PMID- 25578370 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151110 LR - 20181202 IS - 1873-3476 (Electronic) IS - 0378-5173 (Linking) VI - 480 IP - 1-2 DP - 2015 Mar 1 TI - Critical attributes of formulation and of elaboration process of PLGA-protein microparticles. PG - 27-36 LID - S0378-5173(15)00010-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.01.008 [doi] AB - Low drug loading, burst effect during release and drug inactivation account for the main drawbacks of protein microencapsulation in poly(d,l-lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) matrix by the water-in oil-in water (W/O/W) solvent evaporation method. Thus, the current study was set to invest the critical attributes of formulation and of elaboration process which determine protein loading into microparticles as well as its further release, using albumin as protein model. NaCl concentration in the external aqueous phase, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) concentration and mostly viscosity of both the internal aqueous phase and the organic phase were critical attributes for improving drug loading, with polymer molecular weight and hydrophobicity likewise directly related to albumin loading. In such a way, when using 0.5% PVA as internal aqueous phase the highest albumin loading was achieved. Optimized microparticles exhibited a sustained in vitro release of albumin over 130 days. The influence of the microencapsulation process on albumin stability and biological activity was evaluated by carrying out cell proliferation assays on PC12 cells with albumin released from microparticles. Such assay demonstrated that the microencapsulation procedure optimized in this study did not affect the biological stability of the microencapsulated protein. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Martin-Sabroso, C AU - Martin-Sabroso C AD - Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. FAU - Fraguas-Sanchez, A I AU - Fraguas-Sanchez AI AD - Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. FAU - Aparicio-Blanco, J AU - Aparicio-Blanco J AD - Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. FAU - Cano-Abad, M F AU - Cano-Abad MF AD - Clinical Pharmacology, Health Research Institute, La Princesa University Hospital, Madrid, Spain; Teofilo Hernando Institute, Madrid, Spain; Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. FAU - Torres-Suarez, A I AU - Torres-Suarez AI AD - Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; Institute of Industrial Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: galaaaa@ucm.es. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150108 PL - Netherlands TA - Int J Pharm JT - International journal of pharmaceutics JID - 7804127 RN - 0 (Albumins) RN - 0 (Delayed-Action Preparations) RN - 0 (Solvents) RN - 1SIA8062RS (Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer) RN - 26009-03-0 (Polyglycolic Acid) RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) RN - 451W47IQ8X (Sodium Chloride) SB - IM MH - Albumins/*administration & dosage/chemistry MH - Animals MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Chemistry, Pharmaceutical/methods MH - Delayed-Action Preparations MH - Drug Liberation MH - Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions MH - Lactic Acid/*chemistry MH - *Microspheres MH - Molecular Weight MH - PC12 Cells MH - Polyglycolic Acid/*chemistry MH - Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer MH - Rats MH - Sodium Chloride/chemistry MH - Solvents/chemistry OTO - NOTNLM OT - Albumin OT - Critical attributes OT - Microparticles OT - Poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid OT - Protein microencapsulation OT - Quality by design EDAT- 2015/01/13 06:00 MHDA- 2015/11/11 06:00 CRDT- 2015/01/13 06:00 PHST- 2014/10/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/01/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/01/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/01/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/01/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/11/11 06:00 [medline] AID - S0378-5173(15)00010-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.01.008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Pharm. 2015 Mar 1;480(1-2):27-36. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.01.008. Epub 2015 Jan 8.