Retinyl palmitate polymeric nanocapsules as carriers of bioactives

TY - JOUR

T1 - Retinyl palmitate polymeric nanocapsules as carriers of bioactives

AU - Teixeira, Zaine

AU - Dreiss, Cecile A.

AU - Lawrence, M. J.

AU - Heenan, Richard K.

AU - Machado, Daisy

AU - Justo, Giselle Z.

AU - Guterres, Silvia S.

AU - Duran, Nelson

PY - 2012/9/15

Y1 - 2012/9/15

N2 - Nanocapsules containing poly(D,L-lactide) shell and retinyl palmitate core have been prepared by the preformed polymer interfacial deposition method. Dynamic light scattering measurements yielded an average hydrodynamic diameter of similar to 220 nm and a polydispersity index of similar to 0.12. Small-angle neutron scattering experiments revealed the presence of two populations of nanocapsules of core diameters similar to 192 and 65 nm. Freeze fracture transmission electron microscopy showed a polydisperse population of nanocapsules (NC), with a poly(D,L-lactide) shell thickness between 11 and 3 nm. For comparison purposes, nanoemulsions (NE, no polymer) and nanospheres (NS, polymer matrix) were also prepared. Each type of nanoparticles exhibited a different morphology (when examined by electron microscopy), in particular NC showed deformability by capillary adhesion. All three types of nanoparticles successfully encapsulated the poorly water-soluble molecules baicalein and benzophenone-3. The thermal behavior of the various nanoparticles was different to a physical mixture of its individual components. Cytotoxicity and phototoxicity assays, performed in human keratinocytes (HaCaT) and murine fibroblasts (BALB/c3T3), showed that the NC were only cytotoxic at high concentrations. In vitro release studies of benzophenone-3, by the dialysis bag method using NC and NS, showed a sustained release; however, permeation studies using plastic surgery human abdominal skin in Franz diffusion cells showed that a higher amount of benzophenone-3 from NC penetrated into the skin, most probably due to the deformable nature of these nanoparticles. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

AB - Nanocapsules containing poly(D,L-lactide) shell and retinyl palmitate core have been prepared by the preformed polymer interfacial deposition method. Dynamic light scattering measurements yielded an average hydrodynamic diameter of similar to 220 nm and a polydispersity index of similar to 0.12. Small-angle neutron scattering experiments revealed the presence of two populations of nanocapsules of core diameters similar to 192 and 65 nm. Freeze fracture transmission electron microscopy showed a polydisperse population of nanocapsules (NC), with a poly(D,L-lactide) shell thickness between 11 and 3 nm. For comparison purposes, nanoemulsions (NE, no polymer) and nanospheres (NS, polymer matrix) were also prepared. Each type of nanoparticles exhibited a different morphology (when examined by electron microscopy), in particular NC showed deformability by capillary adhesion. All three types of nanoparticles successfully encapsulated the poorly water-soluble molecules baicalein and benzophenone-3. The thermal behavior of the various nanoparticles was different to a physical mixture of its individual components. Cytotoxicity and phototoxicity assays, performed in human keratinocytes (HaCaT) and murine fibroblasts (BALB/c3T3), showed that the NC were only cytotoxic at high concentrations. In vitro release studies of benzophenone-3, by the dialysis bag method using NC and NS, showed a sustained release; however, permeation studies using plastic surgery human abdominal skin in Franz diffusion cells showed that a higher amount of benzophenone-3 from NC penetrated into the skin, most probably due to the deformable nature of these nanoparticles. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

U2 - 10.1016/j.jcis.2012.05.042

DO - 10.1016/j.jcis.2012.05.042

M3 - Article

SN - 0021-9797

VL - 382

SP - 36

EP - 47

JO - JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

JF - JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

IS - 1

ER -