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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS
Volume 88, Issue 3, Pages 830-839Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2014.10.008
Keywords
High content analysis; Oral peptide delivery; Medium chain fatty acids; Sodium caprate; Caco-2 monolayers; Cytotoxicity assays
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- Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Strategic Research Cluster Grant [07/SRC/B1154]
- Irish Research Council Ph.D. industry partnership studentship
- Merrion Pharmaceuticals Ireland Ltd
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There is debate over the narrow safety margin of many oral permeation enhancers. The sodium salts of medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) are components of selected oral peptide formulations being assessed in advanced clinical studies. The aim of the study was to examine the effects of the C-8-C-12 series on filter-grown Caco-2 monolayers and cells grown on 96 well plates in order to dissect the relationship between paracellular permeability enhancement (Papp of [C-14]mannitol, reduction in TEER), critical micellar concentration (CMC), and sub-lethal cytotoxicity (high content analysis (HCA). There was a high degree of correlation between the EC50 for increasing the Papp with reduction in transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER), and with CMC values. C-8 had the highest EC50 and highest CMC value and was the least cytotoxic, while C-12 had the reverse, suggesting a close association between increases in chain length with increases in permeability, hydrophobicity and cytotoxicity. HCA revealed further association between MCFA-induced intracellular calcium increases and plasma membrane permeability reductions in Caco-2 cells with the EC50 to increase the Papp across monolayers. HCA identified sub-lethal cytotoxicity in a series of MCFA and related cell parameters to physicochemical properties and efficacy as intestinal permeation enhancers. These mild surfactants therefore non-specifically partition into the plasma membrane causing membrane fluidization, which is associated with concentration-dependent increases in permeability. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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