Large‐Scale Production of Liposomes Containing Monomeric Zinc Phthalocyanine by Controlled Dilution of Organic Solvents

This work describes the development of an organic solvent dilution method suitable for the large scale manufacturing of small unilamellar liposomes containing the water‐insoluble photosensitizer zinc phthalocyanine in the monomeric state.N‐Methyl pyrrolidone (NMP)/tert‐butyl alcohol was selected as...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pharmaceutical sciences 1994-11, Vol.83 (11), p.1608-1616
Hauptverfasser: Isele, Ute, Van Hoogevest, Peter, Hilfiker, Rolf, Capraro, Hans‐Georg, Schieweck, Klaus, Leuenberger, Hans
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Zusammenfassung:This work describes the development of an organic solvent dilution method suitable for the large scale manufacturing of small unilamellar liposomes containing the water‐insoluble photosensitizer zinc phthalocyanine in the monomeric state.N‐Methyl pyrrolidone (NMP)/tert‐butyl alcohol was selected as water miscible organic phase in which the phospholipids 1‐palmitoyl, 2‐oleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC), and 1,2‐dioeloylphosphatidylserine (OOPS) and the dye were dissolved. This organic phase was mixed with an excess of a water phase using a dynamic mixing device, yielding reproducibly unilamellar liposomes with a mean size of 50–150 nm as measured with quasielastic light scattering. After concentration, the organic solvents were efficiently removed by cross‐flow filtration. The liposomes were then sterile filtered and freeze‐dried. A method to measure the aggregation state of the dye in the liposomes was developed. A stable lyophilized formulation containing monomeric liposomal ZnPc could be obtained by using a solution of ZnPc in NMP (2 mg/mL) and ZnPc/phospholipid (1:100 w/w ratio) and performing concentration and dialysis at 4 °C and lyophilization in presence of a mixture of lactose and phospholipid (5:1 w/w ratio).
ISSN:0022-3549
1520-6017
DOI:10.1002/jps.2600831117