PMID- 27003313 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170410 LR - 20181202 IS - 1804-7521 (Electronic) IS - 1213-8118 (Linking) VI - 160 IP - 2 DP - 2016 Jun TI - Biodegradable system for drug delivery of hydrolytically labile azanucleoside drugs. PG - 222-30 LID - 10.5507/bp.2016.013 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The archetypal DNA methyltransferase inhibitors, 5-azacytidine (AZA) and 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (DAC) are potent antineoplastic agents used in the treatment of mainly, blood malignancies. However, the administration of these drugs is confounded by their hydrolytic lability which decreases plasma circulation time. Here, we describe a new biodegradable, polyanhydride formulation for drug delivery that circumvents this drawback. METHODS: Injectable/implantable polymeric microbeads containing dispersed microcrystals of hydrophilic AZA or DAC packed in a dry environment are protected from hydrolysis, until the hydrolytic zone reaches the core. Diclofenac is embedded into the formulation to decrease any local inflammation. The efficacy of the formulations was confirmed by monitoring the induced demethylation, and cytostatic/cytotoxic effects of continuous drug release from the time-course dissolution of the microbeads, using an in vitro developed cell based reporter system. RESULTS: Poly(sebaccic acid-co-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid) containing 30 wt. % drug showed zero-order release (R(2) = 0.984 for linear regression), and release rate of 10.0 %/h within the first 5 h, and subsequent slower release of the remaining drug, thus maintaining the level of drugs in the outer environment considerably longer than the typical plasma half-life of free azanucleosides. At lower concentrations, the differences between powder drug formulations and microbeads were very low or negligible, however, at higher concentrations, we discovered equivalent or increasing effects of the drugs loaded in microbeads. CONCLUSIONS: The study provides evidence that microbead formulations of the hydrolytically labile azanucleoside drugs could prevent their chemical decomposition in aqueous solution, and effectively increase plasma circulation time. FAU - Hruby, Martin AU - Hruby M AD - Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Heyrovsky Sq. 2, 162 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic. FAU - Agrawal, Khushboo AU - Agrawal K AD - Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Hnevotinska 5, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic. FAU - Policianova, Olivia AU - Policianova O AD - Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Heyrovsky Sq. 2, 162 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic. FAU - Brus, Jiri AU - Brus J AD - Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Heyrovsky Sq. 2, 162 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic. FAU - Skopal, Jan AU - Skopal J AD - Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Heyrovsky Sq. 2, 162 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic. FAU - Svec, Pavel AU - Svec P AD - Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Heyrovsky Sq. 2, 162 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic. FAU - Otmar, Miroslav AU - Otmar M AD - Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Fleming Sq. 2.166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic. FAU - Dzubak, Petr AU - Dzubak P AD - Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Hnevotinska 5, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic. FAU - Stepanek, Petr AU - Stepanek P AD - Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Heyrovsky Sq. 2, 162 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic. FAU - Hajduch, Marian AU - Hajduch M AD - Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Hnevotinska 5, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160321 PL - Czech Republic TA - Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub JT - Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia JID - 101140142 RN - 0 (Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic) RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - 776B62CQ27 (Decitabine) RN - M801H13NRU (Azacitidine) SB - IM MH - Absorbable Implants MH - Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/*administration & dosage/pharmacology MH - Azacitidine/*administration & dosage/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Decitabine MH - Humans MH - Infusion Pumps, Implantable MH - Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy MH - Microspheres MH - Polymers/chemistry OTO - NOTNLM OT - 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine OT - 5-azacitidine OT - diclofenac OT - microbeads OT - polyanhydride EDAT- 2016/03/24 06:00 MHDA- 2017/04/11 06:00 CRDT- 2016/03/23 06:00 PHST- 2015/07/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/03/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/03/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/03/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/04/11 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.5507/bp.2016.013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. 2016 Jun;160(2):222-30. doi: 10.5507/bp.2016.013. Epub 2016 Mar 21.