Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are present in the environment as complex mixtures, which make it challenging to identify PCB congeners that may be subject to active transport processes. Here we employ a transgenic mouse model in combination with multivariate analyses to investigate if chiral PCBs 91, 95, 132, 136, 149, 174, 176 and 183 are subject to active (enantioselective) transport by multidrug resistance (MDR) transporters. A synthetic PCB mixture containing these congeners was administered orally to female FVB or mdr1a/1b knockout mice. Due to the short half-life of chiral PCB congeners, mice were euthanized after 24 hours and PCB concentrations and enantiomeric fractions were determined in selected tissues and excreta. Principal component analysis did not reveal differences between wild-type and mdr1a/1b knockout mice. However, Hotelling T 2 -test revealed significantly lower PCB concentrations and a more pronounced enantiomeric enrichment in the adipose tissue of mdr1a/1b knockout mice. These differences are due to higher body weights and higher fecal fat contents of mdr1a/1b knockout mice. Analysis of the enantiomeric fractions of PCBs 91, 95, 136, 149 and 174 showed a significant enantiomeric enrichment for all five congeners in wild-type and mdr1a/1b knockout mice. Overall, by studying a PCB mixture in a transgenic mouse model in combination with a multivariate data reduction approach, PCBs 91, 95, 136, 149 and 174 could be excluded as substrates of multidrug resistance transporters 1a/b.
A mind-set change is needed to be able to face, and fully assess, the advantages and disadvantages of switching from batch to continuous mode production.
Acetylated derivative of maltose might be very effective agent to improve physical stability of amorphous indomethacin as well as to enhance its solubility. Intermolecular interactions between modified carbohydrate and IMC are likely to be responsible for increased stability effect in the glassy state.
Two mesoporous silica materials: MCM-41 and SBA-15 were applied as potential nanocarriers for poorly soluble drug-nimodipine. Drug incorporation was performed using modified adsorption from the solution method and loaded samples before and after washing procedure were studied. The physical properties were verified by: differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray powder diffraction, electron microscopies (SEM/TEM) and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). FT-IR results for bulk nimodipine were interpreted on the basis of first principles calculations (DFT). As a result of encapsulation process, in both matrices nimodipine appeared simultaneously in two forms: crystalline and amorphous, but the first one turned out to be easily removable during washing procedure. The in vitro dissolution and release tests were performed with ultra pure water under supersaturating conditions. The release rate of the amorphous nimodipine from mesoporous silica materials was at least 70 times higher than dissolution rate of bulk drug, thus revealed a potential usefulness of such carrier in future pharmaceutical applications in terms of delivery of poorly soluble drugs.
Valsartan
(VAL) is an antihypertensive drug marketed in an amorphous
form. Amorphous materials can have different physicochemical properties
depending on preparation method, thermal history, etc., but the nature
of such materials is difficult to study by diffraction techniques.
This study characterizes two different amorphous forms of valsartan
(AR and AM) using solid-state NMR (SSNMR) as a primary investigation
tool, supported by solution-state NMR, FT-IR, TMDSC, and dissolution
tests. The two forms are found to be clearly distinct, with a significantly
higher level of structural arrangement in the AR form, as observed
in 13C, 15N, and 1H SSNMR. 13C and 15N NMR indicates that the fully amorphous material
(AM) contains an approximately equal ratio of cis–trans conformers about the amide bond, whereas
the AR form exists mainly as one conformer, with minor conformational
“defects”. 1H ultrafast MAS NMR shows significant
differences in the hydrogen bonding involving the tetrazole and acid
hydrogens between the two materials, while 15N NMR shows
that both forms exist as a 1,2,3,4-tetrazole tautomer. NMR relaxation
times show subtle differences in local and bulk molecular mobility,
which can be connected with the glass transition, the stability of
the glassy material, and its response to aging. Counterintuitively
the fully amorphous material is found to have a significantly lower
dissolution rate than the apparently more ordered AR material.
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