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Chitosan coated PluronicF127 micelles for effective delivery of Amphotericin B in experimental visceral leishmaniasis.
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2017 December
The goal of study was to develop micellar formulation of Amphotericin B (AmB) to improve its antileishmanial efficacy. AmB loaded pluronic F127 (PF 127) micelles were developed and coated with chitosan (Cs-PF-AmB-M) to accord immunoadjuvant and macrophage targeting properties. Hemolysis and cytotoxicity studies demonstrated that Cs-PF-AmB-M was 7.93 fold (at 20μg/ml AmB concentration) and 9.35 fold less hemolytic and cytotoxic, respectively in comparison to AmB suspension. Flow cytometry studies indicated that Cs-PF-FITC-M was 21.97 fold higher internalized byJ774A.1 macrophage in comparison to PF-FITC-M.Cs-PF-AmB-M showed excellent in-vitro (1.82 fold in compared to AmB suspension) and in-vivo (75.84±7.91% parasitic inhibition) antileishmanial activity against macrophage resident intracellular promastigotes and Leishmania donovani infected Syrian hamsters, respectively. Chitosan coating stimulated a Th1 immune response mediating auxiliary immunotherapeutic action as judged by in-vitro and in-vivo cytokine and mRNA expression. Toxicity studies demonstrated normal blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and plasma creatinine (PC) level and no sign of abnormal histopathology upon intravenous administration of micellar formulations. Pharmacokinetic profiling and tissue distribution studies indicated that AmB was preferentially localized in macrophage harboring tissue instead of kidney, thereby circumventing the characteristic nephrotoxicity. Conclusively, Cs-PF-AmB-M could be a viable alternative for the current immuno and chemotherapy of visceral leishmaniasis (VL).
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