Measurement of drug and macromolecule diffusion across atherosclerotic rabbit aorta ex vivo by attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared imaging

Francesca Palombo; Charlene B. Danoux; Peter D. Weinberg; Sergei G. Kazarian

doi:10.1117/1.3174395

1 July 2009 Measurement of drug and macromolecule diffusion across atherosclerotic rabbit aorta ex vivo by attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared imaging

Francesca Palombo, Charlene B. Danoux, Peter D. Weinberg, Sergei G. Kazarian

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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 14, Issue 4, 044008 (July 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3174395

Abstract

Diffusion of two model drugs-benzyl nicotinate and ibuprofen-and the plasma macromolecule albumin across atherosclerotic rabbit aorta was studied ex vivo by attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) imaging. Solutions of these molecules were applied to the endothelial surface of histological sections of the aortic wall that were sandwiched between two impermeable surfaces. An array of spectra, each corresponding to a specific location in the section, was obtained at various times during solute diffusion into the wall and revealed the distribution of the solutes within the tissue. Benzyl nicotinate in Ringer's solution showed higher affinity for atherosclerotic plaque than for apparently healthy tissue. Transmural concentration profiles for albumin demonstrated its permeation across the section and were consistent with a relatively low distribution volume for the macromolecule in the middle of the wall. The ability of albumin to act as a drug carrier for ibuprofen, otherwise undetected within the tissue, was demonstrated by multivariate subtraction image analysis. In conclusion, ATR-FTIR imaging can be used to study transport processes in tissue samples with high spatial and temporal resolution and without the need to label the solutes under study.

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Francesca Palombo, Charlene B. Danoux, Peter D. Weinberg, and Sergei G. Kazarian "Measurement of drug and macromolecule diffusion across atherosclerotic rabbit aorta ex vivo by attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared imaging," Journal of Biomedical Optics 14(4), 044008 (1 July 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3174395

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