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Uncovering the regional localization of inhaled salmeterol retention in the lung
- Source :
- Drug Delivery, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 838-845 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
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Abstract
- Treatment of respiratory disease with a drug delivered via inhalation is generally held as being beneficial as it provides direct access to the lung target site with a minimum systemic exposure. There is however only limited information of the regional localization of drug retention following inhalation. The aim of this study was to investigate the regional and histological localization of salmeterol retention in the lungs after inhalation and to compare it to systemic administration. Lung distribution of salmeterol delivered to rats via nebulization or intravenous (IV) injection was analyzed with high-resolution mass spectrometry imaging (MSI). Salmeterol was widely distributed in the entire section at 5 min after inhalation, by 15 min it was preferentially retained in bronchial tissue. Via a novel dual-isotope study, where salmeterol was delivered via inhalation and d3-salmeterol via IV to the same rat, could the effective gain in drug concentration associated with inhaled delivery relative to IV, expressed as a site-specific lung targeting factor, was 5-, 31-, and 45-fold for the alveolar region, bronchial sub-epithelium and epithelium, respectively. We anticipate that this MSI-based framework for quantifying regional and histological lung targeting by inhalation will accelerate discovery and development of local and more precise treatments of respiratory disease.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10717544 and 15210464
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Drug Delivery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.4e04b7a12c8d4b68bb241d9c1f1a4877
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10717544.2018.1455762