PMID- 30362772 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190909 LR - 20190909 IS - 1543-8392 (Electronic) IS - 1543-8384 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 12 DP - 2018 Dec 3 TI - In Situ Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) Microscopy Study of the Dissolution of Sustained-Release Implant Formulation. PG - 5793-5801 LID - 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b00965 [doi] AB - Localized drug delivery systems (DDSs) provide therapeutic levels of drug agent while mitigating side effects of systemic delivery. These systems offer controlled release over extended periods of time making them attractive therapies. Monitoring drug dissolution is vital for developing safe and effective means of drug delivery. Currently, dissolution characterization methods are limited to bulk analysis and cannot provide dissolution kinetics at high spatial resolution. However, dissolution rates of drug particles can be heterogeneous with influences from many factors. Insights into finer spatiotemporal dynamics of single particle dissolution could potentially improve pharmacokinetic modeling of dissolution for future drug development. In this work, we demonstrate high-resolution chemical mapping of entecavir, a hepatitis B antiviral drug, embedded in a slow release poly(d,l-lactic acid) formulation with stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy. By tracking the volume change of individual micron-sized drug particles within the polymer matrix, we establish an analytical protocol for quantitatively profiling dissolution of single crystalline particles in implant formulations in an in situ manner. FAU - Francis, Andrew T AU - Francis AT AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3192-5260 AD - Department of Chemistry , University of Washington , Seattle , Washington 98195 , United States. FAU - Nguyen, Tai T AU - Nguyen TT AD - Department of Chemistry , University of Washington , Seattle , Washington 98195 , United States. FAU - Lamm, Matthew S AU - Lamm MS AD - MRL, Merck & Co., Inc. , Kenilworth , New Jersey 07033 , United States. FAU - Teller, Ryan AU - Teller R AD - MRL, Merck & Co., Inc. , Kenilworth , New Jersey 07033 , United States. FAU - Forster, Seth P AU - Forster SP AD - MRL, Merck & Co., Inc. , Kenilworth , New Jersey 07033 , United States. FAU - Xu, Wei AU - Xu W AD - MRL, Merck & Co., Inc. , Kenilworth , New Jersey 07033 , United States. FAU - Rhodes, Timothy AU - Rhodes T AD - MRL, Merck & Co., Inc. , Kenilworth , New Jersey 07033 , United States. FAU - Smith, Ronald L AU - Smith RL AD - MRL, Merck & Co., Inc. , Kenilworth , New Jersey 07033 , United States. FAU - Kuiper, Jesse AU - Kuiper J AD - MRL, Merck & Co., Inc. , Kenilworth , New Jersey 07033 , United States. FAU - Su, Yongchao AU - Su Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5063-3218 AD - MRL, Merck & Co., Inc. , Kenilworth , New Jersey 07033 , United States. FAU - Fu, Dan AU - Fu D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9243-8306 AD - Department of Chemistry , University of Washington , Seattle , Washington 98195 , United States. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20181108 PL - United States TA - Mol Pharm JT - Molecular pharmaceutics JID - 101197791 RN - 0 (Drug Carriers) RN - 0 (Drug Implants) RN - 0 (Polyesters) RN - 459TN2L5F5 (poly(lactide)) RN - 5968Y6H45M (entecavir) RN - 5Z93L87A1R (Guanine) SB - IM MH - Chemistry, Pharmaceutical/methods MH - Drug Carriers/*chemistry MH - Drug Implants/administration & dosage/*pharmacokinetics MH - *Drug Liberation MH - Guanine/administration & dosage/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacokinetics MH - Microscopy/methods MH - Particle Size MH - Polyesters/chemistry MH - Spectrum Analysis, Raman/methods OTO - NOTNLM OT - drug delivery systems OT - in situ particle dissolution OT - nonlinear spectroscopy OT - optical imaging OT - stimulated Raman scattering EDAT- 2018/10/27 06:00 MHDA- 2019/09/10 06:00 CRDT- 2018/10/27 06:00 PHST- 2018/10/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/09/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/27 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b00965 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Pharm. 2018 Dec 3;15(12):5793-5801. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b00965. Epub 2018 Nov 8.