Electrospun patch delivery of anti-TNFα F(ab) for the treatment of inflammatory oral mucosal disease

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Chronic ulcerative oral mucosal inflammatory diseases, including oral lichen planus and recurrent aphthous stomatitis, are painful and highly prevalent, yet lack effective clinical management. In recent years, systemic biologic therapies, including monoclonal antibodies that block the activity of cytokines, have been increasingly used to treat a range of immune-mediated inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. The ability to deliver similar therapeutic agents locally to the oral epithelium could radically alter treatment options for oral mucosal inflammatory diseases, where pro-inflammatory cytokines, in particular tumour-necrosis factor-α (TNFα), are major drivers of pathogenesis. To address this, an electrospun dual-layer mucoadhesive patch comprising medical-grade polymers was investigated for the delivery of F(ab) biologics to the oral mucosa. A fluorescent-labelled F(ab) was incorporated into mucoadhesive membranes using electrospinning with 97% v/v ethanol as a solvent. The F(ab) was detected within the fibres in aggregates when visualised by confocal microscopy. Biotinylated F(ab) was rapidly eluted from the patch (97 ± 5% released within 3 h) without loss of antigen-binding activity. Patches applied to oral epithelium models successfully delivered the F(ab), with fluorescent F(ab) observed within the tissue and 5.1 ± 1.5% cumulative transepithelial permeation reached after 9 h. Neutralising anti-TNFα F(ab) fragments were generated from whole IgG by papain cleavage, as confirmed by SDS-PAGE, then incorporated into patches. F(ab)-containing patches had TNFα neutralising activity, as shown by the suppression of TNFα-mediated CXCL8 release from oral keratinocytes cultured as monolayers. Patches were applied to lipopolysaccharide-stimulated immune-competent oral mucosal ulcer equivalents that contained primary macrophages. Anti-TNFα patch treatment led to reduced levels of active TNFα along with a reduction in the levels of disease-implicated T-cell chemokines (CCL3, CCL5, and CXCL10) to baseline concentrations. This is the first report of an effective device for the delivery of antibody-based biologics to the oral mucosa, enabling the future development of new therapeutic strategies to treat painful conditions.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:350

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Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society - 350(2022) vom: 28. Okt., Seite 146-157

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Edmans, Jake G [VerfasserIn]
Ollington, Bethany [VerfasserIn]
Colley, Helen E [VerfasserIn]
Santocildes-Romero, Martin E [VerfasserIn]
Siim Madsen, Lars [VerfasserIn]
Hatton, Paul V [VerfasserIn]
Spain, Sebastian G [VerfasserIn]
Murdoch, Craig [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies
Drug delivery
Electrospinning
Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments
Journal Article
Oral medicine
Oral patches
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
TNFα
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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Date Completed 13.10.2022

Date Revised 19.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.08.016

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM344921301