGlcUA-liposomes in the blood appeared to be 1.7-fold longer than that of DPPG-liposomes. Radioactivities present in plasma and various tissues were measured 22 h after administration of these liposomes, and radioactivity remaining in the plasma was 2.5-fold greater when PGlcUA-liposomes were injected. The distribution pattern of [3H]inulin in PGlcUA-liposomes was similar to that in DPPG-liposomes. The radioactivity recovered in urine was 25% lower in rats treated with PGlcUA-liposomes than in those treated with DPPG-liposomes. Since both PGlcUA- and DPPG-liposomes exhibited similar size distribution and .zeta.-potential, glucuronic acid, rather than negative charge, on the liposomal surface appears to endow liposomes with a longer circulation time in the bloodstream.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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