Abstract
The purpose of present work was to study the effects of permeation enhancers’ two kinetic behaviors of simultaneous lateral diffusion and vertical penetration in the skin on its enhancing effect. The skin diffusion kinetics of isopropyl ester permeation enhancers were characterized by the innovative concentric tape peeling study and Raman imaging, which were quantitatively assessed through innovative parameters, namely, lateral-to-vertical penetration amount (CL-V) and lateral-to-vertical penetration distance (DL-V). The enhancement effect of permeation enhancers on drug flurbiprofen (FLU) was assessed by in vitro skin permeation tests, which were confirmed by transdermal water loss and skin resistance study. The relationship between kinetic parameters of permeation enhancers and permeation parameters of FLU was carried out by correlation analysis. The molecular mechanisms of effect of skin diffusion kinetics of permeation enhancers on drug permeation were characterized by molecular docking, modulated-temperature differential scanning calorimetry (MTDSC), Raman spectra, solid-state NMR and molecular dynamic simulation. The results indicated skin diffusion kinetics of short-chain (C8–C12) isopropyl ester permeation enhancers were governed by vertical penetration, while long-chain (C14–C18) ones were characterized by lateral spread. Quadratic correlation between CL-V and enhancement ratio of permeation-retention ratio of FLU (ERQ/R) (R2 = 0.95), DL-V and enhancement ratio of permeation area (ERA) of FLU (R2 = 0.98) indicating that varied skin diffusion kinetics of permeation enhancers directly influenced the barrier function of stratum corneum (SC) and further enhancing drug permeation. In terms of molecular mechanism, long-chain isopropyl ester enhancers had good miscibility with SC, leading to their high CL-V and DL-V, and causing strong interaction strength with SC and resulting in weaker skin barrier function for drug permeation. In summary, in comparison to short-chain isopropyl ester enhancers that relied on penetration, long-chain ones that depended on lateral spread exhibited greater enhancement efficacy, which guided the application of enhancers in transdermal formulations.
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