Production of Targeted Estrone Liposomes Using a Herringbone Micromixer

Liposomes are spherical vesicles formed from bilayer lipid membranes that are extensively used in targeted drug delivery as nanocarriers to deliver therapeutic reagents to specific tissues and organs in the body. Recently, we have reported using estrone as an endogenous ligand on doxorubicin-encapsu...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Agam, Mohamed Abdalla (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Paul, Vinod (author), Abdelgawad, Mohammad (author), Husseini, Ghaleb (author)
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Estrone
Herringbone micromixer
Liposomes
Drug delivery
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description Liposomes are spherical vesicles formed from bilayer lipid membranes that are extensively used in targeted drug delivery as nanocarriers to deliver therapeutic reagents to specific tissues and organs in the body. Recently, we have reported using estrone as an endogenous ligand on doxorubicin-encapsulating liposomes to target estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer cells. Estrone liposomes were synthesized using the thin-film hydration method, which is a long, arduous, and multistep process. Here, we report using a herringbone micromixer to synthesize estrone liposomes in a simple and rapid manner. A solvent stream containing the lipids was mixed with a stream of phosphate buffer saline (PBS) inside a microchannel integrated with herringbone-shaped ridges that enhanced the mixing of the two streams. The small scale involved enabled rapid solvent exchange and initiated the self-assembly of the lipids to form the required liposomes. The effect of different parameters on liposome size, such as the ratio between the flow rate of the solvent and the buffer solutions (FRR), total flow rate, lipid concentrations, and solvent type, were investigated. Using this commercially available chip, we obtained liposomes with a radius of 66.1 ± 11.2 nm (mean ± standard deviation) and a polydispersity of 22% in less than 15 minutes compared to a total of ∼ 11 hours using conventional techniques. Calcein was encapsulated inside the prepared liposomes as a model drug and was released by applying ultrasound at different powers. The size of the prepared liposomes was stable over a period of one month. Overall, using microfluidics to synthesize estrone liposomes simplified the procedure considerably and improved the reproducibility of the resulting liposomes.
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spelling Production of Targeted Estrone Liposomes Using a Herringbone MicromixerAgam, Mohamed AbdallaPaul, VinodAbdelgawad, MohammadHusseini, GhalebMicrofluidicsEstroneHerringbone micromixerLiposomesDrug deliveryLiposomes are spherical vesicles formed from bilayer lipid membranes that are extensively used in targeted drug delivery as nanocarriers to deliver therapeutic reagents to specific tissues and organs in the body. Recently, we have reported using estrone as an endogenous ligand on doxorubicin-encapsulating liposomes to target estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer cells. Estrone liposomes were synthesized using the thin-film hydration method, which is a long, arduous, and multistep process. Here, we report using a herringbone micromixer to synthesize estrone liposomes in a simple and rapid manner. A solvent stream containing the lipids was mixed with a stream of phosphate buffer saline (PBS) inside a microchannel integrated with herringbone-shaped ridges that enhanced the mixing of the two streams. The small scale involved enabled rapid solvent exchange and initiated the self-assembly of the lipids to form the required liposomes. The effect of different parameters on liposome size, such as the ratio between the flow rate of the solvent and the buffer solutions (FRR), total flow rate, lipid concentrations, and solvent type, were investigated. Using this commercially available chip, we obtained liposomes with a radius of 66.1 ± 11.2 nm (mean ± standard deviation) and a polydispersity of 22% in less than 15 minutes compared to a total of ∼ 11 hours using conventional techniques. Calcein was encapsulated inside the prepared liposomes as a model drug and was released by applying ultrasound at different powers. The size of the prepared liposomes was stable over a period of one month. Overall, using microfluidics to synthesize estrone liposomes simplified the procedure considerably and improved the reproducibility of the resulting liposomes.American University of SharjahAl-Jalila FoundationSheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy ResearchPatient’s Friends Committee-SharjahBiosciences and Bioengineering Research InstituteGCC Co-Fund ProgramTakamul programTechnology Innovation Pioneer (T IP) Healthcare AwardsSheikh Hamdan Award for Medical SciencesFriends of Cancer Patients (FoCP)Dana Gas Endowed Chair for Chemical EngineeringIEEE2024-07-04T05:16:07Z2024-07-04T05:16:07Z2024Peer-ReviewedPublished versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfM. Agam, V. Paul, M. Abdelgawad and G. A. Husseini, "Production of Targeted Estrone Liposomes Using a Herringbone Micromixer," in IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 472-481, July 2024, doi: 10.1109/TNB.2024.3382203.1558-2639https://hdl.handle.net/11073/2556110.1109/TNB.2024.3382203en_UShttps://doi.org/10.1109/TNB.2024.3382203oai:repository.aus.edu:11073/255612024-08-22T12:09:08Z
spellingShingle Production of Targeted Estrone Liposomes Using a Herringbone Micromixer
Agam, Mohamed Abdalla
Microfluidics
Estrone
Herringbone micromixer
Liposomes
Drug delivery
status_str publishedVersion
title Production of Targeted Estrone Liposomes Using a Herringbone Micromixer
title_full Production of Targeted Estrone Liposomes Using a Herringbone Micromixer
title_fullStr Production of Targeted Estrone Liposomes Using a Herringbone Micromixer
title_full_unstemmed Production of Targeted Estrone Liposomes Using a Herringbone Micromixer
title_short Production of Targeted Estrone Liposomes Using a Herringbone Micromixer
title_sort Production of Targeted Estrone Liposomes Using a Herringbone Micromixer
topic Microfluidics
Estrone
Herringbone micromixer
Liposomes
Drug delivery
url https://hdl.handle.net/11073/25561