玻璃体内注射用地塞米松微球的制备

目的为治疗增殖性玻璃体视网膜病变,制备玻璃体内注射用地塞米松微球。方法以生物可降解乙交酯和丙交酯的无规共聚物(PLGA)为载体材料,采用W/O型乳化-溶剂挥发方法制备地塞米松微微球。研究影响微球制备的工艺条件,考察了微球的粒径大小与分布、载药量和包封率,评价载药微球的体外释放行为。结果微球形态完整,表面光滑,微球的粒径范围为4.70±1.6μm,载药量为(15.5±0.32)%,包封率为(78.8±1.3)%。体外释药13d约90%,属扩散-溶蚀机制。结论制备方法可行,地塞米松PLGA微球具有药物缓释作用。可以作为玻璃体内注射用地塞米松的给药载体。     

GM-l PLGA微球的制备及其体外释药性质研究

目的制备GM l PLGA微球，考察其一般性质和体外释药特性。方法应用W/O/W乳化溶剂干燥法制备GM l PLGA微球，测定微球粒径、载药量、包封率和体外释药曲线。结果微球形态规则，粒径约为（18±8） μm，载药量约为4.9%，包封率约为61%，微球体外释药规律符合Higuichi方程：Q=0.153t1/2+0.037 05(r=0.995)。结论GM l PLGA微球的制备工艺良好，体外释药呈明显的缓释作用。     

SPG膜乳化法制备粒径均一可控的载蛋白缓释微球

目的：研究一种制备粒径均一可控的载蛋白缓释微球的新工艺,探究微球粒径、载体材料、形态结构与微球载药释药性能的关系。方法：以牛血清白蛋白（BSA）为模型药物,PLGA 和PEG-PLGA作为载体材料,采用SPG膜乳化法,通过调整不同孔径（3,5,7,12 μm）的SPG膜制备不同粒径的微球。考察微球粒径、包封率、释放行为、表面/内部形态等性质,并对微球微观结构相关的参数如孔径、平面孔隙率等进行定量分析。结果：微球的粒径与SPG膜孔径呈正相关关系,且相关系数>0.9。随着微球粒径的增大,载药量和包封率也呈现增大的趋势,突释减轻。PLGA和PEG-PLGA微球的内部结构随微球粒径增加的变化差异较大。结论：获得较为满意的制备载蛋白微球的新工艺,微球形态圆整,粒径均一可控。     

载牛血清白蛋白PLGA微球的包封率测定及体外表征

目的：以乳酸-羟基乙酸共聚物（PLGA）为载体,制备载牛血清白蛋白（BSA）PLGA微球,测定包封率,并表征其体外性质。方法采用复乳-溶剂挥发法制备载BSA PLGA微球,联合应用硫酸钠沉淀聚乙烯醇（PVA）和二喹啉甲酸（BCA）法测定其包封率,光学显微镜观察形态,激光粒度仪测定粒径大小及分布,并考察其体外释药性能。结果制得微球形态圆整、无粘连,微球平均粒径为103μm,包封率为（98.5±0.68）％。体外释放试验表明有较好的缓释性能,且符合Ritger-Peppas模型。结论制备得到包封率高,有明显缓释效果的BSA PLGA微球,且硫酸钠的使用可显著消除乳化剂PVA对包封率测定的干扰。     

关节腔注射用氟比洛芬PLGA缓释微球的制备及体外释放特性研究

目的制备关节腔注射用氟比洛芬(FP)缓释微球并研究其体外释药特性。方法以聚乳酸-羟基乙酸共聚物(PLGA)为材料,采用乳化-溶剂挥发法制备微球;正交设计法优化微球的制备工艺;采用透析法研究体外释药特性,UV法测定FP的含量。结果正交试验表明,PLGA的浓度是影响微球包封率的非常显著性因素。微球粒径范围为1.5~24.3μm,平均粒径为10.6μm,载药量为7.1%(W/W),包封率为92.7%,体外释药符合Higuchi方程,释放时间显著延长。结论本法制备的FP微球粒径大小适宜,具有明显的缓释作用,符合关节腔注射给药设计要求。     

GM-1缓释微球的制备及体外释药特性研究

目的:制备GM-1的乳酸/羟基乙酸共聚物(PLGA)微球,考察其一般性质和体外释药特性。方法:应用W/O/W型乳化溶剂干燥法制备GM-1的PLGA微球,测定微球粒径、载药量、包封率和体外释药曲线。结果:微球形态规则,粒径约为(18±8)μm,载药量约为4.9%,包封率约为61%,微球体外释药规律符合Higuichi方程Q=0.153t1/2+0.03705(r=0.9950)。结论:GM-1微球体外释药特性及其制备工艺良好,体外具有明显缓释作用。     

