Unexpected solubility enhancement of drug bases in presence of a dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer
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2017
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Molecular Pharmaceutics
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15
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186–192
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American Chemical Society
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The methacrylate copolymer Eudragit EPO (EPO) has previously shown to greatly enhance solubilization of acidic drugs via ionic interactions and by multiple hydrophobic contacts with polymeric side chains. The latter type of interaction could also play a role for solubilization of other compounds than acids. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate the solubility of six poorly soluble bases in presence and absence of EPO by quantitative ultrapressure liquid chromatography with concomitant X-ray powder diffraction analysis of the solid state. For a better mechanistic understanding, spectra and diffusion data were obtained by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Unexpected high solubility enhancement (up to 360-fold) was evidenced in the presence of EPO despite the fact that bases and polymer were both carrying positive charges. This exceptional and unexpected solubilization was not due to a change in the crystalline solid state. NMR spectra and measured diffusion coefficients indicated both strong drug–polymer interactions in the bulk solution, and diffusion data suggested conformational changes of the polymer in solution. Such conformational changes may have increased the accessibility and extent of hydrophobic contacts thereby leading to increased overall molecular interactions. These initially surprising solubilization results demonstrate that excipient selection should not be based solely on simple considerations of, for example, opposite charges of drug and excipient, but it requires a more refined molecular view. Different solution NMR techniques are especially promising tools to gain such mechanistic insights.
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basic compounds, polymer−drug interaction, solubility enhancement
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1543-8384
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1543-8392
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English
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SAAL, Wiebke, Alfred ROSS, Nicole WYTTENBACH, Jochem ALSENZ und Martin KUENTZ, 2017. Unexpected solubility enhancement of drug bases in presence of a dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 2017. Bd. 15, Nr. 1, S. 186–192. DOI 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00804. Verfügbar unter: http://hdl.handle.net/11654/25807