Poly(methacrylic acid) complexation of amphotericin B to treat neglected diseases

Karolina Alicja Les; Abeer HA Mohamed-Ahmed; Sibu Balan; Ji-won Choi; Denis Martin; Vanessa Yardley; Keith Powell; Antony Godwin; Steve Brocchini; (2014) Poly(methacrylic acid) complexation of amphotericin B to treat neglected diseases. Polymer chemistry, 5 (3). pp. 1037-1048. ISSN 1759-9954 DOI: 10.1039/c3py01051a
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Amphotericin B (AmB) is used to treat a neglected disease called visceral leishmaniasis (VL). We hypothesised that direct non-covalent association of AmB with poly(methacrylic acid) (PMAA) would replicate many of the properties of liposomal AmB (AmB-L), which is more efficacious than micellar AmB (AmB-D). Water-soluble AmB-PMAA complexes with AmB loadings ranging from ∼20 to 45% were reproducibly prepared. The AmB in the PMAA complex displayed similar aggregation properties to the AmB within AmB-L. The AmB-PMAA complex displayed low heamolytic properties while maintaining in vitro activity against Leishmania donovani amastigotes with no macrophage toxicity observed at an IC50 of 0.043 (±0.003) μM. AmB-PMAA complexes were well tolerated in vivo at a total dose of 6 mg kg-1 and both the complex (2.2 mg kg -1 AmB) and AmB-L (2.5 mg kg-1 AmB) achieved greater than 90% parasite inhibition in vivo after a single dose against L. donovani in HU3 infected BALB/c mice. © 2014 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

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