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Size-Dependent Permeability of Hydrophilic Probes Across Rabbit Colonic Epithelium

Hamidreza Ghandehari, Philip L. Smith, Harma Ellens, Ping-Yang Yeh and Jindřich Kopeček
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics February 1997, 280 (2) 747-753;
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Colon-specific delivery of metabolically labile molecules, such as proteins and peptides, is of particular interest in pharmaceutical research. Among the factors that may influence the permeability of drug molecules across colonic mucosa are their molecular weight and geometry. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of molecular geometry on in vitro permeability across rabbit distal colonic epithelia. Permeability of radiolabeled hydrophilic probes with different molecular weights and geometries across isolated rabbit distal colonic tissue was evaluated by means of the Ussing chamber technique. The hydrodynamic radii of the probes (an indicator of molecular geometry) were estimated by theoretical models as well as dynamic light scattering. We conducted the permeability studies in the presence and absence of the epithelial cells to evaluate the contribution of the underlying connective tissue to the overallin vitro permeability across the colonic mucosa. The rank order of the permeability of the markers was mannitol > lactulose > polyethylene glycol (PEG) 400 > PEG 900 > PEG 4000, which is consistent with their molecular weights and estimated hydrodynamic radii. The permeability of inulin, a polyfructose molecule with a molecular weight of about 5000, however, was approximately the same as that of PEG 900 (molecular weight about 900). When the epithelial cells were removed, for the homologous series of PEGs, the permeabilities were proportional to their free diffusion coefficients in water. It appears that for the PEG and lactulose probes, theoretical estimation of the hydrodynamic radii, which assumes the molecules to be spherical in shape, provides a good basis for the dependence of permeability on geometry. The relatively high permeability of inulin seems to be due to its compact structure. The PEG permeability values in the absence of epithelial cells, in combination with their diffusion coefficients, indicate that the underlying connective tissue does not contribute to the overall permeability of these molecules across colonic mucosa in vitro.

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  • Send reprint requests to: Jindřich Kopeček, Center for Controlled Chemical Delivery, University of Utah, Biopolymers Research Building, #205, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112

  • ↵1 Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry/CCCD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112.

  • ↵2 Present address: Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, 38677.

  • ↵3 Department of Drug Delivery, SmithKline Beecham, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406.

  • Abbreviations:
    DLS
    dynamic light scattering
    FPLC
    fast-protein liquid chromatography
    ISC
    short circuit current
    Mn
    number average molecular weight
    Mw
    weight average molecular weight
    PD
    spontaneous transepithelial potential difference
    Pd
    polydispersity (Mw/Mn)
    PEG
    polyethylene glycol
    Rt
    transepithelial resistance
    • Received January 25, 1996.
    • Accepted October 15, 1996.
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