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Improveddrugloadingandantibacterialactivityofminocycline-loadedPLGAnanoparticles(button)(button)preparedbysolid/oil/waterionpairingmethod
TaherehSadatJafarzadehKashi1SolmazEskandarion1,2MehdiEsfandyari-Manesh3,4SeyyedMahmoudAminMarashi5NasrinSamadi6SeyyedMostafaFatemi1,7FatemehAtyabi2,3SaeedEshraghi8RassoulDinarvand2,3
1DentalMaterialsDepartment,FacultyofDentistry,2Departmentof
Pharmaceutics,3NanotechnologyResearchCenter,FacultyofPharmacy,TehranUniversityofMedicalSciences,Tehran,4DepartmentofChemistry,AmirkabirUniversityofTechnology,Tehran,5DepartmentofMicrobiologyandImmunology,FacultyofMedicine,BabolUniversityofMedicalSciences,Babol,6DrugandFoodControlDepartment,FacultyofPharmacy,7ResearchCenterofScienceandTechnologyinMedicine,8Department
ofMicrobiology,TehranUniversityofMedicalSciences,Tehran,Iran
Background:Lowdrugentrapmentefficiencyofhydrophilicdrugsintopoly(lactic-co-glycolicacid)(PLGA)nanoparticlesisamajordrawback.TheobjectiveofthisworkwastoinvestigatedifferentmethodsofproducingPLGAnanoparticlescontainingminocycline,adrugsuitableforperiodontalinfections.Methods:Differentmethods,suchassingleanddoublesolventevaporationemulsion,ionpairing,andnanoprecipitationwereusedtopreparebothPLGAandPEGylatedPLGA
nanoparticles.Theresultingnanoparticleswereanalyzedfortheirmorphology,particlesizeandsizedistribution,drugloadingandentrapmentefficiency,thermalproperties,andantibacterialactivity.Results:Thenanoparticlespreparedinthisstudywerespherical,withanaverageparticlesizeof85424nm.Theentrapmentefficiencyofthenanoparticlespreparedusingdifferentmethods
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wasasfollows:solid/oil/waterionpairing(29.9%).oil/oil(5.5%).water/oil/water(4.7%).modifiedoil/water(4.1%).nanoprecipitation(0.8%).Additionofdextransulfateasanionpairingagent,actingasanionicspacerbetweenPEGylatedPLGAandminocycline,decreasedthewatersolubilityofminocycline,henceincreasingthedrugentrapmentefficiency.EntrapmentefficiencywasalsoincreasedwhenlowmolecularweightPLGAandhighmolecularweightdextransulfatewasused.DrugreleasestudiesperformedinphosphatebufferatpH7.4indicatedslowreleaseofminocyclinefrom3daystoseveralweeks.Onantibacterialanalysis,theminimuminhibitoryconcentrationandminimumbactericidalconcentrationofnanoparticleswasatleasttwotimeslowerthanthatofthefreedrug.Conclusion:Novelminocycline-PEGylatedPLGAnanoparticlespreparedbytheionpairingmethodhadthebestdrugloadingandentrapmentefficiencycomparedwithotherpreparednanoparticles.Theyalsoshowedhigherinvitroantibacterialactivitythanthe
freedrug.Keywords:nanoparticle,PEGylation,PLGA,ionpairing,minocycline,antibacterial
Correspondence:RassoulDinarvandFacultyofPharmacy,TehranUniversityofMedicalSciences,TehranPOBox14155-6451,[email protected]
Introduction
Manybiodegradablepolymerssuchaschitosan,gelatin,poly(lactic-co-glycolicacid)(PLGA),polymethylmethacrylate,polycaprolactone,andpoly(lacticacid)areusedforthepreparationofmicroparticlesandnanoparticles.15PLGAisoneofthemostbiocompatibleandbiodegradablepolymers,andithasbeenwidelystudiedforpreparingdrug-loadednanoparticles.6,7Severalmethods,suchasphaseseparationorcoacervation,emulsificationdiffusion,spray-drying,andemulsion-solventevaporationtechniqueshavebeenusedtopreparePLGAnanoparticles.811Usingemulsionsolven
tevaporationmethods,variousdrugmoleculeshavebeenencapsulatedintoPLGAnanoparticles.12,13Forpreparationofnanoparticles,thechoiceofaparticularmethodprimarilydependsonthehydrophilicity/hydrophobicityofthedrugmoleculeand
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stabilityconsiderations.Thepatternofdrugreleasefromparticlesdependsonsomeoftheircharacteristics,includingsize,sizedistribution,entrapmentefficiency,anddrugloading.14Thesecharacteristicsareinfluencedbysomeofthepreparationparameters,suchaspoweranddurationofenergyapplied,organicandaqueousphasevolume,polymeranddrugconcentration,polymermolecularweight,andsolventvolume.Eachoftheseparametersinfluencesthesizeand/orthedrugloadingofthenanoparticles.
Inthefieldoforaldiseases,polymeric-baseddrugdeliverysystems,suchasfibers,strips,ormicroparticles,havebeenusedforlocaldrugdeliveryindentistrytoprovideadequatedrugconcentrationsdirectlyatthesiteofaction.Thesesystemsareusuallyinsertedintotheperiodontalpocketorinjectedinperiodontaltissuestobothenhancethetherapeuticeffectsofdrugsandreducethesideeffectsofdrugsrelatedtotheirsystemicuse.Localdeliverysystemshavebeensuggestedasanovelconceptfortreatmentofperiodontaldiseases,especiallyincasesthatarerecurrentandchronic.Severalspecializedlocal
deliverysystemshavebeendesignedforcontrolledreleaseofantibioticsinperiodontaltissues.15,16Thecomplexityofaccesstoperiodontaltissuesmakesallofthesesystemsonlypartiallysuccessful.17Thereareafewstudiesaboutpreparationofantibacterialnanoparticlesforperiodontaltherapy.18,19
Nanoparticlesprovideseveraladvantages.Forexample,becauseoftheirsmallsize,theypenetrateareas(extracellularandintracellularareas)thatmaybeinaccessibletootherdeliverysystems,suchasbacterialcells,alveolarbonetrabeculae,andfromthegingivalsulcusinwardtotheunderlyingconnectivetissueandtotheperiodontalpocketareasbelowthegumline.17,19,20Nanoparticlesprotectadrugagainstinvivodegradation
andreducesideeffects.Theyalsohavemorefavorabledrugpharmacokinetics.21Further,comparedwithmicroparticles,nanoparticleshavebetterstabilityinbiologicalfluids.
