Drug release behaviors of a pH/temperature sensitive core-shelled bead with alginate and poly(N-acryloyl glycinates)

Abstract

In this study, a pH/temperature sensitive bead with core-shelled structure, as a drug carrier, was prepared by grafting of N-acryloylglycinates on the surface of sodium alginate beads. The pH and temperature sensitivity of the beads originate from sodium alginate (SA) and co-poly(N-acryloylglycinates), respectively. Here, indomethacin (IMC) was selected as a drug model molecule and loaded in SA beads. The release of IMC was systematically investigated as a function of temperature, pH, and SA concentration. The amount of IMC released from beads was as high as 61.6% in pH= 7.4 phosphate buffer solution (PBS) over 620 min, whereas only 27.9% IMC diffused into the pH= 2.1 PBS. In addition, the release rates of IMC at 37.5°C were faster than that at 20.0°C and decreased with increasing SA concentration in the beads. The result indicates that the sensitive beads have the potential to be used as an effective pH/temperature-controlled delivery system in the biomedical fields.

Keywords

sodium alginate / pH/temperature sensitive bead / core-shelled structure / drug release

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful for financial support from the Hebei Natural Science Foundation of China (B2008000573).

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