Biomaterials 2015-06-01

Isoniazid conjugated poly(lactide-co-glycolide): long-term controlled drug release and tissue regeneration for bone tuberculosis therapy.

Da Huang, Dawei Li, Tiantian Wang, Hong Shen, Pei Zhao, Baoxia Liu, Yezi You, Yuanzheng Ma, Fei Yang, Decheng Wu, Shenguo Wang

Index: Biomaterials 52 , 417-25, (2015)

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Abstract

Bone tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most common extrapulmonary TB. Effective integration of chemotherapy and bone regeneration is an optimal solution for bone TB therapy. Herein, we produce a composite scaffold drug delivery system fabricated with an isoniazid conjugated star poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA-INH4) and β-TCP. The cytological assay indicated the composite system possesses good biocompatibility. The in vitro and in vivo drug release evaluations showed that the composite system can intactly release the pristine INH and maintain effective INH concentration in a controlled manner for more than 100 days, and achieve high localized drug concentration and low systemic drug concentration. The rabbit radius repair experiment testified the scaffold has good bone regeneration capacity. Our work demonstrate the composite system can simultaneously achieve localized long-term drug controlled release and bone regeneration, which provides a promising route for improved bone TB treatment. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.