Accordingly,nanoparticlescanprovideapotentialperiodontalcarriersystemforthedeliveryofantibioticstoperiodontaltissues.Thesesystemsreducethedosageandfrequencyofantibioticusageandfurtherprovideanadequatesupplyofantibioticsoveranextendedperiodoftime.Differentpropertiesofnanoparticles,suchasparticlesize,entrapmentefficiency,minimuminhibitoryconcentration(MIC),minimumbactericidalconcentrations(MBC),anddrugreleaseinfluencetheclinicaloutcomeofdrugtherapy
viathefollowingmechanisms:
SmallerparticlesizefacilitatesthepenetrationofnanoparticlesandenhancestheirantibacterialpropertiesHigherentrapmentefficiencyofnanoparticlesincreasesthedrugcontentatthesiteofactionLowerMICandMBCachievedwithnanoparticles
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indicatesthatbetterantibacterialactivityisachievedwithasmalleramountofdrugInperiodontaltreatment,ahigherconcentrationofantibioticatinitialtimesandthereafteraconstantreleaseofantibioticwithlowerconcentrationisrequired,whichisachievedwithnanoparticles.Minocyclinehasabroaderspectrumofactivitythanothermembersofthetetracyclinegroupofantibiotics.Itisalong-actingandbacteriostaticantibiotic.Generallyithasserumlevelshigherthanthoseofsimpletetracyclinesbecauseofitslonghalf-life.Minocyclineisusedprimarilytotreatacneandothersimilarskindiseases,butinaccordancewiththebroaderspectrumofactivityofminocycline,italsoactsagainstperiodontalpathogens.Minocycline-loadedmicrocapsuleshavebeeninvestigatedinperiodontaltreatments.2224Ithasbeeneffectivelyusedfortreatmentofperiodontitisandrelatedinfectionsinperiodontaldiseases.2527Themajoradvantageofminocyclineisitsanticollagenasepropertiesandabilitytoreducesofttissuedestructionandboneresorptionwhichisveryimportantinthetreatmentofperiodontaldisease.19Inaddition,minocyclineisagoodcandidateforlocalantibioticdelivery.28,29Inthisstudy,minocyclinewaschosentobeincorporatedintoPLGAnanoparticles.Dueto
thehighhydrophilicityofminocyclineanditsrapidpartitioningtotheaqueousphase,preparationofminocyclinePLGAnanoparticlesremainsarealchallenge.
Developmentofnewmethodsforthedeliveryofhydrophilicdrugsisemergingasanimportantresearchfieldinpharmaceutics.30,31Incontrastwithlipophilicdrugs,therearesomeproblemswithencapsulationofhydrophilicagents.32,33Thecommonlyutilizedmethodsforpreparinghydrophilicdrugsinnanoparticlessufferfromlowdrugloadingbecauseduringpreparationthedrugrapidlydiffusestotheexternalaqueousphase.34However,anotherproblemwithhydrophilicdrugsisthatthedrugparticlesusually
encapsulatedintheformofsmallclustersonthesurfaceorwithinthepolymermatrixjustbelowthesurfaceoftheparticles,resultinginahighinitialburstrelease.35
Inthisstudy,weusedseveralpreparationstrategiestoimprovetheencapsulationefficiencyandloadingofminocyclineasahydrophilicdrug.Water/oil/waterandsolid/oil/wateremulsificationwereusedforthehydrochloridesaltformofminocycline.Theoil/oil,oil/wateremulsification,andnanoprecipitationmethodswereusedforthenon-saltformofminocycline.Wemadesomemodificationstothepreparationmethods,suchasaddinglecithinasanamphiphiliccompoundtothewaterphaseand/ororganic
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phase,orusingPEGylatedPLGA.36PEGcanbeusedasapromisingmaterialinbiomedicalapplications,becauseofitsgoodhydrophilicity,lowtoxicity,excellentbiocompatibility,andbiodegradability.37Boththesolid/oil/waterandionpairingtechniqueswerecombinedinonemethodtoencapsulatehydrophilicdrugs.WehypothesizedthatuseofPEGylatedPLGA(withdifferentmolecularweights)asanamphiphiliccopolymeranddextransulfate(withdifferentmolecularweights)asanionpairingagentcouldresultinabetterencapsulationyieldofcationicmoleculesinnanoparticles.Dextransulfatewasusedtoreducedrugsolubilitybycoacervatingmoleculesthatdiffuseslowlytotheexternalphaseandallowencapsulationofthecoacervateonthepolymericprecipitate.Dextransulfateisapolyanionicderivativeofdextran(apolymerofanhydroglucose)andhasbeenutilizedinvariouspharmaceuticalformulations.38,39Finally,nanoparticleswerecharacterizedandcomparedfortheirsize,morphology,andespeciallydrugloading,drugentrapmentefficiency,andinvitrodrugreleaseprofile.Inaddition,theantibacterialeffectofnanoparticlesagainststandardAggregatibacteractinomycetemcomitans,themost
importantpathogeninperiodontalinfections,wasinvestigatedinvitro.40
Materialsandmethods
Materials
PLGA(Resomer502Hand504H,withalactictoglycolicacidratioof50:50)waspurchasedfromBoehringerIngelheim(Ingelheim,Germany).Polyvinylalcohol(molecularweight30,00070,000),dextransulfatesodiumsalt(molecularweight6000and500,000Da),bifunctionalNH2-PEG-NH2(molecularweightof3350Da),sorbitanmonooleate
(Span80),N-hydroxysuccinimide,anddicyclohexylcarbodiimidewerepurchasedfromSigma-Aldrich(StLouis,MO).Lecithinandhighpressureliquidchromatography(HPLC)gradedimethylformamideandtetrahydrofuranwereobtainedfromMerck(Darmstadt,Germany).MinocyclinewaspurchasedfromKoutingChemicalCo,Ltd,(Songjang,China).Deionizedwaterwasusedthroughouttheexperiment.Brainheartinfusionagar(Merck)wasusedformicrobiologicaltests.Allotheragentsandsolventswereanalyticalorreagentgradeandusedasreceived.
