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Introduction
o Definition covers following bullet points:
☼ Selective delivery/targeting
☼ Specific site of action
☼ Eliminates non-targeted organs/systems
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Introduction
o Aimed at:
☼ Selective + Effective localization
☼ Pre-identified site
☼ ↑ Therapeutic conc.
☼ Restricted to non-specific sites
☼ Minimizing toxic effects
☼ Maximizing Therapeutic index
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Reasons
o Involves:
1. Overcoming pharmaceutical drug problems
2. Delivery specification:
The capillary bed of the active sites,
The specific type of cell (or) even an intracellular region.
Ex- tumour cells but not to normal cells,
A specific organ (or) tissues by complexing with the
carrier that recognizes the target
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Free Drug
No access,
No affinity
(Limited Effect)
Access,
Affinity
(Effect: TOXICITY)
Inactivation
Or
↓ T.E.
TARGET
SITE
NON TARGET
SITE
BIO-ENVI
FACTORS
Drug+Carrier
No access,
No affinity
(Limited Effect)Facilitated Transport
(Effect: TARGETING)
Sequestration
↑Therapeutic Avail.
TARGET
SITE
NON TARGET
SITE
BIO-ENVI
FACTORS
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Merits
o Simplified Drug administration protocol
o ↓ Dose of drug → Cost of therapy
o ↑ Drug conc. at target than non-target sites
o Rapid Clearance
o Immune reactions (mostly against I.V. route)
o Insufficient localization in tumor cells
o Diffusion & redistribution
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Demerits
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Ideal TDDS*
1) Biochemically inert, non-toxic & non-immunogenic
2) Stability (Physical & Chemical)
3) Restricted delivery to target site/organ
4) Uniform capillary distribution at the site
5) Controlled & predictable rate of delivery
6) Drug release vs Drug action
7) ↑ Therapeutic effect
8) No – Drug leakage
9) Carrier properties
10)Cost of production
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Considerations
o Majorly, considered:
Specific properties of target cells.
Nature of markers or transport carriers or vehicles, which
convey drug to specific receptors.
Ligands and physically modulated components.
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Introduction
o Required for successful transportation of the loaded drug.
o Delivers the drug within or in the vicinity of target.
o An inherent characteristic or acquired through structural
modification
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Ideal Criteria
o Able to cross anatomical barriers
o Recognized specifically and selectively by the target cells.
o The linkage and the directing unit (ligand) should be stable in
plasma, interstitial and other bio fluids.
o Non-toxic, non-immunogenic and biodegradable particulate or
macromolecule.
o After recognition/internalization, can release the moiety.
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Types
o Based on “Nature of Origin”:
1. Endogenous (LDL ,HDL Chylomicrons, Serum albumin,
Erythrocytes)
2. Exogenous (Microparticulates, Soluble polymeric and
Biodegradable polymeric drug carriers.
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Types
o Based on Pharmaceutical approaches:
1. Colloidal carriers
2. Cellular carriers
3. Supra-molecular delivery systems
4. Polymer based systems
5. Macromolecular carriers
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Types
Vesicular systems
Ex: Liposomes, niosomes, pharmacosomes, virosomes,
immunoliposomes.
Microparticulate systems
Ex: Microparticles, Nanoparticles, Magnetic microspheres,
Albumin microspheres, Nanocapsules.
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Colloidal Carriers
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Types
o Proteins, glycoproteins, Neo glycoproteins and artificial viral
envelopes (AVE).
o Glycosylated water soluble polymers (poly-L-lysine).
o Mabs, Immunological fragments, antibody enzyme complex and
bispecific Abs.
o Toxins, immunotoxin .
o Lectins and polysaccharides
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Macro molecular
forms
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Levels
o Systems that target the systemic circulation.
o Devices include-
drug bearing bilayer vesicular systems
cellular carriers of micron or submicron size range.
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Passive Targeting
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Levels
o Based on attempts to
- circumvent and - avoid
Passive uptake of colloidal carriers by RES, leading to reversion of bio
distribution trend of the carrier.
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Inverse Targeting
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Levels
o The facilitation of the binding of the drug carrier to target cells by
the use of ligands
To increase receptor mediated localization of the drug
Target specific delivery of drug
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Active Targeting
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Levels
o Orders of Active Targeting:
a. First order targeting (organ compartmentalization)
b. Second order targeting (cellular targeting)
c. Third order targeting (intracellular targeting)
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Active Targeting
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Levels
o First Order:
- Restricted distribution of the drug carrier system to the capillary
bed of the predetermined target site, organ or tissue.
