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Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin-Coated and Montelukast-Filled Inhalable Particles: A Dual-Drug Delivery System for Combination Therapy in Asthma.

Abstract：

:Montelukast, a cysteinyl leukotriene type 1 receptor antagonist, exhibits secondary anti-inflammatory properties when used at higher concentrations. Low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) evokes pronounced anti-inflammatory effects by interrupting leukocyte adhesion and migration. We hypothesized that inhalable particles containing montelukast plus LMWH release both drugs in a sustained fashion and protect the lungs against allergen-induced inflammation. Large porous particles of montelukast and LMWH were prepared using a double-emulsion-solvent-evaporation method. Montelukast was first encapsulated in copolymer-based particles using polyethylenimine as a porosigen; the resulting particles were then coated with LMWH. The particles were evaluated for physicochemical properties, respirability, and release profiles. The anti-inflammatory effect of the optimized formulation was studied in ovalbumin-sensitized asthmatic Sprague Dawley rats. The optimized large porous particles had a diameter of 10.3 ± 0.7 μm, exhibited numerous surface indentations and pores, showed acceptable drug entrapment efficiency (66.8% ± 0.4% for montelukast; 91.7% ± 0.8% adsorption efficiency for LMWH), demonstrated biphasic release patterns, and escaped the uptake by the rat alveolar macrophages. The number of infiltrating inflammatory cells in asthmatic rat lungs, treated with dual-drug particles, was >74% fewer than in untreated asthmatic rat lungs. Similarly, the airway walls of asthmatic animals treated with dual-drug particles were 3-fold thinner than those of untreated asthmatic animals (p < 0.001). The optimized formulation protects lungs against methacholine-induced airway hyper-reactivity. Overall, this study demonstrates the feasibility of loading 2 drugs, montelukast and LMWH, into an inhalable particulate system and establishes that this novel combination therapy produces sustained drug release and elicits a robust anti-inflammatory response in the lungs.

journal_name

J Pharm Sci

journal_title

Journal of pharmaceutical sciences

authors

Patel B,Rashid J,Gupta N,Ahsan F

doi

10.1016/j.xphs.2016.12.025

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-04-01 00:00:00

pages

1124-1135

issue

eissn

0022-3549

issn

1520-6017

pii

S0022-3549(16)41951-9

journal_volume

106

pub_type

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Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin-Coated and Montelukast-Filled Inhalable Particles: A Dual-Drug Delivery System for Combination Therapy in Asthma.