Surfactant free synthesis of cationic nano-vesicles: A safe triple drug loaded vehicle for the topical treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Nanomedicine
; 40: 102490, 2022 02.
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ABSTRACT
The basic aim of the study was to develop and evaluate the triple drug loaded cationic nano-vesicles (cNVs), where miltefosine was used as a replacement of surfactant (apart from its anti-leishmanial role), in addition to meglumine antimoniate (MAM) and imiquimod (Imq), as a combination therapy for the topical treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). The optimized formulation was nano-sized (86.2⯱â¯2.7â¯nm) with high entrapment efficiency (63.8⯱â¯2.1% (MAM) and 81.4⯱â¯2.3% (Imq)). In-vivo skin irritation assay showed reduced irritation potential and a decrease in the cytotoxicity of cNVs as compared to conventional NVs (having sodium deoxycholate as a surfactant). A synergistic interaction between drugs was observed against intracellular amastigotes, whereas the in-vivo antileishmanial study presented a significant reduction in the parasitic burden. The results suggested the potential of surfactant free, triple drug loaded cNVs as an efficient vehicle for the safe topical treatment of CL.
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Leishmaniasis Cutánea
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Leishmania
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Humans
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2022
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