Preparation of zein-based nanoparticles : nanoprecipitation versus microfluidic-assisted manufacture, effects of PEGylation on nanoparticle characteristics and cellular uptake by melanoma cells
Meewan, Jitkasem and Somani, Sukrut and Almowalad, Jamal Mohammed J and Laskar, Partha and Mullin, Margaret and MacKenzie, Graeme and Khadke, Swapnil and Perrie, Yvonne and Dufès, Christine (2022) Preparation of zein-based nanoparticles : nanoprecipitation versus microfluidic-assisted manufacture, effects of PEGylation on nanoparticle characteristics and cellular uptake by melanoma cells. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 17. pp. 2809-2822. ISSN 1176-9114 (https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S366138)
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Abstract
Background: The manufacture of nanoparticles using manual methods is hampered by its challenging scale-up and poor reproducibility. To overcome this issue, the production of zein nanoparticles entrapping a lipophilic drug model, coumarin-6, by using a microfluidic system was assessed in this study. The influence of PEG density and chain length on zein nanoparticle characteristics, as well as their uptake efficacy in melanoma cancer cells, was also evaluated. Methods: Zein nanoparticles were prepared by both manual and microfluidic approaches to allow comparison between the two processes. PEGylated zein nanoparticles with various PEG densities and chain lengths were produced by nanoprecipitation and characterized. Their cellular uptake was evaluated on B16F10 melanoma cancer cells in vitro. Results: Zein nanoparticles have successfully been produced by both manual and microfluidic approaches. Parameters such as total flow rate and flow rate ratio of the aqueous and organic phases in microfluidic process, as well as the method preparation and aqueous to organic phase volume ratio during nanoprecipitation, have been shown to strongly influence the characteristics of the resulting nanoparticles. Continuous microfluidics led to the production of nanoparticles with low yield and drug entrapment, unlike nanoprecipitation, which resulted in zein nanoparticles with an appropriate size and an optimal drug entrapment efficiency of 64%. The surface modification of the nanoparticles produced by nanoprecipitation, with lower PEG density and shorter PEG chain length made mPEG5K-zein (0.5:1) the most favorable formulation in our study, resulting in enhanced stability and higher coumarin-6 uptake by melanoma cancer cells. Conclusion: mPEG5K-zein (0.5:1) nanoparticles prepared by nanoprecipitation were the most promising formulation in our study, exhibiting increased stability and enhancing coumarin-6 uptake by melanoma cancer cells.
ORCID iDs
Meewan, Jitkasem, Somani, Sukrut ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0697-1110, Almowalad, Jamal Mohammed J, Laskar, Partha, Mullin, Margaret, MacKenzie, Graeme, Khadke, Swapnil, Perrie, Yvonne and Dufès, Christine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7963-6364;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 81252 Dates: DateEvent29 June 2022Published29 June 2022Published Online16 June 2022AcceptedSubjects: Medicine > Pharmacy and materia medica Department: Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Technology and Innovation Centre > BionanotechnologyDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 23 Jun 2022 11:35 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 13:32 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/81252