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Impact of lipases on the protective effect of SEDDS for incorporated peptide drugs towards intestinal peptidases.

AIM: The aim of this study is the development of self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDS) differing in amounts of ester substructures and to evaluate their stability in presence of pancreatic lipase and protective effect against luminal enzymatic metabolism using leuprorelin as model peptide drug.

METHODS: Hydrophobic leuprolide oleate was incorporated into three different SEDDS formulations and their stability towards pancreatic lipases was investigated utilizing a dynamic in vitro digestion model. Protective effect of SEDDS in respect to peptide drug stability against proteolytic enzymes, trypsin and α-chymotrypsin, was determined via HPLC.

RESULTS: Results of in vitro digestion demonstrated that 80% of SEDDS containing the highest amount of ester linkages was degraded within 60min. In comparison to that, SEDDS without ester bonds showed no degradation. With increasing oil droplets hydrolysis the remaining amount of peptide encapsulated into formulation decreased. Furthermore, after 180min incubation with trypsin up to 33.5% and with α-chymotrypsin up to 60.5% of leuprolide oleate was intact while leuprorelin acetate aqueous solution was completely metabolized by trypsin within 120min and by α-chymotrypsin within 5min. Protective effect in environment containing lipases was lower due to oil phase degradation, however, the amount of peptide in ester-free SEDDS was remarkably higher compared to SEDDS susceptible to lipases.

CONCLUSION: The present study revealed that SEDDS stable towards hydrolysis is able to exhibit a protective effect for oral peptide delivery.

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