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  • Title: Development of chitosan nanoparticles coated with hyaluronic acid for topical ocular delivery of dexamethasone.
    Author: Kalam MA.
    Journal: Int J Biol Macromol; 2016 Aug; 89():127-36. PubMed ID: 27126165.
    Abstract:
    The present study involved design of dexamethasone-sodium phosphate (DEX) loaded mucoadhesive chitosan nanoparticles for topical ocular delivery to improve its precorneal retention and corneal permeability. The chitosan-sodium tripolyphosphate nanoparticle (CS-NPs) was developed through ionotropic-gelation technique. The developed CS-NPs were coated with hyaluronic-acid (HA) to make discrete, free-flowing NPs and to improve their mucoadhesive characteristics. The particle-size, zeta-potential and polydispersity-index were determined by Malvern-Zetasizer. The average size of the CS-NPs ranged from 305.25±14.29nm (without HA-coating and before freeze-drying) to 400.57±15.23nm (HA-coated and after freeze-drying). Due to the polyanionic nature of HA, reversing of zeta-potentials from +32.55±4.15 to -33.74±3.45 was observed. Polydispersity-indices varied from 0.178±0.067 (before freeze-drying of HA-coated F2) to 0.427±0.028 (after freeze-drying of HA-coated F2). The encapsulation and loading capacity of around 72.95% and 14.51% respectively were found in optimized CS-NPs. In simulated tear fluid 75.84% cumulative amount of released drug was detected and the in-vitro release results suggested the mechanism of drug release was Fickian-diffusion type. The clarity, pH, refractive index, surface tension and viscosity of the suspensions of DEX-CS-NPs were found promising for ocular use. Stability study on nanoparticles revealed no significant changes were observed in particle-size, encapsulation, drug release and physicochemical characteristics at 25°C for 3-months storage.
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