NanoparticlepreparationO/Wemulsiontechnique
OilinwateremulsificationwasperformedaccordingtothemethoddevelopedbyEsmaeilietal,withalittlemodification.41Drugandpolymersolutionwerepreparedbydissolving
150mgminocyclineand350mgofPLGA504Hin20mLofdichloromethaneatroomtemperatureusingamagneticstirrer(Heidolph,Germany).Theorganicphasewasinjectedthroughasyringeequippedwitha20-Gangiocatheterinto75mLofanaqueouspolyvinylalcoholsolutionandhomogenized
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(Ultra-turrax,IKA,Germany)at24,000rpmfor5minutes.Theemulsionwasthensonicated(Misonix,USA)for2minutes(30W).Theresultingnanoemulsionwasmaintainedunderamechanicalstirrer(IKA)undergentlemixingfor4hourstoevaporateofftheorganicsolvent.Afterevaporation,nanoparticleswerecollectedbycentrifugation(Sigma3K30,Germany)at20,000rpmfor20minutesandwashedthreetimeswithdeionizedwatertoremovenonencapsulateddrugandtheremainingsolvent.Thenanoparticledispersionwasfreeze-driedat-40Cfor48hours(Christ,Alpha2-4LD,Germany)toobtainafinepowder.
ModifiedO/Wemulsiontechnique
Phospholipidlecithin20mgwasaddedtothewaterphase,oilphase,andoilandwaterphaseasanamphiphiliccompoundaccordingtothemethodreportedbyCheowandHadinoto.36TheO/Wprocesswascarriedoutaccordingtotheprevioussectionwith100mgofminocyclineand400mgofPLGA504H.
O/Oemulsiontechnique
Oilinoilemulsificationwasperformedaccordingtothemethod
developedbyMahdavietal,withalittlemodification.42Drugandpolymersolutionwaspreparedbydissolving7.5mgofminocyclineand37.5mgPLGA504Hin3mLofacetonitrile.Thissolutionwasaddedinto40mLofviscousliquidparaffincontaining200LSpan80andcontinuouslystirred,yieldingafinelydisperseddrugsuspension.Thesuspensionwasheatedto55Candstirredfor2hourstoensurecompleteevaporationofacetonitrile.Nanoparticleswerecollectedbycentrifugationat20,000rpmfor20minutesandwashedthreetimeswithn-hexanetoremoveresidualmineraloilandSpan80.Thenanoparticledispersionwasthenfreeze-driedfor48hours.
W/O/Wemulsiontechnique
AdoubleemulsionprocesswasperformedaccordingtothemethoddevelopedbyDillenetal,withalittlemodification.43Anaqueoussolutionofminocyclinewaspreparedbydissolving25mgdrugin3mLofdeionizedwater(innerwaterphase).Thesolutionwassonicatedfor30secondsat20Wandthenfor45secondsat35W.Theinnerwaterphasewasinjectedduringsonicationforoneminuteat20Winanorganicphasewhichconsistedof250mgofPLGA504H
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dissolvedin10mLofdichloromethane.TheresultingW/Oemulsionwasdispersedin12.5mLofthefirstouterwaterphase,a0.5%w/vpolyvinylalcoholsolution,andthensonicatedfor30secondsat15WtoobtainamultipleW/O/Wemulsion.Theresultingemulsionwasaddedtothesecondouterphase,consistingof60mLof0.2%w/vpolyvinylalcoholinordertominimizecoalescenceoftheemulsion.Theorganicsolventwasallowedtoevaporateduring4hoursatroomtemperatureundergentlemixing.Finally,thenanoparticleswerecollectedbycentrifugationandfreeze-driedafterthreetimeswashingwithdeionizedwater.
S/O/Wemulsiontechniquebyionpairingmethod
ThesynthesisschemeforPEGylatedPLGAisshowninFigure1.PEGylatedPLGAwaspreparedaccordingtothemethoddevelopedbyEsmaeilietalwithalittlemodification.8Briefly,2gPLGAdissolvedindichloromethanewasactivatedbydicyclohexylcarbodiimide(207mgforPLGA502Hand115mgfor504H)andN-hydroxysuccinimide(414mgforPLGA502Hand230mgfor504H)atroomtemperature
underanitrogenatmospherefor24hours.Theresultingmixturewasfilteredandprecipitatedbyadditionofice-colddiethylether.TheactivatedPLGAwasdriedundervacuumandthenreactedwithbis-aminePEG(200mgforPLGA504Hand600mgfor502H)in16mLofdichloromethane.Stoichiometricmolarratiosof1/1.5and1/1.1wereusedforPLGA504H/bis-aminePEGandPLGA502H/bis-aminePEG,respectively.Thereactionwasperformedfor6hoursundernitrogenatmosphereatroomtemperature.Theresultingmixturewasprecipitatedbydroppingitintoice-colddiethylether.TheprecipitatedPEGylatedPLGAwasfiltered,dialyzed,anddried.H-NMRspectraforPEGylatedPLGA
O
wereobtainedusingtheBrukerAvence500MHz,inCDCL3.(Figure2).TheconjugationpercentageofterminalcarboxylicacidofPLGAwithbis-aminePEGwas100%(H-chemicalshiftCH,CH2,andCH3ofPLGAandCH2ofPEGare5.2,4.8,1.6,and3.7cm-1,respectively).
