1. Machine learning of Raman spectra predicts drug release from polysaccharide coatings for targeted colonic delivery.
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Abdalla Y, McCoubrey LE, Ferraro F, Sonnleitner LM, Guinet Y, Siepmann F, Hédoux A, Siepmann J, Basit AW, Orlu M, and Shorthouse D
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- Animals, Humans, Dogs, Rats, Colon metabolism, Machine Learning, Drug Liberation, Spectrum Analysis, Raman methods, Polysaccharides chemistry, Drug Delivery Systems, Mesalamine administration & dosage, Mesalamine pharmacokinetics, Mesalamine chemistry
- Abstract
Colonic drug delivery offers numerous pharmaceutical opportunities, including direct access to local therapeutic targets and drug bioavailability benefits arising from the colonic epithelium's reduced abundance of cytochrome P450 enzymes and particular efflux transporters. Current workflows for developing colonic drug delivery systems involve time-consuming, low throughput in vitro and in vivo screening methods, which hinder the identification of suitable enabling materials. Polysaccharides are useful materials for colonic targeting, as they can be utilised as dosage form coatings that are selectively digested by the colonic microbiota. However, polysaccharides are a heterogeneous family of molecules with varying suitability for this purpose. To address the need for high-throughput material selection tools for colonic drug delivery, we leveraged machine learning (ML) and publicly accessible experimental data to predict the release of the drug 5-aminosalicylic acid from polysaccharide-based coatings in simulated human, rat, and dog colonic environments. For the first time, Raman spectra alone were used to characterise polysaccharides for input as ML features. Models were validated on 8 unseen drug release profiles from new polysaccharide coatings, demonstrating the generalisability and reliability of the method. Further, model analysis facilitated an understanding of the chemical features that influence a polysaccharide's suitability for colonic drug delivery. This work represents a major step in employing spectral data for forecasting drug release from pharmaceutical formulations and marks a significant advancement in the field of colonic drug delivery. It offers a powerful tool for the efficient, sustainable, and successful development and pre-ranking of colon-targeted formulation coatings, paving the way for future more effective and targeted drug delivery strategies., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest This work was funded by University College London Research Excellence Scholarship and the University College London Centre for Digital Innovation Scholarship (Youssef Abdalla)., (Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
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- 2024
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