Ex: Compartmental targeting
*Lymphatics *Peritoneal cavity *Plural cavity
*Cerebral ventricles *Lungs, joints, eyes, etc.
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Active Targeting
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Levels
o Second Order:
- Selective delivery of drugs to a specific cell types.
- Such as tumour cells (and not to the normal cells) is referred to
as second order
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Active Targeting
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Levels
o Approaches for Active Targeting
- Ligand Mediated
- Physical (Triggered Release)
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Active Targeting
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Levels
o Using carrier molecules, having intrinsic antiviral effect thus
synergies the antiviral effect of the loaded active drug.
Ex: drug conjugates can be prepared with fortified activity profile
against the viral replication.
Dual Targeting
• The virus replication process can be attacked at multiple points,
excluding the possibilities of resistant viral strain development.
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Levels
o To achieve a double targeting effect,
site specificity of the drug,
by virtue of targeting moiety,
a high specificity module (mainly a photosensitizer) is
linked to antibodies.
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Double Targeting
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Levels
o Firstly, suggested by Petit and Gombtz.
o Focussed on Site-specific delivery of proteins and peptides.
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Combination
Targeting
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Approaches
1. Targeting to the mononuclear phagocytic system (MPS):
I.V. administered liposomes—localize within MPS.
MPS consists of connective tissues of mesenchymal origin.
Physical
• Clearance of large variety of harmful substances from plasma.
• Catabolism of macromolecules.
• Participation in immune response.
• Synthesis and secretion of various effector molecules.
• Targeting of AZIDOTHYMIDINE (AZT) to macrophages as
nanoparticle carriers by I.V. & oral routes.
• Liposomal delivery of certain compounds may provide
extended retention.
• Liposomal delivery of drugs systemically enhances drug
concentration of antimicrobials.
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Approaches
2. Targeting to the Pulmonary region
- Diagnostic purposes
3. Extravascular systems
- anticancer drug camptothecin + nanoparticles = ↑ avg
residence time.
4. Mucosal delivery of antigens
- microspheres of Staphylococcal enterotoxin B toxoid.
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Physical
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Approaches
o Involves delivery of the drug using carrier system with targeting
moiety
either in-built (by virtue of the structure of the carrier) or
is chemically coupled.
Biological
• Antibodies directed against specific cell surface antigens,
• Endogenous carbohydrate-binding proteins (lectins).
• Glycoconjugates functioning as specific ligands for receptors
on specific cells that recognize particular sugar residues, and
• Hormones functioning as specific ligands for receptors on
specific targets.
• Ex:
1. Coupling of viral antigens to monoclonal antibodies against
a mouse Class II MHC.
2. Naproxen using lysozyme as carrier (since it is taken up &
catabolized in (PCT) - Showed 70 fold ↑ in retention.
3. Insulin used as enzyme carrier for correcting enzyme
deficiency disease in fibroblasts from patients with
cholesterol storage disease.
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Approaches
o Incorporates targeting consideration into the drug design
process—for design of safe, localized delivery.
o Targeting to active biological molecules based on predictable
enzymatic activation.
o Allow sustained release of drugs too.
Chemical
• Ex:
1. Drug targeting to lungs
2. Drug targeting to brain
3. Osteotropic DD
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References
o Drug Targeting Organ-Specific Strategies Edited by Grietje Molema
and Dirk K. F. Meijer, 2007.
o Targeted and Controlled drug delivery (Novel carrier systems), S P
Vyas and R K Khar, CBS publishers, 2002.
o Progress in Controlled and Novel drug delivery systems by N K
Jain, CBS publishers, 2008.
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2. Both invitro n invivo
8. During transit
10. easy,simple,reroducible
A cell or grp of cell in minority, identified to be in need of treatment
Are vector which sequester, retain drug & transport or deliver it into d vicinity of target.
Confer recognition & specificity upon carrier/vector & guide them.
A cell or grp of cell in minority, identified to be in need of treatment
Are vector which sequester, retain drug & transport or deliver it into d vicinity of target.
Confer recognition & specificity upon carrier/vector & guide them.
and in case of tumour chemotherapy tumour vasculature.
and must maintain the specificity of the surface ligands.
1. suppressed by a pre-injection of colloidal carriers or macromolecules like dextran sulphate
2.modification of the size, surface charge,composition, surface rigidity & hydrophilicity of carriers for desirable biofate.
receptor dependent uptake of natural LDL particles and synthetic lipid microemulsions of partially reconstituted LDL particles coated with the apoproteins
drug delivery programmed and monitored at the external level (ex vivo) with the help of physical means (=ex)