不同PLGA型号对奥曲肽微球的包封率和体外释放行为的影响

考察了不同型号聚乳酸-羟基乙酸共聚物(PLGA)作为水溶性药物奥曲肽微球载体对载药量、包封率和体外释放行为的影响.结果表明,PLGA中丙交酯含量降低,载药量和包封率降低,而突释量增大.PLGA型号相同时,黏度较大的PLGA微球载药量和包封率较高,突释量较小.采用PLGA与聚乳酸(PLA)混合材料制备的微球比单用PLGA材料微球的突释量小、载药量和包封率高、缓释效果好.     

长春西汀聚乳酸-聚乙醇酸缓释微球的研制

目的:制备长春西汀聚乳酸-聚乙醇酸(PLGA)缓释微球,并研究其药剂学性质。方法:采用改良O/W乳化-溶剂挥发法制备微球,以PLGA浓度、理论载药量、有机相与分散介质的比例和分散介质中明胶的浓度为4因素,每个因素选定3个水平,按L9(34)的正交设计方案,以载药量、包封率和粒径分布为指标,优化处方。用扫描电镜观察微球的形态,用光学显微镜观察并计算微球的粒径分布,用差示扫描量热(DSC)法研究药物在载体中的分散状态,用紫外分光光度法检测微球中长春西汀含量并计算载药量和包封率,用动态透析释药法进行微球的体外释放研究。结果:最佳处方为PLGA浓度16%,理论载药量20%,有机相与分散介质的比例1:10,分散介质中明胶的浓度1%;制备的长春西汀PLGA缓释微球的形态圆整、光滑,粒径分布均匀,平均粒径为(10.0±0.18)μm(n=500),DSC法分析药物确已被包裹于微球中,载药量为(18.46±0.26)%,包封率为(91.30±0.98)%(n=3),24h累积释药率约为18%。结论:长春西汀PLGA缓释微球制备工艺稳定,质量符合药剂学要求,缓释性好。     

罗哌卡因-醋酸地塞米松PLGA微球的制备及体外释药特性研究

目的 制备罗哌卡因 醋酸地塞米松聚乳酸羟基乙酸共聚物（PLGA）微球（简称微球）并研究其体外释药特性。方法以PLGA为载体,采用W1/O/W2双重乳化 溶剂挥发法制备微球,研究实验过程中有机相PLGA浓度、外水相/有机相体积比、内水相体积、外水相聚乙烯醇（PVA）浓度几项因素变化对罗哌卡因 醋酸地塞米松PLGA微球粒径、表面形态﹑载药量﹑包封率和突释行为的影响。结果有机相PLGA浓度在制备微球的过程中是一个关键性因素。随着PLGA浓度增加,微球粒径增大,载药量﹑包封率明显提高,突释降低;外水相/有机相体积比增大,微球粒径增大, 载药量﹑包封率明显提高,微球表面更加光滑﹑微孔减少,突释降低;随着内水相体积增加使得微球表面的微孔明显增多,突释增加,载药量﹑包封率降低;当外水相PVA浓度由0.5%增加到2%,微球粒径变小,突释效应增加。通过优化条件制备的微球形状为球形,外观光滑圆整,粒径分布均匀,其中＞90%分布在20～70 μm。罗哌卡因载药量（7.48±0.33）%,包封率（70.97±2.36）%;醋酸地塞米松载药量（1.52±0.16）%,包封率（57.30±1.17）%。结论采用W1/O/W2双重乳化 溶剂挥发法成功制备罗哌卡因加醋酸地塞米松PLGA微球;以优化工艺制备的微球,在体外具有明显的缓释行为,释药曲线呈典型S形三阶段模式。     

海藻酸-壳聚糖-聚乳酸羟乙醇酸复合微球的制备及其对蛋白释放的调节

目的制备蛋白的海藻酸-壳聚糖-聚乳酸羟乙醇酸(PLGA)复合微球，以增加蛋白药物的包封率、减少突释和不完全释放。方法以牛血清白蛋白为模型药物采用修饰的乳化、醇洗法制备小粒径海藻酸微囊，再以壳聚糖孵育制得海藻酸-壳聚糖双层微囊，并进一步用PLGA包裹制得复合微球。采用微量BCA试剂盒测定蛋白浓度，考察其包封率及释放行为，改变各种制备因素调节微球的释放特性。结果复合微球粒径约30 μm，形态圆整。与单纯PLGA微球相比，包封率由60%-70%上升至80%以上。复合微球在磷酸盐缓冲液的1 h突释量由40%-50%下降至25%以下，在生理盐水中则进一步下降至5%以下。结论海藻酸-壳聚糖-PLGA复合微球提高了蛋白药物的包封率，减少了药物的突释，并可通过调节PLGA比例调节药物的释放。     

