Design and fabrication of a mesoporous silica scaffold for oral delivery of peptides
摘要
The goal of this effort was to create mesoporous nanoparticles (MSNs) decorated with amine groups and loaded with liraglutide (LRT) for oral delivery. Amine-decorated MSNs were helpful for peptide entrapment and prolonged release of liraglutide, a GLP-1 analog. Liraglutide-loaded MSNs were made by using acetonitrile and water sol-gel techniques. Over the course of 24 h, the particles provided consistent drug release, with cumulative release reaching up to 90% in vitro. Differential dynamic light scattering, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analysis and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) were used to characterize the synthesized formulation. The MTT assay was used to evaluate cell viability along with the hemolysis assay and was found to be safe. Particle size determination was performed by a zeta sizer; the size was 286 nm