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Title: | Loading of beclomethasone in liposomes and hyalurosomes improved with mucin as effective approach to counteract the oxidative stress generated by cigarette smoke extract |
Author: | Manca, Maria Letizia Ferraro, Maria Pace, Elisabetta Di Vincenzo, Serena Valenti, Donatella Fernàndez Busquets, Xavier Anisoara Peptu, Catalina Manconi, Maria |
Keywords: | Estrès oxidatiu Fosfolípids Mucines Cigarretes Oxidative stress Phospholipids Mucins Cigarettes |
Issue Date: | 1-Apr-2021 |
Publisher: | MDPI AG |
Abstract: | In this work beclomethasone dipropionate was loaded into liposomes and hyalurosomes modified with mucin to improve the ability of the payload to counteract the oxidative stress and involved damages caused by cigarette smoke in the airway. The vesicles were prepared by dispersing all components in the appropriate vehicle and sonicating them, thus avoiding the use of organic solvents. Unilamellar and bilamellar vesicles small in size (~117 nm), homogeneously dispersed (polydispersity index lower than 0.22) and negatively charged (~−11 mV), were obtained. Moreover, these vesicle dispersions were stable for five months at room temperature (~25 C). In vitro studies performed using the Next Generation Impactor confirmed the suitability of the formulations to be nebulized as they were capable of reaching the last stages of the impactor that mimic the deeper airways, thus improving the deposition of beclomethasone in the target site. Further, biocompatibility studies performed by using 16HBE bronchial epithelial cells confirmed the high biocompatibility and safety of all the vesicles. Among the tested formulations, only mucin-hyalurosomes were capable of effectively counteracting the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced by cigarette smoke extract, suggesting that this formulation may represent a promising tool to reduce the damaging effects of cigarette smoke in the lung tissues, thus reducing the pathogenesis of cigarette smoke-associated diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, and cancer. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11040850 |
It is part of: | Nanomaterials, 2021, vol.11, num. 4, p. 850 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/185519 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11040850 |
ISSN: | 2079-4991 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (IN2UB)) Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)) |
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