Oligonucleotide Delivery across the Caco-2 Monolayer: The Design and Evaluation of Self-Emulsifying Drug Delivery Systems (SEDDS)

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  • Jana Kubackova
  • Ondrej Holas
  • Jarmila Zbytovska
  • Barbora Vranikova
  • Guanghong Zeng
  • Petr Pavek
  • Müllertz, Anette

Oligonucleotides (OND) represent a promising therapeutic approach. However, their instability and low intestinal permeability hamper oral bioavailability. Well-established for oral delivery, self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDS) can overcome the weakness of other delivery systems such as long-term instability of nanoparticles or complicated formulation processes. Therefore, the present study aims to prepare SEDDS for delivery of a nonspecific fluorescently labeled OND across the intestinal Caco-2 monolayer. The hydrophobic ion pairing of an OND and a cationic lipid served as an effective hydrophobization method using either dimethyldioctadecylammonium bromide (DDAB) or 1,2-dioleoyl-3-trimethylammonium propane (DOTAP). This strategy allowed a successful loading of OND-cationic lipid complexes into both negatively charged and neutral SEDDS. Subjecting both complex-loaded SEDDS to a nuclease, the negatively charged SEDDS protected about 16% of the complexed OND in contrast to 58% protected by its neutral counterpart. Furthermore, both SEDDS containing permeation-enhancing excipients facilitated delivery of OND across the intestinal Caco-2 cell monolayer. The negatively charged SEDDS showed a more stable permeability profile over 120 min, with a permeability of about 2 x 10(-7) cm/s, unlike neutral SEDDS, which displayed an increasing permeability reaching up to 7 x 10(-7) cm/s. In conclusion, these novel SEDDS-based formulations provide a promising tool for OND protection and delivery across the Caco-2 cell monolayer.

Original languageEnglish
Article number459
JournalPharmaceutics
Volume13
Issue number4
Number of pages27
ISSN1999-4923
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2021

    Research areas

  • oligonucleotide, self-emulsifying drug delivery systems, hydrophobic ion pairing, intestinal permeation enhancers, Caco-2 monolayer

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