scholarly journals Reconciling Oxygen and Aerosol Delivery with a Hood on In Vitro Infant and Paediatric Models

Pharmaceutics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Shu-Hsin Chen ◽  
Hsiu-Chu Chang ◽  
Ming-Yi Chien ◽  
Jinxiang Xi ◽  
Hui-Ling Lin
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Delivery ◽  
Small Volume ◽  
Air Entrainment ◽  
Drug Dose ◽  
Aerosol Delivery ◽  
Breathing Patterns ◽  
Front Cover ◽  
Unit Dose ◽  
Oxygen Analyser

This study aimed to evaluate optimal aerosol and oxygen delivery with a hood on an infant model and a paediatric model. A facemask and a hood with three inlets, with or without a front cover, were used. A small-volume nebuliser with a unit-dose of salbutamol was used for drug delivery and an air entrainment nebuliser was used to deliver oxygen at 35%. Infant and paediatric breathing patterns were mimicked; a bacterial filter was connected to the end of a manikin trachea for aerosol drug collection, and an oxygen analyser was used to measure the oxygen concentration. For the infant model, inhaled drug dose was significantly higher when the nebuliser was placed in the back of the hood and with a front cover. This was verified by complementary computational simulations in a comparable infant-hood model. For the paediatric model, the inhaled dose was greater with a facemask than with a hood. Oxygen delivery with a facemask and a hood with a front cover achieved a set concentration in both models, yet a hood without a front cover delivered oxygen at far lower concentrations than the set concentration.

scholarly journals Different Microfluidic Environments for In Vitro Testing of Lipid Nanoparticles against Osteosarcoma

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Oihane Mitxelena-Iribarren ◽  
Sara Lizarbe-Sancha ◽  
Jay Campisi ◽  
Sergio Arana ◽  
Maite Mujika
Keyword(s):  
Target Therapy ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Lipid Nanoparticles ◽  
Cell Number ◽  
Current Treatment ◽  
Drug Dose ◽  
Free Drug ◽  
Tumor Treatment ◽  
Equal Dose

The use of lipid nanoparticles as biodegradable shells for controlled drug delivery shows promise as a more effective and targeted tumor treatment than traditional treatment methods. Although the combination of target therapy with nanotechnology created new hope for cancer treatment, methodological issues during in vitro validation of nanovehicles slowed their application. In the current work, the effect of methotrexate (MTX) encapsulated in different matrices was evaluated in a dynamic microfluidic platform. Effects on the viability of osteosarcoma cells in the presence of recirculation of cell media, free MTX and two types of blank and drug-containing nanoparticles were successfully assessed in different tumor-mimicking microenvironments. Encapsulated MTX was more effective than the equal dose free drug treatment, as cell death significantly increased under the recirculation of both types of drug-loaded nanoparticles in all concentrations. In fact, MTX-nanoparticles reduced cell population 50 times more than the free drug when 150-µM drug dose was recirculated. Moreover, when compared to the equivalent free drug dose recirculation, cell number was reduced 60 and 100 points more under recirculation of each nanoparticle with a 15-µM drug concentration. Thus, the results obtained with the microfluidic model present MTX-lipid nanoparticles as a promising and more effective therapy for pediatric osteosarcoma treatment than current treatment options.

scholarly journals Inside Front Cover: Species Differences in in vitro and Estimated in vivo Kinetics for Intestinal Microbiota Mediated Metabolism of Acetyl‐deoxynivalenols

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 2170020
Author(s):  
Jing Jin ◽  
Albertus Spenkelink ◽  
Karsten Beekmann ◽  
Marta Baccaro ◽  
Fuguo Xing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intestinal Microbiota ◽  
Species Differences ◽  
Front Cover ◽  
In Vivo Kinetics

Myocardial CO2 buffering: role of transmembrane transport of H+ or HCO3-ions

1976 ◽  
Vol 230 (4) ◽  
pp. 1037-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
DR Strome ◽  
RL Clancy ◽  
NC Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Small Volume ◽  
Coronary Circulation ◽  
Myocardial Cell ◽  
Ringer Solution ◽  
Red Cells ◽  
Transmembrane Transport ◽  
High Degree

Isolated rabbit hearts were perfused with rabbit red cells suspended in Ringer solution. A small volume of perfusate was recirculated for 10 min at Pco2 of 33.4 +/- 0.9 or 150.8 +/- 7.5 mmHg. Hypercapnia resulted in an increase in perfusate HCO3- concentration that was smaller than that observed when isolated perfusate was equilibrated in vitro with the same CO2 tensions (delta HCO-3e = 1.6 mM, P less than 0.01). This difference is consistent with a net movement of HCO3- into or H+ out of the mycardial cell, and cannot be accounted for by dilution of HCO3- in the myocardial interstitium. Recirculation of perfusate through the coronary circulation at normal Pco2 for two consecutive 10-min periods was not followed by changes in perfusate HCO3- concentration. A high degree of correlation (r = 0.81) was observed between intracellular HCO-3e concentration and the corresponding delta HCO-3e in individual experiments. The results suggest that transmembrane exchange of H+ or HCO3- is a buffer mechanism for CO2 in the myocardial cell.

