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Nanocarriers with gentamicin to treat intracellular pathogens.

Abstract
Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by different species of the genus Brucella. The intracellular localisation of this pathogen, particularly in macrophages, renders treatment difficult since most antibiotics known to be efficient in vitro do not actively pass through cellular membranes. As alternative to current treatment, polymeric drug delivery systems containing gentamicin have been developed. These particulate carriers target the drug into the mononuclear-phagocytic system, where the pathogen resides that will allow intracellular accumulation of the antibiotic after particle degradation. Besides, particle uptake may induce macrophage activation, increasing the production of reactive oxygen intermediates, involved in host defense against the intracellular pathogen. The aim of the present work was to study the suitability of polymeric nanoparticles for gentamicin entrapment in view to treat brucellosis. Different poly(lactide-co-glycolide) PLGA polymers were used to formulate the nanoparticles containing gentamicin by a water-oil-water solvent evaporation method. Furthermore, in vitro macrophage activation upon nanoparticles phagocytosis and in vivo distribution of the nanocarriers in the target organs for Brucella (liver and spleen) were also studied. The nanoparticle sizes were below 350 nm, the gentamicin encapsulation efficiency depended on the polymer type used for their preparation and the in vitro release of the antibiotic exhibited a continuos pattern (PLGA 502H). PLGA 502H nanoparticles were the most suitable due to the highest entrapment and the most sustained release. The nanoparticles were successfully phagocyted by a J774 murine monocytes cell line and biodistribution studies in mice after intravenous administration of the delivery systems revealed that the particles reached the target organs of Brucella (liver and spleen). All together, these results indicate that the nanocarriers described in this work may be suitable as gentamicin delivery system to control brucellosis.
AuthorsC Lecaroz, C Gamazo, M J Blanco-Prieto
JournalJournal of nanoscience and nanotechnology (J Nanosci Nanotechnol) 2006 Sep-Oct Vol. 6 Issue 9-10 Pg. 3296-302 ISSN: 1533-4880 [Print] United States
PMID17048550 (Publication Type: Evaluation Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Drug Carriers
  • Gentamicins
  • Polymers
  • Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer
  • Polyglycolic Acid
  • Lactic Acid
Topics
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents (administration & dosage, pharmacokinetics)
  • Drug Carriers (chemistry)
  • Female
  • Gentamicins (administration & dosage, pharmacokinetics)
  • Humans
  • Lactic Acid (chemistry)
  • Metabolic Clearance Rate
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Nanostructures (chemistry)
  • Organ Specificity
  • Particle Size
  • Polyglycolic Acid (chemistry)
  • Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer
  • Polymers (chemistry)
  • Tissue Distribution

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