TY - JOUR
T1 - Penetration of normal, damaged and diseased skin--an in vitro study on dendritic core-multishell nanotransporters.
AU - Alnasif, Nesrin
AU - Zoschke, Christian
AU - Fleige, Emanuel
AU - Brodwolf, Robert
AU - Boreham, Alexander
AU - Rühl, Eckart
AU - Eckl, Katja-Martina
AU - Merk, Hans-Friedrich
AU - Hennies, Hans Christian
AU - Alexiev, Ulrike
AU - Haag, Rainer
AU - Küchler, Sarah
AU - Schäfer-Korting, Monika
PY - 2014/7/10
Y1 - 2014/7/10
N2 - A growing intended or accidental exposure to nanoparticles asks for the elucidation of potential toxicity linked to the penetration of normal and lesional skin. We studied the skin penetration of dye-tagged dendritic core-multishell (CMS) nanotransporters and of Nile red loaded CMS nanotransporters using fluorescence microscopy. Normal and stripped human skin ex vivo as well as normal reconstructed human skin and in vitro skin disease models served as test platforms. Nile red was delivered rapidly into the viable epidermis and dermis of normal skin, whereas the highly flexible CMS nanotransporters remained solely in the stratum corneum after 6h but penetrated into deeper skin layers after 24h exposure. Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy proved a stable dye-tag and revealed striking nanotransporter-skin interactions. The viable layers of stripped skin were penetrated more efficiently by dye-tagged CMS nanotransporters and the cargo compared to normal skin. Normal reconstructed human skin reflected the penetration of Nile red and CMS nanotransporters in human skin and both, the non-hyperkeratotic non-melanoma skin cancer and hyperkeratotic peeling skin disease models come along with altered absorption in the skin diseases.
AB - A growing intended or accidental exposure to nanoparticles asks for the elucidation of potential toxicity linked to the penetration of normal and lesional skin. We studied the skin penetration of dye-tagged dendritic core-multishell (CMS) nanotransporters and of Nile red loaded CMS nanotransporters using fluorescence microscopy. Normal and stripped human skin ex vivo as well as normal reconstructed human skin and in vitro skin disease models served as test platforms. Nile red was delivered rapidly into the viable epidermis and dermis of normal skin, whereas the highly flexible CMS nanotransporters remained solely in the stratum corneum after 6h but penetrated into deeper skin layers after 24h exposure. Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy proved a stable dye-tag and revealed striking nanotransporter-skin interactions. The viable layers of stripped skin were penetrated more efficiently by dye-tagged CMS nanotransporters and the cargo compared to normal skin. Normal reconstructed human skin reflected the penetration of Nile red and CMS nanotransporters in human skin and both, the non-hyperkeratotic non-melanoma skin cancer and hyperkeratotic peeling skin disease models come along with altered absorption in the skin diseases.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.04.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.04.006
M3 - Article (journal)
SN - 1873-4995
VL - 185
SP - 45
EP - 50
JO - Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society
JF - Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society
ER -