Efficacy of gut lavage,hemodialysis, and hemoperfusion in the therapy of paraquat or diquat intoxication

Clinical and in vitro investigations were carried out to test the efficacy of gut lavage, hemodialysis, and hemoperfusion in the treatment of poisoning with paraquat or diquat. In a patient suffering from diquat intoxication 130 times more diquat was removed by gut lavage 30 h after ingestion than was removed by complete aspiration of the gastric contents.Determination of in vitro clearances for paraquat and diquat by hemodialysis showed that, at serum concentrations of 1–2 ppm, such as are frequently encountered in poisoning in man, toxicologically relevant quantities of herbicide cannot be removed from the body. At a concentration of 20 ppm, on the other hand, hemodialysis proved to be effective, the clearance being 70 ml/min at a blood flow rate of 100 ml/min. The efficacy of hemoperfusion with coated activated charcoal was on the whole better. Especially at concentrations around 1–2 ppm, the clearance values for hemoperfusion were some 5–7 times higher than those for hemodialysis.In a patient suffering from paraquat poisoning, both hemodialysis as well as hemoperfusion were carried out. The in vitro results could be confirmed: At serum concentrations of paraquat less than 1 ppm no clearance could be obtained by hemodialysis while by hemoperfusion with activated charcoal quite high clearance values were measured and the serum level dropped down to zero.

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Zusammenfassung Klinische Untersuchungen und Laboratoriumsversuche wurden durchgeführt, um die Wirksamkeit von Darmspülung, Hämodialyse und Hämoperfusion bei Paraquat- und Deiquat-Vergiftungen zu prüfen.Bei einem Patienten wurde 30 Std nach Deiquat-Aufnahme durch Darmspülung 130mal mehr Deiquat entfernt als durch vollständige Aspiration des Mageninhaltes. In vitro-Versuche ergaben, daß bei Blutserumkonzentrationen von 1–2 ppm, die bei Vergiftungen oft gemessen werden, durch Hämodialyse keine toxikologisch relevanten Paraquat- oder Deiquat-Mengen entfernt werden können. Dagegen erwies sich die Hämodialyse bei 20 ppm und einer Blutumlaufgeschwindigkeit von 100 ml/min mit einer Clearance von 70 ml/min als wirksam. Die Hämoperfusion mit beschicheter Aktivkohle war in diesen Versuchen aber eindeutig überlegen, denn insbesondere bei Konzentrationen um 1–2 ppm waren die Clearance-Werte 5–7mal höher als bei der Hämodialyse.Die in vitro-Ergebnisse wurden bei einem Patienten mit einer Paraquat-Vergiftung bestätigt: Bei Konzentrationen unter 1 ppm war die Hämodialyse wirkungslos, während durch Hämoperfusion relativ hohe Clearance-Werte erreicht wurden, so daß der Serumspiegel rasch unter die Nachweisgrenze abfiel.

     

In vitro studies on sterically stabilized liposomes (SL) as enzyme carriers in organophosphorus (OP) antagonism

This study describes a new approach for organophosphorous (OP) antidotal treatment by encapsulating an OP hydrolyzing enzyme, OPA anhydrolase (OPAA), within sterically stabilized liposomes. The recombinant OPAA enzyme was derived from Alteromonas strain JD6. It has broad substrate specificity to a wide range of OP compounds: DFP and the nerve agents, soman and sarin. Liposomes encapsulating OPAA (SL)* were made by mechanical dispersion method. Hydrolysis of DFP by (SL)* was measured by following an increase of fluoride ion concentration using a fluoride ion selective electrode. OPAA entrapped in the carrier liposomes rapidly hydrolyze DFP, with the rate of DFP hydrolysis directly proportional to the amount of (SL)* added to the solution. Liposomal carriers containing no enzyme did not hydrolyze DFP. The reaction was linear and the rate of hydrolysis was first order in the substrate. This enzyme carrier system serves as a biodegradable protective environment for the recombinant OP-metabolizing enzyme, OPAA, resulting in prolongation of enzymatic concentration in the body. These studies suggest that the protection of OP intoxication can be strikingly enhanced by adding OPAA encapsulated within (SL)* to pralidoxime and atropine.     

