Permeation of antigen protein-conjugated nanoparticles and live bacteria through microneedle-treated mouse skin

Amit Kumar, Xinran Li, Michael A Sandoval, B Leticia Rodriguez, Brian R Sloat, Zhengrong CuiUniversity of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics Division, Austin, TX, USABackground: The present study was designed to evaluate the extent to which pretreatment with microneedles can enhance...

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Autores principales: Kumar A, Li X, Sandoval MA, Rodriguez BL, Sloat BR, Cui Z
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b65488e062c442ff8bdd1f562de1e5c52021-12-02T02:10:26ZPermeation of antigen protein-conjugated nanoparticles and live bacteria through microneedle-treated mouse skin1176-91141178-2013https://doaj.org/article/b65488e062c442ff8bdd1f562de1e5c52011-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/permeation-of-antigen-protein-conjugated-nanoparticles-and-live-bacter-a7699https://doaj.org/toc/1176-9114https://doaj.org/toc/1178-2013Amit Kumar, Xinran Li, Michael A Sandoval, B Leticia Rodriguez, Brian R Sloat, Zhengrong CuiUniversity of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics Division, Austin, TX, USABackground: The present study was designed to evaluate the extent to which pretreatment with microneedles can enhance skin permeation of nanoparticles in vitro and in vivo. Permeation of live bacteria, which are physically nanoparticles or microparticles, through mouse skin pretreated with microneedles was also studied to evaluate the potential risk of microbial infection.Methods and results: It was found that pretreatment of mouse skin with microneedles allowed permeation of solid lipid nanoparticles, size 230 nm, with ovalbumin conjugated on their surface. Transcutaneous immunization in a mouse skin area pretreated with microneedles with ovalbumin nanoparticles induced a stronger antiovalbumin antibody response than using ovalbumin alone. The dose of ovalbumin antigen determined whether microneedle-mediated transcutaneous immunization with ovalbumin nanoparticles induced a stronger immune response than subcutaneous injection of the same ovalbumin nanoparticles. Microneedle treatment permitted skin permeation of live Escherichia coli, but the extent of the permeation was not greater than that enabled by hypodermic injection.Conclusion: Transcutaneous immunization on a microneedle-treated skin area with antigens carried by nanoparticles can potentially induce a strong immune response, and the risk of bacterial infection associated with microneedle treatment is no greater than that with a hypodermic injection.Keywords: antibody responses, safety of microneedles, transepidermal water lossKumar ALi XSandoval MARodriguez BLSloat BRCui ZDove Medical PressarticleMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol 2011, Iss default, Pp 1253-1264 (2011)
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Sloat BR
Cui Z
Permeation of antigen protein-conjugated nanoparticles and live bacteria through microneedle-treated mouse skin
description Amit Kumar, Xinran Li, Michael A Sandoval, B Leticia Rodriguez, Brian R Sloat, Zhengrong CuiUniversity of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics Division, Austin, TX, USABackground: The present study was designed to evaluate the extent to which pretreatment with microneedles can enhance skin permeation of nanoparticles in vitro and in vivo. Permeation of live bacteria, which are physically nanoparticles or microparticles, through mouse skin pretreated with microneedles was also studied to evaluate the potential risk of microbial infection.Methods and results: It was found that pretreatment of mouse skin with microneedles allowed permeation of solid lipid nanoparticles, size 230 nm, with ovalbumin conjugated on their surface. Transcutaneous immunization in a mouse skin area pretreated with microneedles with ovalbumin nanoparticles induced a stronger antiovalbumin antibody response than using ovalbumin alone. The dose of ovalbumin antigen determined whether microneedle-mediated transcutaneous immunization with ovalbumin nanoparticles induced a stronger immune response than subcutaneous injection of the same ovalbumin nanoparticles. Microneedle treatment permitted skin permeation of live Escherichia coli, but the extent of the permeation was not greater than that enabled by hypodermic injection.Conclusion: Transcutaneous immunization on a microneedle-treated skin area with antigens carried by nanoparticles can potentially induce a strong immune response, and the risk of bacterial infection associated with microneedle treatment is no greater than that with a hypodermic injection.Keywords: antibody responses, safety of microneedles, transepidermal water loss
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author Kumar A
Li X
Sandoval MA
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Sloat BR
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Sandoval MA
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title Permeation of antigen protein-conjugated nanoparticles and live bacteria through microneedle-treated mouse skin
title_short Permeation of antigen protein-conjugated nanoparticles and live bacteria through microneedle-treated mouse skin
title_full Permeation of antigen protein-conjugated nanoparticles and live bacteria through microneedle-treated mouse skin
title_fullStr Permeation of antigen protein-conjugated nanoparticles and live bacteria through microneedle-treated mouse skin
title_full_unstemmed Permeation of antigen protein-conjugated nanoparticles and live bacteria through microneedle-treated mouse skin
title_sort permeation of antigen protein-conjugated nanoparticles and live bacteria through microneedle-treated mouse skin
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2011
url https://doaj.org/article/b65488e062c442ff8bdd1f562de1e5c5
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