In vivo evaluation of lipid-based formulations for oral delivery of apomorphine and its diester prodrugs
作者:Nrupa Borkar、René Holm、Mingshi Yang、Anette Müllertz、Huiling Mu
DOI:10.1016/j.ijpharm.2016.09.024
日期:2016.11
In the present study, the differences in oral absorption of apomorphine and its diester prodrugs and the effect of lipid-based formulations on the absorption of apomorphine or its prodrugs were investigated. Apomorphine, dilauroyl apomorphine (DLA) and dipalmitoyl apomorphine (DPA) were orally administered (0.24 mmol/kg) to rats as: DLA-o/w emulsion, DPA-o/w emulsion, apomorphine-o/w emulsion, apomorphine aqueous suspension, DLA-Maisine, DLA-soybean oil, DLA-self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDS), and DLA-w/o emulsion. The o/w and w/o emulsion consisted of Maisine 35-1 emulsified with water in 1: 3 and 4: 1 ratio, respectively. T-max of diesters was significantly increased (p <= 0.05) compared to apomorphine in o/w emulsion, suggesting that esterification yielded prolonged drug absorption. C-max, AUC and the relative bioavailability of apomorphine after DLA-SEDDS administration was higher (p <= 0.05) than after DLA-w/o administration, indicating that triglycerides and surfactants improved the oral absorption of DLA. Similarly, C-max and AUC after dosing apomorphine-o/w were significantly higher (p <= 0.05) than that of aqueous suspension. This suggested that lipids and lipolysis products possibly aided apomorphine micellar solubilization in intestinal fluids. A combination of prodrug strategy and lipid-based formulations facilitated a higher and prolonged absorption of apomorphine from its diester prodrugs. (C) 2016 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.