PMID- 18661542 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090408 LR - 20220409 IS - 1520-6017 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3549 (Linking) VI - 98 IP - 3 DP - 2009 Mar TI - Lung-specific delivery of paclitaxel by chitosan-modified PLGA nanoparticles via transient formation of microaggregates. PG - 970-84 LID - 10.1002/jps.21487 [doi] AB - Chitosan-modified paclitaxel-loaded poly lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 200-300 nm in distilled water were prepared by a solvent evaporation method. The mean diameter increased dramatically in contact with the mouse (CDF(1)) plasma, as a function of chitosan concentration in the modification solution (e.g., 2670.5 nm for 0.7% chitosan-modified nanoparticles, NP(3)), but reverted to almost its original size (i.e., 350.7 nm for NP(3)) following 5 min of gentle agitation. The zeta potential of PLGA nanoparticles was changed to positive by the chitosan modification. The in vitro uptake into, and cytotoxicity of the nanoparticles against, a lung cancer cell line (A549) were significantly increased by the modification. Most importantly, a lung-specific increase in the distribution index of paclitaxel (i.e., AUC(lung)/AUC(plasma)) was observed for chitosan-modified nanoparticles (e.g., 99.9 for NP(3) vs. 5.4 for Taxol) when nanoparticles were administered to lung-metastasized mice via the tail vein at a paclitaxel dose of 10 mg/kg. Transient formation of aggregates in the blood stream followed by enhanced trapping in the lung capillaries, and electrical interaction-mediated enhanced uptake across the endothelial cells of the lung tumor capillary appear to be responsible for the lung-tumor-specific distribution of the chitosan modified nanoparticles. CI - (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc. and the American Pharmacists Association FAU - Yang, Rui AU - Yang R AD - National Research Laboratory for Transporters Targeted Drug Design, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea. FAU - Yang, Su-Geun AU - Yang SG FAU - Shim, Won-Sik AU - Shim WS FAU - Cui, Fude AU - Cui F FAU - Cheng, Gang AU - Cheng G FAU - Kim, In-Wha AU - Kim IW FAU - Kim, Dae-Duk AU - Kim DD FAU - Chung, Suk-Jae AU - Chung SJ FAU - Shim, Chang-Koo AU - Shim CK LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Pharm Sci JT - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences JID - 2985195R RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic) RN - 0 (Coumarins) RN - 0 (Thiazoles) RN - 0 (coumarin 6) RN - 1SIA8062RS (Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer) RN - 26009-03-0 (Polyglycolic Acid) RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) RN - 9012-76-4 (Chitosan) RN - P88XT4IS4D (Paclitaxel) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/*administration & dosage/blood/*pharmacokinetics/toxicity MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Chitosan/chemistry MH - Coumarins/pharmacokinetics MH - Lactic Acid/chemistry MH - Lung/*metabolism MH - Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Nanoparticles/*administration & dosage/chemistry/toxicity/ultrastructure MH - Paclitaxel/*administration & dosage/blood/*pharmacokinetics/toxicity MH - Particle Size MH - Polyglycolic Acid/chemistry MH - Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer MH - Surface Properties MH - Thiazoles/pharmacokinetics EDAT- 2008/07/29 09:00 MHDA- 2009/04/09 09:00 CRDT- 2008/07/29 09:00 PHST- 2008/07/29 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/04/09 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/07/29 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0022-3549(16)32894-5 [pii] AID - 10.1002/jps.21487 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pharm Sci. 2009 Mar;98(3):970-84. doi: 10.1002/jps.21487.