ThemethodusedforpreparationofPEGylatedPLGAnanoparticleswasacombinationofS/O/Wandtheionpairingtechnique.WepreparedfournanoparticleformulationsusingtwokindsofPLGA(502Hand504H)anddextransulfatewithtwomolecularweights(6000and
500,000).A0.7mLaqueoussolutionofminocyclineHClwasinjectedinto10mLofacetonesolutioncontaining200mgPEGylatedPLGAduringsonication(40W)for60seconds.A0.3mLaqueoussolutioncontaining24mgdextransulfatewasaddedandsonicatedfor30seconds.Theresultingsolidinoilphasewasaddedto60mLofcontinuousphasecontaining0.5%polyvinylalcoholassurfactantunderhomogenation(24,000rpmfor5minutes).Theresultingnanoemulsionwasmaintainedundergentlemixingfor3hours.Consequently,thenanoparticleswere
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collectedbycentrifugationandthenfreeze-driedafterthreetimeswashingwithdeionizedwater.
Nanoprecipitationtechnique
NanoprecipitationprocesswasperformedaccordingtothemethoddevelopedbyBilatietal,withalittlemodification.44PLGA504H50mgandminocycline20mgweredissolvedin2mLofdimethylsulfoxidetoformthediffusingphase.Thisphasewastheninjectedto10mLofethanolasanon-solventundergentlemixing.Theresultingnanoparticleswerethencentrifugedthreetimesforcyclesof20minutesat20,000rpmandwashedwithdeionizedwater.
HO
OOx-1y-1PEG-bis(amine)PLGADCCNHSOO
OOOOnNHOCH3OHnNH2H2NxyO
O+NH2
CH3OCH3OH
PEGylatedPLGA
Figure1SynthesisofPEGylated-PLGAcopolymer.Abbreviations:PEG,poly(ethylene)glycol;PLGA,poly(lactic-co-glycolicacid).
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Particlesizeandmorphologycharacterization
Particlesizeandsizedistributionofthenanoparticleswereinvestigatedbylaserlightscattering(MalvernZetasizerZS,Malvern,Worcestershire,UK),aftersuspending5mgofthenanoparticlesin20mLofdeionizedwater.Threedeterminationswerecarriedoutforeachformulation.Morphologicalcharacterizationwasconductedusingscanningelectronmicroscopy(30XLFEG,Philips,Eindhoven,TheNetherlands).Scanningelectronmicroscopywasemployedtodeterminetheshapeandsurfacemorphologyofthenanoparticles,andtheparticleswerecoatedwithgoldusingasputtergoldcoater(BAL-TEC,Switzerland)undervacuumbeforehand.
Differentialscanningcalorimetry
Differentialscanningcalorimetry(DSC)ofminocycline,andemptyandminocycline-loadednanoparticleswereperformedonaMettlerDSC823(MettlerToledo,
Switzerland)equippedwithaJulaboThermocryostateModelFT100Y(JulabolabortechnikGmbH,Germany).AMettlerStarsoftwaresystem,version9.0wasusedfordataacquisition.DSCmeasurementswereperformedataheatingrateof10C/minuteinthe20C350Ctemperaturerange.Thedrynanoparticleswereweighed,putintoanaluminumpan,andsealedcarefully.Duringmeasurement,thesamplecellwaspurgedwithnitrogengas.Calibrationoftheinstrumentwasperformed.
Determinationofdrugloading
andentrapmentefficiency
TheamountofminocyclineentrappedinthenanoparticleswasdeterminedbyHPLCanalysis.Theminocycline-loadednanoparticles(20mg)weredissolvedin5mLacetonitrileand10mLofmethanolwasthenaddedtoprecipitatethepolymer.Thisprocedurewasperformedusing10mLofdeionizedwaterand10mLofdimethylformamidefortheminocycline-loadednanoparticles.Thesampleswerepassedthrougha0.22mMilliporemembraneandtheamountofdrugwasdeterminedbyHPLCanalysis.Thedrugencapsulationefficiencywasdeterminedfromthemassratiooftheencapsulateddrugtotheamountofdruginitiallyadded.The
amountofdrugloadingandencapsulationefficiencywerecalculatedusingthefollowingequations:42
Drugloading(%)=(minocyclineweightinsample/totalweightofsample)100%
Encapsulationefficiency=(actual/theoreticalminocycline
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Invitrominocyclinereleasefromnanoparticles
Drugreleasefromthenanoparticleswasstudiedusingadialysistechnique.A20mgsampleofnanoparticleswasresuspendedin5mLofphosphatebuffersolutionatpH7.4andplacedinadialysisbag(Spectra/Por,molecularweightcutoff2000Da)sealedatbothendswithclips(Spectra,Torrance,CA).Thedialysisbagwassoakedin40Lofphosphatebuffersolution(pH7.4)andmaintainedat37C0.5Cand1005rpmshakinginashaker(HeidolphUnimax1010,Germany).Atpredeterminedtimeintervals,individualsamplesweretakenandthewholeofthemediumwasreplacedwith40mLoffreshphosphatebuffersolution.TheamountofminocyclinereleasedintoeachmediumwasquantifiedbyHPLCandcomparedwithastandardcalibrationcurvegeneratedusingknownconcentrationsofminocycline.
Theconcentrationofminocyclinewasanalyzedusinga
modifiedUSPHPLCmethod.HPLCanalysiswasperformedatroomtemperatureusingaKnauerapparatusmodelK-1001,WellChrom(Berlin,Germany),equippedwithamodelPDAK-2700ultravioletdetector(Knauer,Germany).TheanalyticalcolumnwasNucleodurC18(250.46cminternaldiameter,poresize5m;Macherey-Nagel,Dren,Germany).Themobilephaseconsistedof0.1Mammoniumoxalate,0.005Medetatedisodium,dimethylformamide,andtetrahydrofuran
(600:180:240:160v/v)andadjustedwithammoniumhydroxidetoapHof7.2.Theflowratewasfixedat1.5mLperminuteandultravioletdetectionwasperformedat280nm.Theretention
timeofminocyclinewasabout7.460.2minutes.Theconcentrationofminocyclinewascalculatedforeachsampleusingacalibrationcurveofknownamountsofdrug(withalinearregressioncoefficientofR=0.999).Antibacterialpropertiesofminocycline-loadednanoparticles
TheantibacterialactivityofthenanoparticleswascomparedwiththatoffreeminocyclinebythewelldiffusionmethodusingAggregatibacteractinomycetocomitans(43718,AmericanTissueCultureCollection,Vanassus,VA).
