HPMA Based Amphiphilic Copolymers Mediate Central Nervous Effects of Domperidone

Autor: Mirjam Hemmelmann, Kaloian Koynov, Rudolf Zentel, Matthias Barz, Mareli Allmeroth, Christiane Knoth, Frank Rösch, Dorothea Moderegger, Ulrich Schmitt, Christoph Hiemke
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 32:712-717
ISSN: 1022-1336
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201000810
Popis: In this study we give evidence that domperidone encapsulated into amphiphilic p(HPMA)-co-p(laurylmethacrylate) (LMA) copolymer aggregates is able to cross the blood-brain barrier, since it affected motor behaviour in animals, which is a sensitive measure for CNS actions. Carefully designed copolymers based on the clinically approved p(HPMA) were selected and synthesized by a combination of controlled radical polymerization and post-polymerization modification. The hydrodynamic radii (R(h) ) of amphiphilic p(HPMA)-co-p(LMA) alone and loaded with domperidone were determined by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.
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