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Methacrylated chitosan as a polymer with enhanced mucoadhesive properties for transmucosal drug delivery

Kolawole, O. M., Lau, W. M. and Khutoryanskiy, V. V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7221-2630 (2018) Methacrylated chitosan as a polymer with enhanced mucoadhesive properties for transmucosal drug delivery. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 550 (1-2). pp. 123-129. ISSN 0378-5173

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.08.034

Abstract/Summary

Chitosan is a cationic polysaccharide that exhibits mucoadhesive properties which allow it to adhere to mucosal tissues. In this work, we explored chemical modification of chitosan through its reaction with methacrylic anhydride to synthesise methacrylated derivative with the aim to improve its mucoadhesive properties. The reaction products were characterised using 1H NMR, FTIR and UV–Vis spectroscopy. 1H NMR and ninhydrin test were used to quantify the degree of methacrylation of chitosan. Turbidimetric analysis of the effect of pH on aqueous solubility of the polymers revealed that the highly methacrylated derivative remained turbid and its turbidity did not change from pH 3 to 9. However, solutions of native chitosan and its derivative with low methacrylation remained transparent at pH 6.5 and exhibited a rapid increase in turbidity at pH > 6.5. The mucoadhesive properties of chitosan and its methacrylated derivatives were evaluated using flow-through method combined with fluorescent microscopy with fluorescein sodium as a model drug. The retention of these polymers was evaluated on porcine bladder mucosa in vitro. The methacrylated derivatives exhibited greater ability to retain fluorescein sodium on the bladder mucosa compared to the parent chitosan. Toxicological studies using MTT assay with UMUC3 bladder cells show no significant differences in toxicity between chitosan and its methacrylated derivatives suggesting good biocompatibility of these novel mucoadhesive polymers.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > School of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutics Research Group
ID Code:78982
Publisher:Elsevier

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