Abstract:
:The objective of this study was to gain insights into the structural integrity of PLGA during an ammonolysis-based microencapsulation process. PLGA (lactide:glycolide ratio=75:25; M(w)=25,925 g/mol) was dissolved in ethyl acetate or isopropyl formate (3-6 ml), which was emulsified in an aqueous phase. Ammonia, being added to the emulsions, reacted with the dispersed solvents to yield water-miscible solvents. Consequently, emulsion droplets were solidified into microspheres. To evaluate the impact of ammonia upon PLGA, the molar ratio of ammonia to a dispersed solvent varied from 1 to 2 and 3. After preparation of microspheres by the ammonolysis-based procedure, the lactide:glycolide composition and Mw of PLGA were analyzed by (1)H NMR and GPC. Our results demonstrated that ammonia did indeed catalyze the cleavage of PLGA ester bonds during microencapsulation. Strikingly, PLGA degradation was affected by solvent type and volume, as well as ammonia concentration. For instance, when 6 ml of ethyl acetate was used and the molar ratio of ammonia to the solvent was 3, the glycolide content and M(w) of the microspheres considerably decreased to 17.56% and 10,814 g/mol, respectively. There were little changes in these terms, however, when microspheres were prepared using 3 ml of isopropyl formate and an equimolar amount of ammonia. Depending upon microencapsulation conditions, progesterone encapsulation efficiency ranged from 71.6 to 98.8%. Also, its release behavior was significantly influenced by ammonolysis-related process parameters. Our study demonstrated that all these contrasting results arose from differences in solvent reactivity toward ammonolysis, the rate of microsphere solidification, and the availability of ammonia to PLGA ester linkages.
journal_name
Int J Pharmjournal_title
International journal of pharmaceuticsauthors
Heo S,Lee M,Lee S,Sah Hdoi
10.1016/j.ijpharm.2011.07.022subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-10-31 00:00:00pages
60-70issue
1-2eissn
0378-5173issn
1873-3476pii
S0378-5173(11)00653-3journal_volume
419pub_type
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