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DOI 10.1016/j.ejpb.2007.02.013
Title (Primary) A model describing the effect of enzymatic degradation on drug release from collagen minirods
Author Metzmacher, I.; Radu, F.A.; Bause, M.; Friess, W.; Knabner, P.
Source Titel European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
Year 2007
Department CHS
Volume 67
Issue 2
Page From 349
Page To 360
Language englisch
Keywords Collagen; Mathematical model; Enzymatic degradation; Enzymatic adsorption; FCS; Numerical simulation
Abstract A drug delivery system, named minirod, containing insoluble non-cross-linked collagen was prepared to investigate the release of model drug compounds. To characterise the complete drug release process properly, a mathematical model was developed. Previously, a mathematical model describing water penetration, matrix swelling and drug release by diffusion from dense collagen matrices has been introduced and tested. However, enzymatic matrix degradation influences the drug release as well. Based on experimental data, a model was developed which describes drug release by collagenolytic matrix degradation based on enzyme diffusion, adsorption and cleavage. Data for swelling, collagen degradation and FITC dextran release from insoluble equine collagen type I minirods were collected. Sorption studies demonstrated a tight sorption of collagenase on collagen surfaces that follows a Freundlich sorption isotherm and results in a degradation constant of 3.8 × 10-5 mol/l for the minirods. The diffusion coefficients of FITC dextran 20 and 70 (3 × 10-3 and 2.4 × 10-3 cm2/h) in water were analyzed by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). Using these data, the mathematical model was verified by two-dimensional simulations. The numerical results agreed well with the measurements.
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Metzmacher, I., Radu, F.A., Bause, M., Friess, W., Knabner, P. (2007):
A model describing the effect of enzymatic degradation on drug release from collagen minirods
Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm. 67 (2), 349 - 360 10.1016/j.ejpb.2007.02.013