Responsive Hydrogel Microcarrier-Integrated Microneedles for Versatile and Controllable Drug Delivery. 2021

Lu Fan, and Xiaoxuan Zhang, and Xiaoyu Liu, and Bo Sun, and Ling Li, and Yuanjin Zhao
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Institute of Translational Medicine, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, China.

Stratagems of drug delivery are important for disease treatment and other biomedical areas. In this study, a novel stratagem is presented for versatile and controllable drug delivery by integrating photoresponsive drug delivery microspheres (PDDMs) into pyramid microneedle (MN) arrays. The PDDMs, containing black-phosphorus (BP) and poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAM), are generated by a flexible capillary microfluidic method. Benefiting from the high water content of the pNIPAM hydrogel, various bioactive substances can be loaded and maintain biological activity. Furthermore, due to the near-infrared (NIR) absorption and conversion capabilities of the contained BP, the PDDMs can increase temperature, shrink volume, and release their encapsulated bioactives under the trigger of biocompatible NIR. In addition, as the PDDMs are stuffed into the solid MN arrays of porous ethoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate (ETPTA), the composited PDDMs-MNs system has enough mechanical strength to penetrate into the skin and can deliver drugs underneath the skin uniformly. Based on the resultant PDDMs-MNs, it is demonstrated that insulin can be controllably released to adjust blood glucose levels of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mice. Thus, it is believed that the PDDMs-MNs can act as an excellent drugs delivery system and will find many practical values in clinical medicine.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009339 Needles Sharp instruments used for puncturing or suturing. Hypodermic Needles,Hypodermic Needle,Needle,Needle, Hypodermic,Needles, Hypodermic
D003921 Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental Diabetes mellitus induced experimentally by administration of various diabetogenic agents or by PANCREATECTOMY. Alloxan Diabetes,Streptozocin Diabetes,Streptozotocin Diabetes,Experimental Diabetes Mellitus,Diabete, Streptozocin,Diabetes, Alloxan,Diabetes, Streptozocin,Diabetes, Streptozotocin,Streptozocin Diabete
D000279 Administration, Cutaneous The application of suitable drug dosage forms to the skin for either local or systemic effects. Cutaneous Drug Administration,Dermal Drug Administration,Drug Administration, Dermal,Percutaneous Administration,Skin Drug Administration,Transcutaneous Administration,Transdermal Administration,Administration, Dermal,Administration, Transcutaneous,Administration, Transdermal,Cutaneous Administration,Cutaneous Administration, Drug,Dermal Administration,Drug Administration, Cutaneous,Skin Administration, Drug,Administration, Cutaneous Drug,Administration, Dermal Drug,Administration, Percutaneous,Administrations, Cutaneous,Administrations, Cutaneous Drug,Administrations, Dermal,Administrations, Dermal Drug,Administrations, Percutaneous,Administrations, Transcutaneous,Administrations, Transdermal,Cutaneous Administrations,Cutaneous Administrations, Drug,Cutaneous Drug Administrations,Dermal Administrations,Dermal Drug Administrations,Drug Administrations, Cutaneous,Drug Administrations, Dermal,Drug Skin Administrations,Percutaneous Administrations,Skin Administrations, Drug,Skin Drug Administrations,Transcutaneous Administrations,Transdermal Administrations
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D016503 Drug Delivery Systems Systems for the delivery of drugs to target sites of pharmacological actions. Technologies employed include those concerning drug preparation, route of administration, site targeting, metabolism, and toxicity. Drug Targeting,Delivery System, Drug,Delivery Systems, Drug,Drug Delivery System,Drug Targetings,System, Drug Delivery,Systems, Drug Delivery,Targeting, Drug,Targetings, Drug
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus
D020100 Hydrogels Water swollen, rigid, 3-dimensional network of cross-linked, hydrophilic macromolecules, 20-95% water. They are used in paints, printing inks, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) Hydrogel,In Situ Hydrogel,In Situ Hydrogels,Patterned Hydrogel,Patterned Hydrogels,Hydrogel, In Situ,Hydrogel, Patterned

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