PMID- 35146486 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220216 IS - 2673-3129 (Electronic) IS - 2673-3129 (Linking) VI - 3 DP - 2021 TI - Drug Delivery Systems for the Oral Administration of Antimicrobial Peptides: Promising Tools to Treat Infectious Diseases. PG - 778645 LID - 10.3389/fmedt.2021.778645 [doi] LID - 778645 AB - Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have a great potential to face the global expansion of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) associated to the development of multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens. AMPs are usually composed of 10-50 amino acids with a broad structural diversity and present a range of antimicrobial activities. Unfortunately, even if the oral route is the most convenient one, currently approved therapeutic AMPs are mostly administrated by the intravenous route. Thus, the development of novel drug delivery systems (DDSs) represents a promising opportunity to protect AMPs from chemical and enzymatic degradation through the gastrointestinal tract and to increase intestinal permeability leading to high bioavailability. In this review, the classification and properties as well as mechanisms of the AMPs used in infectiology are first described. Then, the different pharmaceutical forms existing in the market for oral administration are presented. Finally, the formulation technologies, including microparticle- and nanoparticle-based DDSs, used to improve the oral bioavailability of AMPs are reviewed. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Deshayes, Arafath, Apaire-Marchais and Roger. FAU - Deshayes, Caroline AU - Deshayes C AD - University of Angers, INRAE, SIFCIR, SFR QUASAV, Angers, France. FAU - Arafath, Md Nasir AU - Arafath MN AD - University of Angers, INSERM, CNRS, MINT, SFR ICAT, Angers, France. FAU - Apaire-Marchais, Veronique AU - Apaire-Marchais V AD - University of Angers, INRAE, SIFCIR, SFR QUASAV, Angers, France. FAU - Roger, Emilie AU - Roger E AD - University of Angers, INSERM, CNRS, MINT, SFR ICAT, Angers, France. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20220125 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Med Technol JT - Frontiers in medical technology JID - 101772626 PMC - PMC8821882 OTO - NOTNLM OT - antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) OT - drug delivery systems (DDS) OT - infectiology OT - oral route OT - pharmaceutical forms COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/02/12 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/12 06:01 PMCR- 2022/01/25 CRDT- 2022/02/11 05:45 PHST- 2021/09/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/12/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/11 05:45 [entrez] PHST- 2022/02/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/12 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fmedt.2021.778645 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Med Technol. 2022 Jan 25;3:778645. doi: 10.3389/fmedt.2021.778645. eCollection 2021.