PMID- 35926759 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220909 LR - 20220909 IS - 1873-3441 (Electronic) IS - 0939-6411 (Linking) VI - 178 DP - 2022 Sep TI - Mucopenetration study of solid lipid nanoparticles containing magneto sensitive iron oxide. PG - 94-104 LID - S0939-6411(22)00155-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ejpb.2022.07.017 [doi] AB - In most chronic respiratory diseases, excessive viscous airway secretions oppose a formidable permeation barrier to drug delivery systems (DDSs), with a limit to their therapeutic efficacy for the targeting epithelium. Since mucopenetration of DDSs with slippery technology (i.e. PEGylation) has encountered a reduction in the presence of sticky and complex airway secretions, our aim was to evaluate the relevance of magnetic PEGylated Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (mSLNs) for pulling them through chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) airway secretions. Thus, COPD sputum from outpatient clinic, respiratory secretions aspirated from high (HI) and low (LO) airways of COPD patients in acute respiratory insufficiency, and porcine gastric mucus (PGM) were investigated for their permeability to mSLN particles under a magnetic field. Rheological tests and mSLN adhesion to airway epithelial cells (AECs) were also investigated. The results of mucopenetration show that mSLNs are permeable both in COPD sputum and in PGM, while HI and LO secretions are always impervious. Parallel rheological results show a different elastic property, which can be associated with different mucus mesostructures. Finally, adhesion tests confirm the role of the magnetic field in improving the interaction of SLNs with AECs. Overall, our results reveal that mesostructure is of paramount importance in determining the mucopenetration of magnetic SLNs. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Castellani, Stefano AU - Castellani S AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy. FAU - Trapani, Adriana AU - Trapani A AD - Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy. FAU - Elisiana Carpagnano, Giovanna AU - Elisiana Carpagnano G AD - Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy. FAU - Cotoia, Antonella AU - Cotoia A AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. FAU - Laselva, Onofrio AU - Laselva O AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. FAU - Pia Foschino Barbaro, Maria AU - Pia Foschino Barbaro M AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. FAU - Corbo, Filomena AU - Corbo F AD - Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy. FAU - Cinnella, Gilda AU - Cinnella G AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. FAU - De Giglio, Elvira AU - De Giglio E AD - Department of Chemistry, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy. FAU - Larobina, Domenico AU - Larobina D AD - Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials - National Research Council of Italy, Portici (Naples), Italy. FAU - Di Gioia, Sante AU - Di Gioia S AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. FAU - Conese, Massimo AU - Conese M AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: massimo.conese@unifg.it. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220802 PL - Netherlands TA - Eur J Pharm Biopharm JT - European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V JID - 9109778 RN - 0 (Ferric Compounds) RN - 0 (Lipid Nanoparticles) RN - 0 (Liposomes) RN - 1K09F3G675 (ferric oxide) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Ferric Compounds MH - Liposomes MH - Mucus MH - *Nanoparticles/chemistry MH - *Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/drug therapy MH - Swine OTO - NOTNLM OT - Airway epithelial cells OT - Magnetic field OT - Mucopenetration OT - Rheometry OT - Solid lipid nanoparticles COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2022/08/05 06:00 MHDA- 2022/09/11 06:00 CRDT- 2022/08/04 19:26 PHST- 2022/04/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/07/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/07/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/09/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/08/04 19:26 [entrez] AID - S0939-6411(22)00155-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ejpb.2022.07.017 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2022 Sep;178:94-104. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2022.07.017. Epub 2022 Aug 2.