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. 2022 Jul;12(7):1719-1737.
doi: 10.1007/s13346-021-01072-8. Epub 2021 Sep 28.

Preclinical assessment of nanostructured liquid crystalline particles for the management of bacterial keratitis: in vivo and pharmacokinetics study

Shreya Kaul  1 , Upendra Nagaich  2 , Navneet Verma  3
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Preclinical assessment of nanostructured liquid crystalline particles for the management of bacterial keratitis: in vivo and pharmacokinetics study

Shreya Kaul et al. Drug Deliv Transl Res. 2022 Jul.

Abstract

The research work was driven to develop, optimize, and characterize novel nanostructured liquid crystalline particles as carriers for the ocular delivery of vancomycin. The formulations were developed by fragmenting the cubic crystalline phase of glycerol monooleate, water, and poloxamer 407. A four-factor, three-level Taguchi statistical experimental design was constructed to optimize the formulation. Formulations exhibited internal-cubic structure of the vesicles with particle size in the range of 51.11 ± 0.96 nm to 158.73 ± 0.46 nm and negative zeta potential. Ex vivo transcorneal permeation studies demonstrated that the optimized cubosomes had a 2.4-fold increase in apparent permeability co-efficient as compared to vancomycin solution, whereas in vivo studies in rabbits demonstrated that the severity of keratitis was considerably lowered on day 3 with optimized cubosomes. Ocular pharmacokinetic studies evaluated the level of drug in aqueous humor, and results revealed that the time to peak concentration (Tmax) of vancomycin-loaded cubosomal formulation was about 1.9-fold higher and mean residence time was 2.2-fold greater than vancomycin solution. Furthermore, histological examination revealed that the corneal layers displayed well-maintained morphology without any stromal swelling, consequently indicating the safety of formulation. It could be concluded that the developed nanostructured liquid crystalline particles of vancomycin demonstrated improved pre-ocular residence time, increased permeability, reduced dosing frequency, controlled drug release, and reduced systemic side-effects. Results manifested that the developed vancomycin-loaded cubosomes could be a promising novel ocular carrier and an ideal substitute for conventional eye drops for the management of bacterial-keratitis.

Keywords: Bacterial keratitis; HET-CAM test; Histopathological studies; Nanostructured liquid crystalline particles; Ocular pharmacokinetic studies.

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