Effect of transpulmonary pressure on airway closure in immature and mature rabbits

1995 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 505-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Tepper ◽  
S. J. Gunst ◽  
C. M. Doerschuk ◽  
X. Shen ◽  
W. Bray
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Small Volume ◽  
Transpulmonary Pressure ◽  
Lung Parenchyma ◽  
Tracheal Smooth Muscle ◽  
Airway Closure ◽  
Maximal Stimulation ◽  
In Vitro Sensitivity ◽  
Airway Opening

The transpulmonary pressures (Ptp values) at which airway closure occurred during maximal stimulation with methacholine were compared in 10 mature and 9 immature rabbit lungs by using an alveolar capsule technique to assess airway closure. After maximal constriction, airway opening and alveolar capsule pressures were recorded during small volume oscillations as Ptp was lowered from 12 to 4 cmH2O. At each Ptp, the proportion of alveolar capsules indicating airway closure was greater for the immature than for the mature lungs (P < 0.025). At Ptp of 4 cmH2O, only 20% of alveolar capsules indicated airway closure in the mature lungs in contrast to 85% indicating closure in the immature lungs (P < 0.001). The in vitro sensitivity of tracheal smooth muscle to acetylcholine and histamine was greater in tissues from immature than from mature rabbits. We conclude that the more frequent airway closure observed in immature rabbits could reflect maturational differences in the structure of the bronchi or lung parenchyma or differences in the coupling between the parenchyma and the airways.

scholarly journals Front cover: Cocoa Shell Aqueous Phenolic Extract Preserves Mitochondrial Function and Insulin Sensitivity by Attenuating Inflammation between Macrophages and Adipocytes In Vitro

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (10) ◽  
pp. 1970023
Author(s):  
Miguel Rebollo‐Hernanz ◽  
Qiaozhi Zhang ◽  
Yolanda Aguilera ◽  
Maria A. Martín‐Cabrejas ◽  
Elvira Gonzalez Mejia
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Sensitivity ◽  
Mitochondrial Function ◽  
Front Cover ◽  
Phenolic Extract ◽  
Cocoa Shell

Reduced high-energy phosphate levels in rat hearts. I. Effects of alloxan diabetes

1976 ◽  
Vol 230 (6) ◽  
pp. 1744-1750 ◽  
Author(s):  
TB Allison ◽  
SP Bruttig ◽  
Crass MF ◽  
RS Eliot ◽  
JC Shipp
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Metabolism ◽  
Oxygen Delivery ◽  
Rat Heart ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Diabetic Rat ◽  
High Energy Phosphate ◽  
Atp Production ◽  
Rat Hearts

Significant alterations in heart carbohydrate and lipid metabolism are present 48 h after intravenous injection of alloxan (60 mg/kg) in rats. It has been suggested that uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation occurs in the alloxanized rat heart in vivo, whereas normal oxidative metabolism has been demonstrated in alloxan-diabetic rat hearts perfused in vitro under conditions of adequate oxygen delivery. We examined the hypothesis that high-energy phosphate metabolism might be adversely affected in the alloxan-diabetic rat heart in vivo. Phosphocreatine and ATP were reduced by 58 and 45%, respectively (P is less than 0.001). Also, oxygen-dissociation curves were shifted to the left by 4 mmHg, and the rate of oxygen release from blood was reduced by 21% (P is less than 0.01). Insulin administration normalized heart high-energy phosphate compounds. ATP production was accelerated in diabetic hearts perfused in vitro with a well-oxygenated buffer. These studies support the hypothesis that oxidative ATP production in the alloxan-diabetic rat heart is reduced and suggest that decreased oxygen delivery may have a regulatory role in the oxidative metabolism of the diabetic rat heart.

Aerosol Delivery During Mechanical Ventilation: A Predictive In-Vitro Lung Model

1992 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.D. FULLER ◽  
M.B. DOLOVICH ◽  
C. CHAMBERS ◽  
M.T. NEWHOUSE
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Lung Model ◽  
Aerosol Delivery

scholarly journals Front Cover: Comparing the Antileishmanial Activity of Gold(I) and Gold(III) Compounds in L. amazonensis and L. braziliensis in Vitro (ChemMedChem 22/2020)

ChemMedChem ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (22) ◽  
pp. 2071-2071
Author(s):  
Karen Minori ◽  
Letícia B. Rosa ◽  
Riccardo Bonsignore ◽  
Angela Casini ◽  
Danilo C. Miguel
Keyword(s):  
Antileishmanial Activity ◽  
Front Cover

scholarly journals A combined low-frequency electromagnetic and fluidic stimulation for a controlled drug release from superparamagnetic calcium phosphate nanoparticles: potential application for cardiovascular diseases

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (144) ◽  
pp. 20180236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Marrella ◽  
Michele Iafisco ◽  
Alessio Adamiano ◽  
Stefano Rossi ◽  
Maurizio Aiello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Animal Model ◽  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
Drug Release ◽  
Biological Effects ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Controlled Drug Release ◽  
Drug Dose

Alternative drug delivery approaches to treat cardiovascular diseases are currently under intense investigation. In this domain, the possibility to target the heart and tailor the amount of drug dose by using a combination of magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) and electromagnetic devices is a fascinating approach. Here, an electromagnetic device based on Helmholtz coils was generated for the application of low-frequency magnetic stimulations to manage drug release from biocompatible superparamagnetic Fe-hydroxyapatite NPs (FeHAs). Integrated with a fluidic circuit mimicking the flow of the cardiovascular environment, the device was efficient to trigger the release of a model drug (ibuprofen) from FeHAs as a function of the applied frequencies. Furthermore, the biological effects on the cardiac system of the identified electromagnetic exposure were assessed in vitro and in vivo by acute stimulation of isolated adult cardiomyocytes and in an animal model. The cardio-compatibility of FeHAs was also assessed in vitro and in an animal model. No alterations of cardiac electrophysiological properties were observed in both cases, providing the evidence that the combination of low-frequency magnetic stimulations and FeHAs might represent a promising strategy for controlled drug delivery to the failing heart.

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