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Permeation of antigen protein-conjugated nanoparticles and live bacteria through microneedle-treated mouse skin
Authors Kumar A, Li X, Sandoval MA, Rodriguez LB, Sloat BR, Cui Z
Published 21 June 2011 Volume 2011:6 Pages 1253—1264
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S20413
Review by Single anonymous peer review
Peer reviewer comments 3
Amit Kumar, Xinran Li, Michael A Sandoval, B Leticia Rodriguez, Brian R Sloat, Zhengrong Cui
University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics Division, Austin, TX, USA
Background: The present study was designed to evaluate the extent to which pretreatment with microneedles can enhance skin permeation of nanoparticles in vitro and in vivo. Permeation of live bacteria, which are physically nanoparticles or microparticles, through mouse skin pretreated with microneedles was also studied to evaluate the potential risk of microbial infection.
Methods and results: It was found that pretreatment of mouse skin with microneedles allowed permeation of solid lipid nanoparticles, size 230 nm, with ovalbumin conjugated on their surface. Transcutaneous immunization in a mouse skin area pretreated with microneedles with ovalbumin nanoparticles induced a stronger antiovalbumin antibody response than using ovalbumin alone. The dose of ovalbumin antigen determined whether microneedle-mediated transcutaneous immunization with ovalbumin nanoparticles induced a stronger immune response than subcutaneous injection of the same ovalbumin nanoparticles. Microneedle treatment permitted skin permeation of live Escherichia coli, but the extent of the permeation was not greater than that enabled by hypodermic injection.
Conclusion: Transcutaneous immunization on a microneedle-treated skin area with antigens carried by nanoparticles can potentially induce a strong immune response, and the risk of bacterial infection associated with microneedle treatment is no greater than that with a hypodermic injection.
Keywords: antibody responses, safety of microneedles, transepidermal water loss
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