PMID- 36585800 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230503 LR - 20230516 IS - 1552-4965 (Electronic) IS - 1549-3296 (Linking) VI - 111 IP - 7 DP - 2023 Jul TI - Design and characterization of lipid nanocarriers for oral delivery of immunotherapeutic peptides. PG - 938-949 LID - 10.1002/jbm.a.37477 [doi] AB - The use of therapeutic proteins and peptides is of great interest for the treatment of many diseases, and advances in nanotechnology offer a path toward their stable delivery via preferred routes of administration. In this study, we sought to design and formulate a nanostructured lipid carrier (NLC) containing a nominal antigen (insulin peptide) for oral delivery. We utilized the design of experiments (DOE) statistical method to determine the dependencies of formulation variables on physicochemical particle characteristics including particle size, polydispersity (PDI), melting point, and latent heat of melting. The particles were determined to be non-toxic in vitro, readily taken up by primary immune cells, and found to accumulate in regional lymph nodes following oral administration. We believe that this platform technology could be broadly useful for the treatment of autoimmune diseases by supporting the development of oral delivery-based antigen specific immunotherapies. CI - (c) 2022 JHU/APL. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. FAU - Calderon-Colon, Xiomara AU - Calderon-Colon X AD - Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA. FAU - Zhang, Yichuan AU - Zhang Y AD - Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. FAU - Tiburzi, Olivia AU - Tiburzi O AD - Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA. FAU - Wang, Jialu AU - Wang J AD - Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. FAU - Hou, Shenda AU - Hou S AD - Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. FAU - Raimondi, Giorgio AU - Raimondi G AD - Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. FAU - Patrone, Julia AU - Patrone J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3477-9502 AD - Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20221230 PL - United States TA - J Biomed Mater Res A JT - Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A JID - 101234237 RN - 0 (Drug Carriers) RN - 0 (Lipids) SB - IM MH - *Drug Carriers/chemistry MH - Lipids/chemistry MH - *Nanostructures/chemistry MH - Nanotechnology MH - Administration, Oral MH - Particle Size OTO - NOTNLM OT - insulin peptide OT - lipid nanoparticle OT - lymphoid tissues OT - oral delivery EDAT- 2023/01/01 06:00 MHDA- 2023/05/03 06:42 CRDT- 2022/12/31 02:02 PHST- 2022/10/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/04/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/05/03 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/01/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/31 02:02 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jbm.a.37477 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biomed Mater Res A. 2023 Jul;111(7):938-949. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.37477. Epub 2022 Dec 30.