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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1993 February; 37(2): 246-250

Roles of liposome composition and temperature in distribution of amphotericin B in serum lipoproteins.

Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Houston, Texas.

ABSTRACT

The role of liposome composition and temperature in the distribution of amphotericin B (AmB) with serum lipoproteins and the role of particle charge in AmB transfer to serum lipoproteins were determined. Serum obtained from healthy volunteers was incubated with known concentrations of AmB or different liposomal formulations of AmB (1 to 100 micrograms/ml) at 37 degrees C for various time intervals (5, 10, 20, 30, 45, and 60 min). After each interval, serum was removed and separated into high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) fractions by an LDL-direct assay. The distribution of AmB (Fungizone) at 5 min through 1 h of incubation at 25 degrees C remained constant and was similar in the HDL and LDL fractions. At 37 degrees C, at 5 through 45 min of incubation, 54 to 61% of AmB was recovered in the HDL fraction; however, at 1 h more than 75% of the AmB concentration was recovered in the HDL fraction. In contrast, 87.5 to 92% AmB was recovered in the HDL fraction throughout the incubation when negatively charged liposomal AmB (dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine [DMPC]:dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol [DMPG], 7:3 [wt/wt]) was used. With positively charged liposomes, 75 to 87.7% of AmB was recovered in the HDL fraction through the different time points studied. AmB incorporated into DMPC (neutral) and DMPG (negative) liposomes, and AmB was distributed in an HDL:LDL ratio of 6:4 following 1 h of incubation. Ninety percent of AmB and 80% of the lipid were found in the HDL fraction in a 3:1 molar DMPG:AmB ratio and in the LDL fraction in a 6:1 molar ratio. Lipid charge and temperature play a role in AmB distribution into serum lipoproteins. AmB and DMPG may contransfer as an intact drug-lipid complex to serum lipoproteins.

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