Title of article :
Novel methods of enhanced retention in and rapid, targeted release from liposomes
Author/Authors :
Zasadzinski، نويسنده , , Joseph A. and Wong، نويسنده , , Benjamin and Forbes، نويسنده , , Natalie and Braun، نويسنده , , Naichia Gary and Wu، نويسنده , , Guohui، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
Pages :
12
From page :
203
To page :
214
Abstract :
Liposomes are single bilayer capsules with distinct interior compartments in which hydrophilic drugs, imaging agents, diagnostics, etc. can be sequestered from the exterior environment. The polar parts of the individual lipids face the water compartments, while the hydrophobic parts of the lipid provide a barrier in which hydrophilic or charged molecules are poorly soluble. Hydrophobic molecules can be dissolved within the bilayer. The bilayers are typically from 3 to 6 nm thick and the liposome can range from about 50 nm to 50 μm in diameter. The question asked in this review is if any one bilayer, regardless of its composition, can provide the extended drug retention, long lifetime in the circulation, active targeting to specific tissues and rapid and controllable drug release at the site of interest. As an alternative, we review methods of self-assembling multicompartment lipid structures that provide enhanced drug retention in physiological environments. We also review the methods of externally targeting and triggering drug release via the near infrared heating of gold nanoshells attached to or encapsulated within bilayer vesicles.
Keywords :
Cancer chemotherapy , Hollow gold nanoshells , Phospholipids , Sphingomyelins , siRNA delivery , Doxorubicin delivery , surface plasmon resonance
Journal title :
Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science
Serial Year :
2011
Journal title :
Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science
Record number :
2305767
Link To Document :
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