Thesurfaceofthebrainheartinfusionagarplatessupplementedbyhemin,vitaminK,bovineserumalbumin,andsheepbloodwereseededbythebacterialsuspensionatacelldensityequivalentto0.5McFarland(1.5108CFU/mL).Theantibacterialagentwassterilizedbyfiltrationusing
0.22mMilliporemembranes.Wellswith8mmdiameterswerepreparedbypunchingasterilecorkborerontotheagarplatesandremovingtheagartoformawell.Aliquots
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5.75421.0000-CHofPLGA-CH2ofPLGA-CH2ofPEG-CH3ofPLGA2.50624.91929.04477.63155.24615.19904.87584.86053.50453.43813.40453.36833.33263.29702.75542.63462.59042.53942.50622.50332.49992.49642.49282.36092.0840147371.46524.90915.26011050[ppm]
Figure2h-NuclearmagneticresonancespectrumofsynthesizedPEGylatedPLGAinCDCL3.
Abbreviations:PEG,poly(ethylene)glycol;PLGA,poly(lactic-co-glycolicacid).
minocyclinepowderindeionizedwater)weredeliveredintothewells.After48hoursofincubationat37C,theinhibitionzonesaroundthewellsweremeasuredinmillimetersusingacaliper.
TheMICandMBCofthetestcompoundsweredeterminedusingthebrothmacrodilutionmethod.Astockconcentration
offreedrugwaspreparedindeionizedwaterthatwasfurtherdilutedinbrainheartinfusionbrothtoreachaconcentrationrangeof0.125to32g/mL.Basedontheactualdrugloadingofthenanoparticles,theamountofnanoparticlesinbrainheartinfusionbrothwasusedtoprovidetheequivalentconcentrationofminocyclinesimilartothatoffreedrug.Thefinalconcentrationofbacteriaintheindividualtubeswasadjustedtoabout5105CFU/mL.ControltubescontainedPEGylatedPLGAnanoparticleswithoutdrugandwithnoantibacterialagent.After48hoursofincubationat37C,thetesttubeswereexaminedforpossiblebacterialturbidity,andtheMICofeachtestcompound
wasdeterminedasthelowestconcentrationthatcouldinhibitvisiblebacterialgrowth.AfterMICdetermination,analiquotof10Lfromalltubesinwhichnovisiblebacterialgrowthwasobservedwasseededinbrainheartinfusionagarplatesnotsupplementedwithanyfreeminocyclineorminocyclineloadednanoparticles.Theplateswerethenincubatedfor48hoursat37C.TheMBCendpointisdefinedasthelowestconcentrationofantimicrobialagentthatkills.99.9%oftheinitialbacterialpopulationwherenovisiblegrowthofthebacteriawasobservedontheplates.16,41
Statisticalanalysis
Resultswereexpressedasthemeanstandarddeviation.One-wayanalysesofvariancewereperformedforevaluationoftheresults.Pvalueslessthan0.05wereconsideredtobestatisticallysignificant.
Results
Thebasiccharacteristicsoftheminocycline-loadednanoparticlespreparedusingvariousmethodsinthisstudyare
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presentedinTables1and2.
Particlesizeandmorphology
AllofthenanoparticlespreparedfromPLGAandPEGPLGAundervariousconditionshadanacceptablesize(lessthan500nm)andweresuitableforourfinalclinicalpurposesexceptforthenanoparticlespreparedusingtheoilinoilemulsionmethod(OO5).Themeanparticlesizes(z-average)ofallthesamplesareshowninTable1.Therangeofnanoparticlesizewas857070nm.ItcanbeseenthatthesizeofthenanoparticleswasthesmallestandlargestwhentheywerepreparedusingnanoprecipitationandtheO/Oemulsionmethod,respectively.AtypicalscanningelectronmicrophotographofnanoparticlesisshowninFigure3.Theminocycline-PLGAnanoparticleswerewelldefinedandspherical,andhadasmoothsurfacewithoutpores.Nanoparticlespreparedbythenanoprecipitationmethodhadthenarrowestsizedistributionrangewithapolydispersityindexof0.08(Figure4A).Nanoparticlespreparedbythe
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Table1PreparationofPLGA-basednanoparticleswithdifferentmethodsandtheirparticlesize
SamplePreparationmethodMeandiameter(nm)OW1Oil/water19314OW2ModifiedLecithininwater22523OW3oil/waterLecithininoil21516OW4Lecithinintwophases24221OO5Oil/oil7070208WOW6Water/oil/water42417SOW7Solid/oil/waterPLGA(MW48,000)+20919byionpairingDS(MW6000)SOW8PLGA(MW48,000)+22615DS(MW500,000)SOW9PLGA(MW12,000)+13912DS(MW6000)
SOW10PLGA(MW12,000)+18619DS(MW500,000)NPC11Nanoprecipitation857
Abbreviations:DS,dextransulfate;PLGA,poly(lactic-co-glycolicacid);MW,molecularweight.
S/O/Wionpairingmethodshowedasomewhatgoodsizedistributionwithapolydispersityindexof0.2(Figure4B).
Drugloadingandentrapmentefficiency
Table2displaysthedrugloadingandentrapmentefficiencyforallthesamplespreparedusingvariousmethods.Drugloadingrangedfrom2.6to19.2g/mg.Theleastdrugloading(0.26%)andentrapmentefficiency(0.81%)wasfoundinnanoparticlespreparedbythenanoprecipitationmethod.SignificantlyincreaseddrugloadingandentrapmentefficiencywasobtainedbytheS/O/Wionpairingmethod(1.92%and29.95%).Inclusionofdextransulfateintothepreparations(SOW710)significantlyloweredthepercentageoffreeminocyclinecomparedwiththosewithoutdextransulfate
Table2Drugloadingandentrapmentefficiency
SampleDrugloading(%)SDEntrapmentefficiency(%)SDOW10.410.023.850.16OW20.910.034.140.03OW30.310.011.480.28OW40.480.022.150.13OO50.980.045.480.30WOW60.440.014.690.21SOW70.460.0157.691.32SOW80.780.03513.092.40
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SOW91.320.1222.234.70SOW101.920.1929.952.47NP110.260.060.810.18
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(WOW6)andimproveddrugloadingcomparedwithotherformulations.NanoparticlespreparedbytheS/O/Wionpairing
method,withthehighestentrapmentefficiency,wereusedforotheranalyses.
