Chitosan nanoparticles laden contact lenses for enzyme-triggered controlled delivery of timolol maleate : A promising strategy for managing glaucoma

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To improve drug bioavailability, eye drops can be replaced by drug-eluting contact lenses. However, issues of drug leaching from lenses during manufacture and storage, and sterilization, currently limit their commercial application. To address the issues, stimuli-(lysozyme)-sensitive chitosan nanoparticles were developed to provide controlled ocular drug delivery. Nanoparticles were prepared by ionic gelation and characterized by TEM, X-ray diffraction, DSC, and FTIR. In the flux study, conventional-soaked contact lenses (SM-TM-CL) showed high-burst release, while with direct drug-only laden contact lenses (DL-TM-CL) the drug was lost during extraction and sterilization, as well as having poor swelling and optical properties. The nanoparticle-laden contact lenses (TM-Cht-NPs) showed controlled release of timolol for 120 h in the presence of lysozyme, with acceptable opto-physical properties. In the shelf-life study, the TM-Cht-NPs contact lenses showed no leaching or alteration in the drug release pattern. In animal studies, the TM-NPs-CL lenses gave a high drug concentration in rabbit tear fluid (mean = 11.01 µg/mL for 56 h) and helped maintain a low intraocular pressure for 120 h. In conclusion, the chitosan nanoparticle-laden contact lenses demonstrated the potential application to treat glaucoma with acceptable opto-physical properties and addressed the issues of drug-leaching during sterilization and storage.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Drug delivery and translational research - (2024) vom: 26. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Maulvi, Furqan A [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Ashmi R [VerfasserIn]
Shetty, Kiran H [VerfasserIn]
Desai, Ditixa T [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Dinesh O [VerfasserIn]
Willcox, Mark D P [VerfasserIn]

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Chitosan nanoparticles
Contact lens
Controlled drug delivery
Glaucoma
Journal Article
Timolol maleate

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Date Revised 26.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1007/s13346-024-01543-8

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NLM368977404