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Int J Biol Macromol ; 209(Pt A): 70-82, 2022 Jun 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35351547

ABSTRACT

A colon-specific carrier that can protect drugs from the destruction in the gastrointestinal tract is critical for treating irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D). In this study, chitosan was cross-linked by the thioketal (TK) bond to serve as a ROS-sensitive core of microspheres. Then the chitosan core was coated with an alginate shell. The alginate/chitosan microspheres can protect puerarin against the destruction and elimination in the gastrointestinal tract and release puerarin at the lesion sites in large quantities. The microspheres were characterized using differential scanning calorimetry, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. The swelling study showed that microspheres would shrink in an acidic environment. The in vitro release analysis indicated that little puerarin was released at gastric pH but burst release was observed in simulated colonic fluid containing H2O2. Fluorescent tracer revealed that the fluorescence of microspheres lasted up to 30 h in the colon, which was beneficial to prolong the action time between puerarin and colon. The in vivo studies indicated that puerarin-loaded microspheres are more effective in the treatment of IBS-D than free puerarin. Altogether, the ROS-responsive alginate/chitosan microspheres may be a promising strategy for IBS-D.


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Chitosan , Irritable Bowel Syndrome , Alginates/chemistry , Alginates/therapeutic use , Chitosan/chemistry , Diarrhea/drug therapy , Drug Carriers/chemistry , Glucuronic Acid/chemistry , Glucuronic Acid/therapeutic use , Hexuronic Acids/chemistry , Hexuronic Acids/therapeutic use , Humans , Hydrogen Peroxide , Irritable Bowel Syndrome/drug therapy , Microscopy, Electron, Scanning , Microspheres , Reactive Oxygen Species , Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
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