DSCanalysis
DSCthermogramsofminocyclineandtheemptyandminocycline-loadednanoparticleswereobtainedtodefinethephysicalstateofthedruginthenanoparticlesandthermalpropertiesofthepolymernanoparticles.Figure5showstheDSCthermogramsforminocycline,PLGA-PEGnanoparticles,andminocycline-PLGA-PEGnanoparticles(SOW10),respectively.Pureminocyclineshowedanexothermicpeakat200C.Therewasnopeakobservedatthistemperatureforthe
nanoparticles.DSCstudiesdidnotdetectanyfreeminocyclineinthenanoparticlesamples.Thisconfirmedthemoleculardispersionofminocycline.Afterpreparationthenanoparticles,minocyclinecouldbeinanamorphousphaseofamoleculardispersionorinasolidsolutionstateinthepolymermatrix.
Invitrodrugrelease
TheinvitroreleasebehaviorofallnanoparticlesisascumulativepercentagesinFigure6.Releaseover5days
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wasmeasured.Releaseprofilesfornanoparticlesinphosphatebuffersolution(pH7.4)wereaffectedbythepreparationmethodsandformulationsused.Theinitialburstreleasewasdetectedforallformulationsduringthefirst7hours(morethan20%)exceptforsamples1,2,5,and6.TheSOW9formulationshowedasignificantlyhigherburstrelease(72%in7hours)comparedwiththeotherformulations.Therateofdrugreleasegraduallydecreasedafterabout12daysandremainedconstantevenafter5days(exceptforsample9).
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AsshowninFigure6,drugreleasefromthenanoparticlespreparedbyO/Owasslowerthanfromtheothernanoparticles(approximately10%in5days).
Antibacterialpropertiesofminocyclinenanoparticles
Theminocycline-loadednanoparticles,freeminocycline,andemptynanoparticlesweretestedagainstAggregatibacteractinomycetemcomitansinvitrotocomparetheirantibacterialactivity.Inthecaseofminocycline-loadedPLGA-PEGnanoparticles,theSOW10samplehadthehighestentrapmentefficiency.Awelldiffusionassayshowedthattheinhibitionzoneofminocycline-loadednanoparticles(9.2mm)wasgreater
thanthatoffreeminocycline(3.5mm)andemptyPLGAnanoparticles,whichdidnotshowanyinhibitoryeffect.TheMICsofthesamplesareshowninTable3.TheMICofminocycline-loadednanoparticles(4g/mL)wastwo-foldlessthanforfreeminocycline(8g/mL).TheMBCofminocyclineloadednanoparticles(8g/mL)wasalsotwo-foldlessthanthatforfreeminocycline(16g/mL).Therefore,itcanbeseenthattheantibacterialactivityofminocycline-loadednanoparticleswasgreaterthanforthefreedrug.Emptynanoparticles
dilutedwithbrainheartinfusionbrothasacontroldidnotshowanyantibacterialeffectagainstthebacteriatested.HenceitcanbeconcludedthattherewasnoantibacterialinteractionbetweenPLGAandthetestedbacteria.
Discussion
Thechoiceofasuitablenanoparticlepreparationmethodisdependentonthephysicochemicalpropertiesofthedrugtobeencapsulated.Differentmethodshavebeensuccessfullyusedfortheentrapmentoflipophilicdrugsintonanoparticles.33,45Themainprobleminthepreparationofminocycline-loadednanoparticleswasthelackofdrug
loadingandentrapmentefficiencybecauseminocyclineisa
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Table3MICandMBCoffreedrugandminocycline-loadednanoparticlesagainstAggregatibacteractinomycetemcomitansbymacrodilutionmethod
Freedrug(g/mL)Minocycline-loadednanoparticles(g/mL)MIC84MBC168
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hydrophiliccompoundandthereisaconcernaboutincreasingthedrugloadingofhydrophilicagents.35However,inpractice,preparationofnanoparticleswiththedesiredproperties(adequateentrapmentefficiencyanddrugloading,suitablereleaseprofile,andparticlesizedistribution)canbedifficultduetothelargenumberoffactorsinfluencingtheoutcomeofnanoparticlepreparation.Inthisstudy,severalexperimentswerecarriedouttodeterminethebestmethodandtheformulawiththehighestantibioticloadingofPLGAnanoparticles.
Nanoparticlespreparedbysolventdiffusionmethods(OW1andWOW6)showedlowentrapmentefficiencyanddrugloadingbecauseminocyclinerapidlydiffusedfromthehydrophobicmatrixintotheexternalaqueousphaseduringpreparation.46Comparedwiththesolventdiffusionmethod,betterentrapmentefficiencyanddrugloadingwereobtainedbytheO/Oemulsionevaporationmethod(OO5).Thiswascontributedtobytheliquidparaffinusedasacontinuationphasewiththismethod.42Thelimitedsolubilityofminocyclineandnildiffusionoffirstoilintoliquidparaffinwereadvantageoustorestrictminocyclineleakageincomparisonwithotheraqueoussolventdiffusionmethods.Polymeric
particlesobtainedbythismethodhadthelargestparticlesize.AnincreaseofparticlesizewiththeO/Omethodmighthavebeenduetothehighviscosityofthecontinuousphasewhichhindersthehomogenousdispersionofpolymersolutionintothecontinuousphase.Particlesizeiskeytothebiologicalfateofnanoparticlecarriers.Decreasingsizeimprovesthepermeationandpenetrationofnanoparticlecarriers.Therefore,nanoparticlesshouldhaveanappropriatesizetopenetratethebacterialcellwall.Inclusionoflecithinintotheaqueousphase(OW2)usingtheO/Wmethodledtoimprovementinentrapmentefficiencyanddrugloadingcomparedwiththestandardmethod(OW1).Inthisregard,addinglecithinhasbeenshowntoresultinsurfaceadsorptionofamphiphilic
lecithinontonanoparticlesthroughhydrophobicinteractions.36Minocyclineinteractswiththehydrophobicphospholipidtailsoflecithinsimilartolecithin-PLGAinteractions.Incorporatinglecithinontothenanoparticlesurfacecanenhanceentrapmentefficiencybytrappingminocyclinein
thephospholipidlayer.However,inclusionoflecithinintheoilphase(OW3)andbothphases(oilandwater)(OW4)hadthereverseeffectonentrapmentefficiencyanddrugloading.Lecithinadsorptionontothenanoparticlesurfacecauseda
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minorincreaseinparticlesize(about10%20%).
