Protein loaded biodegradable microspheres based on PLGA-protein bioconjugates
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Microencapsulation
- Vol. 16 (5) , 625-637
- https://doi.org/10.1080/026520499288816
Abstract
Biodegradable poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) was chemically conjugated to lysozyme, a model protein drug, by coupling a terminal carboxylic acid in PLGA with primary amine groups present in lysozyme. The conjugation was carried out in dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) by using carbodiimide as a coupling agent. The PLGA-lysozyme conjugate, dissolved in a co-solvent system of DMSO and methylene chloride, was directly formulated into microspheres by an oil-in-water (O/W) single emulsion solvent evaporation technique. Morphological characteristics of the resultant microspheres, loading efficiencies, and protein release behaviours with protein instability problems were investigated in comparison with those of the microspheres prepared by water-in-oil-water (W/O/W) double emulsion and O/W single emulsion techniques which employed PLGA with unconjugated lysozyme for the formulation.Keywords
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