Freeze-dryable lipid vesicles with size tunability and high encapsulation efficiency prepared by the multiple emulsification-solvent evaporation method.

Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces

Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan. Electronic address:

Published: November 2017

We investigated the extent of potential applicability of our recently developed method for preparing lipid vesicles [T. Kuroiwa et al., J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc., 93 (2016) 421], designated as the multiple emulsification-solvent evaporation method, with the intention of controlling the vesicle diameter and achieving high entrapment efficiency for water-soluble compounds. Using this method, the diameter of lipid vesicles could be varied by selecting the methods for preparing the primary water-in-oil emulsion, which contained water droplets as templates for the internal water phases of lipid vesicles. We obtained lipid vesicles with mean diameters of 0.2-4.4μm from water-in-oil-in-water multiple emulsions after solvent evaporation. A high entrapment yield of calcein, a water-soluble fluorescent dye, into the lipid vesicles was obtained for each vesicle sample, depending on their diameter and the type of emulsifier added to the external water phase. The use of polymeric emulsifier was more effective in achieving a high entrapment yield. The obtained lipid vesicles were powderized via freeze-drying. Vesicles could be powderized while maintaining their original diameter, as confirmed by scanning electron microscopy. Furthermore, the powderized vesicles could be rehydrated and resuspended without significant change in their diameter. However, the entrapment yield of calcein decreased after freeze-drying and rehydration. The calcein leakage during the freeze-drying followed by rehydration could be suppressed by adding an appropriate amount of trehalose as a lyoprotectant.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.07.092DOI Listing

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