Nanoparticlespreparedbythenanoprecipitationmethodwereconsiderablysmaller(807nm)thannanoparticlespreparedbytheemulsionmethod.ThesizedistributionofnanoparticlespreparedusingthismethodisshowninFigure4A,whereahighlyuniformsizedistributionisobserved(polydispersityindex0.08).Briefly,therearetwomisciblesolventswhenusingthismethod.Drugandpolymerdissolveinthefirstoneasthesolvent.Nanoprecipitationoccursbyrapiddiffusionandaprecipitateofthepolymerwhenthefirstpolymersolutionisaddedtothesecondphaseasanonsolvent.44Precipitationinvolvesimmediatedrugentrapment.Nanoparticlespreparedbythismethodshowthelowestdrugloadingandentrapmentefficiencycomparedwiththeothermethods(Table2).Becauserapiddiffusionofdrug-polymersolutionintothesecondphaseincreasedtheamountoffreedruginthesecondphase,thismethodwasunabletoretainsubstantialamountsofminocyclinetoincorporateintothepolymermatrix.
HighentrapmentefficiencyusingtheS/O/Wionpairingmethodoccurredasfollows.Thismethodwasacombination
ofS/O/Wemulsionandionpairingtechniques(Figure7).AnaqueoussolutionofminocyclinewasaddedtoanorganicsolutionofPEGylatedPLGA.Additionofaqueousdextransulfatesolutionproducedaminocycline-dextransulfateprecipitate(solidinoil).Dextransulfatewasusedasanionpairingagenttoreducedrugsolubilitybycoacervation.Theresultingsolidintheoilphasewasthenaddedtotheaqueouspolyvinylalcoholsolution.Theorganicsolventwasremovedbyevaporationunderstirringtoproducenanoparticles.Theelectrostaticforcesformedbetweenoppositeions,cationicminocyclineandanionicdextransulfate,andcationicPEGylatedPLGAandanionicdextransulfate.Dextransulfateasanionpairingagentplayedaroleasanionicspacerbetween
PEGylatedPLGAandminocycline.Ifionpairingformationisfasterthanpolymerprecipitation,theionpairscouldbetrappedduringparticulateprecipitation.Intheabsenceofdextransulfate(WOW6),theinteractionsbetweentheterminalgroupofthepolymerandminocyclineweremostlydirectedbyweakvanderWaalsforces.AccordingtotheH-NMRresults,thePEGcontentinlowmolecularweightPLGA(502H,molecularweight12,000)wasapproximatelyfourtimesmorethanthehighmolecularweightPLGA(504H,molecularweight48,000).Soahighamountofion
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pairswasformedinlowmolecularweightPEGylatedPLGA,andhencedrugentrapmentwasincreased(SOW9andSOW10).
Thesignificantlyincreasedentrapmentefficiencyanddrugloadingusinghighmolecularweightdextransulfate(500,000)indicatesthattheadditionalnegativechargesofdextransulfatehavefurtherincorporatedminocycline(about2.32.9times).Thiswasduetoanionpairingmechanismwhichwasmentionedearlier.ImprovedinteractionbetweenthedrugandpolymerandthusentrapmentefficiencywasobtainedbyincreasingPEGylationandahighmolecularweightofdextransulfate.
Thesizeofthenanoparticlespreparedbydifferentdoubleemulsionmethodswasasfollows:WOW6(424nm).SOW7(209nm).SOW9(139nm).ThereductioninparticlesizecouldbelargelyduetothedecreaseinPLGAmolecularweight(SOW9)andincreaseinamphiphilicpropertiesofthepolymerwithincreasingPEGcontent(SOW7and9).ThesepolymerswithhigherPEGcontentreduceinterfacial
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smallerparticlesize.47Anapproximatelynarrowsizedistributionwasalsoobserved(Figure4B)forthenanoparticlespreparedbyS/O/Wmethod(polydispersityindex0.2).
Thereleasekineticsofminocyclinefromthenanoparticleswasideal,asusuallyaninitialburstreleaseinthefirst24hoursfollowedbyacontrolledpatternofdrugreleaseisclinicallyfavorable.25,48,49Inmostofthenanoparticlespreparedinthiswork(OO5,WOW6,SOW79,NP10),weobservedlinearminocyclinereleaseratesafterthebursteffectformorethan5days,andthisprofilecouldbeidealforperiodontaldisease.50Theinitialburstcouldbeascribedtotheminocyclinedistributedatorjustbeneaththesurfaceofthenanoparticles.Thelaterconstantreleaseismainlyduetodrugdiffusionandmatrixerosionmechanisms.Theminocyclinereleaseratefromnanoparticlesin24hourswasasfollows:
OW1(18%).WOW6(14%).OO5(6%).FromthesustaineddrugreleaseofOO5,itcanbeassumedthat
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(OO5.WOW6.OW1)decreasedthesolid-liquidcontactanddrugdiffusionthroughthepolymericwall.
OW3(59%).OW4(49%).OW1(18%).OW2(14%).Theeffectoflecithinonthereleaseratewassimilartoitseffectonentrapmentefficiency.InsampleOW2entrapmentefficiencywasimprovedandthereleaseratewasreduced.Conversely,insamplesOW3andOW4entrapmentefficiencywasdecreasedandthereleaseratewasenhanced.SOW9(91%).SOW10(72%),andSOW7(38%).
