DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/ZVG6-4373
Defense Date
2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Pharmaceutical Sciences
First Advisor
Masahiro Sakagami
Abstract
The kinetics and mechanism of accumulation for liposomal ciprofloxacin (Lipo-CPFX) into the rat alveolar macrophage NR8383 cells were studied in vitro, in comparison to unformulated ciprofloxacin (CPFX). Upon incubation with CPFX or Lipo-CPFX, cellular drug accumulation was determined from the cell lysates or efflux was from the extracellular media by fluorescence-HPLC. The accumulation for Lipo-CPFX reached the asymptotic values at ≥ 2 hours, which was a result of uptake and efflux. The uptake appeared to be due to liposomes, mediated via cellular energy-independent mechanism like lipid fusion. In contrast, the efflux appeared to be due to ciprofloxacin, partly cellular energy-dependent, and involve probenecid-sensitive multidrug resistance proteins (MRPs). Overall, Lipo-CPFX enabled greater drug accumulation into the NR8383 cells than CPFX. This logically suggests a greater potential to treat respiratory infections especially caused by bacteria resistant to phagocytic killing.
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Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
5-24-2013