Pulmonary delivery of salmon calcitonin dry powders containing absorption enhancers in rats

To evaluate the effects of absorption enhancers in dry powders and in liquids, pulmonary absorption of salmon calcitonin (sCT) in various formulations was measured. The dry powder of sCT was prepared by a freeze-drying method with a jet mill. After intratracheal administration of sCT dry powder and...

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Published in:Pharmaceutical research 1996, Vol.13 (1), p.80-83
Main Authors: KOBAYASHI, S, KONDO, S, JUNI, K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Calcitonin - blood
Calcitonin - pharmacokinetics
Dextrans
Drug Synergism
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate - analogs & derivatives
General pharmacology
Intubation, Intratracheal
Lung - metabolism
Male
Medical sciences
Pharmacokinetics. Pharmacogenetics. Drug-receptor interactions
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Powders
Pulmonary Alveoli - metabolism
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Solutions
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Summary:To evaluate the effects of absorption enhancers in dry powders and in liquids, pulmonary absorption of salmon calcitonin (sCT) in various formulations was measured. The dry powder of sCT was prepared by a freeze-drying method with a jet mill. After intratracheal administration of sCT dry powder and liquid (solution) preparations to rats, plasma sCT levels and calcium levels were measured. After intratracheal administration without absorption enhancers, sCT in the dry powder and in the liquid were absorbed nearly to the same degree. Absorption enhancers (oleic acid, lecithin, citric acid, taurocholic acid, dimethyl-beta-cyclodextrin, octyl-beta-D-glucoside) were much more effective in the dry powder than in the solution. The reason may be that the enhancers added to the dry powder dissolved at high concentrations in a trace volume of the fluid lining the alveolar epithelium. The present results suggest that the pulmonary absorption of peptides and proteins can be greatly improved by formulating them into dry powders with smaller amounts of enhancers than in liquid dosage forms.
ISSN:0724-8741
1573-904X
DOI:10.1023/A:1016081301369