SOW8(29%).Nanoparticlespreparedusingdextransulfate(molecularweight500,000)showedaslowerreleaseratethandextransulfatealone(molecularweight6000).Thismaybeduetoahighernegativechargerelatedtodextransulfate500,000thatinducedbetterinteractionwiththecationicdrugandwhichcouldincorporatefurtheramountsofdrugontheinsideaswellasthesurfaceofthenanoparticles.SOW10(72%).SOW8(29%),andSOW9(91%).SOW7(38%).Useoflowmolecularweight
PLGAinSOW9andSOW10increasedthediffusionofminocyclinethroughthenanoparticlewall.51NanoparticleswiththehighestPEGcontenthavemoreamphiphilicandhydrophilicproperties.Thesepropertiesenhancemoleculardiffusionintoaqueoussolution.SOW7(38%).WOW3(14%).Asmentionedearlier,nanoparticlespreparedbytheS/O/Wionpairmethodhavemoreamphiphilicandhydrophilicpropertiesandsmallerparticlesize.Thesepropertiesenhancediffusionandsurfacedesorptioninaqueoussolution.Thermalstudieswereusedtoinvestigatethephysical
stateofminocyclineinthenanoparticles,becausethispropertycouldinfluencedrugreleasefromthenanoparticles.Drugmaybepresenteitherasamorphousorcrystallineinanamorphousorcrystallinepolymer.Figure3showstheDSCthermogramsforpureminocycline,andforemptyandminocycline-loadednanoparticles.Polymershowsaglasstransitiontemperatureat50Canddoesnothaveameltingpointtemperature,meaningthatitisanamorphouspolymer.Twopeaksinthetemperaturerangeof150C170Cmayberelatedtoresidenceofpolyvinylalcohol.Pureminocycline
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showedanexothermicpeakat200Crelatedtothemeltingpointwithdecompositiontransition.Minocyclinemeltingwithadecompositionpeakwasdepletedinthethermogramfortheloadednanoparticles,indicatingthepresenceofamorphousminocyclineinthenanoparticles.Itmaybehypothesizedthatcrystallizationofminocyclineisinhibitedduringproductionofnanoparticles.Therefore,minocycline
inthenanoparticlesisintheamorphousphaseofamoleculardispersion.Theantibacterialpropertiesofminocyclineloadednanoparticlesweredeterminedinvitro;theantibacterialactivityofthenanoparticleswasremarkableandmainlyattributedtothehighantibacterialeffectofthenanosizedparticles(Table3).EncapsulationofminocyclineintonanoparticlesimprovedtheantibacterialefficiencyofminocyclineagainststandardAggregatibacteractinomycetemcomitansbytwo-fold.Becausefreedrugandnanoparticleswereinvestigatedusingthesameconcentrationofminocycline,theimprovementinantibacterialeffectactivitybeduetobetterpenetrationofthenanoparticlesintobacterialcellsandbetterdeliveryofminocyclinetoitssiteofaction.7Nanoparticlesarecapableofbeingendocytosedbyphagocyticcellsandreleasingdrugintothosecells.52,53Theminocycline-loadednanoparticlescouldbe
suitablefordeliveryofminocyclinetophagocyticcellstoachievebettertreatmentofinfectioncomparedwithtreatmentusingfreeminocycline.Thisindicatesthatthenewlydesignedantibiotic-releasingnanoparticlesmaybeappropriateforperiodontaltreatment.
Conclusion
Effectiveentrapmentofdrugsthatarehighlysolubleinbothaqueousandorganicsolventsisdifficulttoachieveusingstandardapproaches,suchassingleanddoubleemulsificationsolventevaporationandnanoprecipitationmethods.Inthisstudyweusedanovelmethodforthepreparationofminocycline-
loadednanoparticlesbyapplyinganionpairingtechniqueusingsolid/oil/wateremulsification.OurresultsdemonstratethatusingPLGA-PEG-dextransulfateforionpairingsignificantlyincreasesminocyclineloading,andproducesnanoparticleswiththedesiredsize,sizedistribution,andmorphologicalproperties.BydecreasingthemolecularweightofPLGAandincreasingthemolecularweightofdextransulfate,thedesireddrugcontentcanbeobtainedbecauseofthehighPEGcontentandlowdruginsolubility,respectively.PEGylatedPLGA(molecularweight12,000)anddextransulfate(molecularweight500,000)wasthepreferredchoiceforionpairingbecauseitallowedthehighestdrugloadingandentrapmentefficiency.Aninvestigationof
differentpreparationmethods,physicochemicalcharacterization,invitroreleasetesting,andantibacterialpropertiesofthenanoparticleswascarriedout.Releaseratesvarieddependingonthepreparationmethodandnanoparticlecharacteristics,suchasamphiphilic,polymermolecularweight,particlesize,andpolymercomposition.Invitroreleaseindicatedthataftertheinitialburstrelease,controlledrelease
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ofminocyclinecontinuedformorethan5days;thisreleaseprofilecouldbetheidealforperiodontaldisease.Nanoparticlespreparedbynanoprecipitationhadagoodsizeandmorphology;however,thisisnotanefficientmethodforencapsulationofhighlywater-solubledrugssuchasminocycline(reverseofnanoparticlespreparedbyoil/oilmethod).TheinvitroantibacterialresultsshowedthattheminocyclineloadednanoparticlesareremarkablymoreeffectivethanthefreedrugagainstAggregatibacteractinomycetemcomitans.
Acknowledgments
ThisstudywasfundedandsupportedbytheTehranUniversityofMedicalSciences(Grant10221).TheauthorsaregratefultotheNanotechnologyResearchCenterofTehranUniversityofMedicalSciences,Tehran,Iran,fortheirfinancialsupportofthiswork.TheyalsothankMrsFKhosraviforhertechnicalassistanceintheexperiments.
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Theauthorsreportnoconflictsofinterestinthiswork.
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