Cyclosporin A-loaded poly(d,l-lactide) nanoparticles: a promising tool for treating alopecia.

Nanomedicine (Lond)

CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.

Published: June 2020

Alopecia treatments are scarce and lack efficacy. Cyclosporin A (CsA) has hair growth-inducing properties but its poor cutaneous absorption undermines its use in topical treatments. Development of a new potential topical treatment of alopecia with CsA. CsA-loaded poly(d,l-lactide) (PLA) nanoparticles were obtained and characterized. Skin permeation was evaluated in porcine skin. Nanoparticles with good physicochemical stability increased CsA skin permeation/hair follicles accumulation, compared with a noncolloidal formulation. CsA biocompatibility in NCTC2455 keratinocytes (reference skin cell line) was clearly improved when encapsulated in PLA nanoparticles. This work fosters further investigation of CsA-loaded PLA nanoparticles as a promising new strategy to treat alopecia, a very traumatic, possibly autoimmune, disease.

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