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Curcumin-laden dual-targeting fucoidan/chitosan nanocarriers for inhibiting brain inflammation via intranasal delivery

Don, Trong-Ming, Chang, Wan-Ju, Jheng, Pei-Ru, Huang, Yi-Cheng, Chuang, Er-Yuan·2021·International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Abstract

Curcumin can reduce the production of brain inflammatory mediators and symptoms of brain diseases. However, a large amount of free curcumin needs to be administered to achieve an effective level in the brain because of its poor water-solubility. Fucoidan and chitosan were reported to respectively target P-selectin and acidic microenvironment expressed by pathologically inflammatory cells/tissues. Herein, the self-assembly of chitosan and fucoidan which could encapsulate curcumin was developed to form the multi-stimuli-responsive nanocarriers, and their pathological pH- and P-selectin-responsive aspects were characterized. Through intranasal delivery to the brain, these curcumin-containing chitosan/fucoidan nanocarriers with dual pH-/P-selectin-targeting properties to the brain lesions improved drug delivery, distribution, and accumulation in the inflammatory brain lesions as evidenced by an augmented inhibitory effect against brain inflammation. This promising multifunctional nanocarrier with a novel drug-delivery route should allow potential clinical biomedical uses by neurosurgeon in the future.

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Authors
Don, T.-M., Chang, W.-J., Jheng, P.-R., Huang, Y.-C., & Chuang, E.-Y.
Affiliations
  • Tamkang University (TW)
  • National Taiwan Ocean University (TW)
  • Taipei Medical University (TW)
  • Wan Fang Hospital (TW)
Corresponding author
  • Huang, Yi-Cheng
  • Chuang, Er-Yuan
Venue
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-06
Volume
181
Pages
835-846
ISSN
0141-8130 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3152729352
Cited by
58
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 4
FWCI
3.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2022-05-01)
Open access
closed
Locations
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Tamkang University Institutional Repository (TKUIR) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmaceutical Science › Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Medicine › Curcumin's Biomedical Applications
Keywords
curcumin, fucoidan, chitosan, nanocarriers, intranasal drug delivery, neuroinflammation, pH-responsive drug delivery, dual targeting, self-assembly, brain drug delivery
MeSH terms
Administration, Intranasal, Animals, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Cell Line, Curcumin, Drug Carriers, Encephalitis, Fluorescence, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Mice, Inbred ICR, Polysaccharides, Tissue Distribution, X-Ray Diffraction, Drug Delivery Systems, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, P-Selectin, Chitosan, Mice, Nanoparticles

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