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Brain drug delivery from the nasal olfactory region is enhanced using lauroylcholine chloride: An estimation using in vivo PET imaging

Intranasal (IN) administration, often referred to as nose-to-brain (N2B) drug delivery, is an attractive approach for delivering drugs to the central nervous system. However, the efficacy of this method is limited because of the small size of the nasal olfactory region, which limits the drug dosage....

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Published in:Nuclear medicine and biology 2024-11, Vol.138-139, p.108968, Article 108968
Main Authors: Fukakusa, Shota, Suzuki, Chie, Sasaki, Keita, Sonoda, Yoh, Hatano, Yoshiya, Haruta, Shunji, Magata, Yasuhiro
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Summary:Intranasal (IN) administration, often referred to as nose-to-brain (N2B) drug delivery, is an attractive approach for delivering drugs to the central nervous system. However, the efficacy of this method is limited because of the small size of the nasal olfactory region, which limits the drug dosage. Using permeation enhancers could improve drug delivery from this region to the brain, though their effects are not fully understood. We therefore investigated the effects of co-administration of permeation enhancers on N2B drug delivery of a model drug domperidone, a peripherally acting dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) blocker. We conducted in vitro permeability assays to evaluate the effects of sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), a classical permeation enhancer, and lauroylcholine chloride (LCC) on domperidone permeation in human nasal mucosa-derived cells. We also used the D2R ligand [11C]raclopride to assess the in vivo effects of LCC on domperidone delivery in the rat brain using a positron emission tomography (PET) competition paradigm. In comparative PET experiments, we tested the effects of intravenously administered domperidone without LCC co-administration. LCC effectively improved nasal mucosal permeation of domperidone in vitro compared to SLS. In rat IN administration experiments, striatal [11C]raclopride uptake was significantly decreased by the addition of LCC to domperidone. On the other hand, intravenously administered domperidone with or without intranasally administered LCC did not decrease [11C]raclopride brain uptake, suggesting a lesser influence of peripheral domperidone on [11C]raclopride brain uptake. PET studies showed that striatal D2R occupancy of domperidone was increased 2.4-fold by co-administration of LCC. LCC effectively enhances the domperidone delivery from the rat olfactory region to the brain, probably not via a circulating blood. The combination of permeation enhancers and olfactory region-selective drug administration could be effective for N2B drug delivery. [Display omitted] •Lauroylcholine chloride (LCC) enhances nasal mucosal drug permeation.•Intranasal LCC enhance the nose-to-brain drug delivery from olfactory region.•Permeation enhancers are promising tools for nose-to-brain drug delivery.•PET imaging estimated the brain uptake of intranasally administered drugs.
ISSN:0969-8051
1872-9614
1872-9614
DOI:10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2024.108968