Aquatic Insects and Trace Metals: Bioavailability,Bioaccumulation, and Toxicity

Abstract

The uptake of metals from food and water sources by insects is thought to be additive. For a given metal, the proportions taken up from water and food will depend both on the bioavailable concentration of the metal associated with each source and the mechanism and rate by which the metal enters the insect. Attempts to correlate insect trace metal concentrations with the trophic level of insects should be made with a knowledge of the feeding relationships of the individual taxa concerned. Pathways for the uptake of essential metals, such as copper and zinc, exist at the cellular level, and other nonessential metals, such as cadmium, also appear to enter via these routes. Within cells, trace metals can be bound to proteins or stored in granules. The internal distribution of metals among body tissues is very heterogeneous, and distribution patterns tend to be both metal and taxon specific. Trace metals associated with insects can be both bound on the surface of their chitinous exoskeleton and incorporated into body tissues. The quantities of trace meals accumulated by an individual reflect the net balance between the rate of metal influx from both dissolved and particulate sources and the rate of metal efflux from the organism. The toxicity of metals has been demonstrated at all levels of biological organization: cell, tissue, individual, population, and community. Much of the literature pertaining to the toxic effects of metals on aquatic insects is based on laboratory observations and, as such, it is difficult to extrapolate the data to insects in nature. The few experimental studies in nature suggest that trace metal contaminants can affect both the distribution and the abundance of aquatic insects. Insects have a largely unexploited potential as biomonitors of metal contamination in nature. A better understanding of the physico-chemical and biological mechanisms mediating trace metal bioavailability and exchange will facilitate the development of general predictive models relating trace metal concentrations in insects to those in their environment. Such models will facilitate the use of insects as contaminant biomonitors.     

Pharmacological treatment of COVID-19: an opinion paper

The precocity and efficacy of the vaccines developed so far against COVID-19 has been the most significant and saving advance against the pandemic. The development of vaccines has not prevented, during the whole period of the pandemic, the constant search for therapeutic medicines, both among existing drugs with different indications and in the development of new drugs. The Scientific Committee of the COVID-19 of the Illustrious College of Physicians of Madrid wanted to offer an early, simplified and critical approach to these new drugs, to new developments in immunotherapy and to what has been learned from the immune response modulators already known and which have proven effective against the virus, in order to help understand the current situation.     

Alzheimer’s disease – current trends in basic and clinical research. Highlights from the 16th ECNP

Advances in the molecular biological knowledge of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) have led to a growing interest by the pharmaceutical industry in the development of novel compounds that selectively modulate nAChR function. The ability of (-)-nicotine, an activator of nAChRs, to enhance attentional aspects of cognition in animals and humans, to exert neuroprotective and anxiolytic-like effects, and presumably to mediate the negative correlation between smoking and Alzheimer's (and Parkinson's) Disease, has focused interest on the potential therapeutic utility of modulators of nAChR function for treatment of some of the deficits associated with these progressive, neurodegenerative conditions. Numerous compounds are known which activate nAChRs and which might serve as lead compounds toward the development of such agents. The pharmacologic diversity of neuronal nAChR subtypes suggests the possibility of developing selective compounds which would have more favourable side-effect profiles than existing agents. This broader class of agents, collectively called cholinergic channel modulators (ChCMs), is anticipated to encompass compounds which would have more favourable side-effect profiles than existing agents, which generally exhibit low selectivity. This selectivity may be achieved by preferentially activating some subtypes of nAChRs (i.e., Cholinergic Channel Activators, ChCAs) or inhibiting the function of other subtypes (Cholinergic Channel Inhibitors, ChCIs). An overview of the biology of nAChRs and the rationale for the use of ChCMs for the treatment of dementia related to neurodegenerative diseases are presented, followed by a discussion of lead compounds and compounds under consideration for clinical evaluation.     

Steroidal sapogenin contents in some domestic plants

In order to find out the values of the steroid resources for the future use. the compositions and contents of steroidal sapogenins from 13 domestic plants have been investigated. As a result,Dioscorea nipponica, D. quinqueloba andSmilax china were found to have large amount of diosgenin. And pennogenin inTrillium kamtschaticum andParis verticillata, yuccagenin inAllium fistulosum, hecogenin inAgave americana and neochlorogenin inSolanum nigum were appeared to be major steroidal sapogenins.