Porous silicon oxide-PLGA composite microspheres for sustained ocular delivery of daunorubicin

摘要

A water-soluble anthracycline antibiotic drug (daunorubicin, DNR) was loaded into oxidized porous silicon (pSiO2) microparticles and then encapsulated with a layer of polymer (poly lactide-co-glycolide, PLGA) to investigate their synergistic effects in control of DNR release. Similarly fabricated PLGA-DNR microspheres without pSiO2, and pSiO2 microparticles without PLGA were used as control particles. The composite microparticles synthesized by a solid-in-oil-in-water (S/O/W) emulsion method have mean diameters of 52.33±16.37 μm for PLGA-pSiO2_21/40-DNR and the mean diameter of 49.31±8.87 μm for PLGA-pSiO2_6/20-DNR. The mean size, 26.00±8 μm, of PLGA-DNR was significantly smaller, compared with the other two (p<0.0001). Optical microscopy revealed that PLGA-pSiO2-DNR microsphere contained multiple pSiO2 particles. In vitro release experiments determined that control PLGA-DNR microspheres completely released DNR within 38 days and control pSiO2-DNR microparticles (with no PLGA coating) released DNR within 14 days, while the PLGA-pSiO2-DNR microspheres released DNR for 74 days. Temporal release profiles of DNR from PLGA-pSiO2 composite particles indicated that both PLGA and pSiO2 contribute to the sustained release of the payload. The PLGA-pSiO2 composite displayed a more constant rate of DNR release than the pSiO2 control formulation, and it displayed a significantly slower release of DNR than either the PLGA or pSiO2 formulations. We conclude that this system may be useful in managing unwanted ocular proliferation when formulated with anti-proliferation compounds such as DNR.