TY - JOUR
T1 - Hemoglobin vesicles, polyethylene glycol (PEG)ylated liposomes developed as a red blood cell substitute, do not induce the accelerated blood clearance phenomenon in mice
AU - Taguchi, Kazuaki
AU - Urata, Yukino
AU - Anraku, Makoto
AU - Watanabe, Hiroshi
AU - Kadowaki, Daisuke
AU - Sakai, Hiromi
AU - Horinouchi, Hirohisa
AU - Kobayashi, Koichi
AU - Tsuchida, Eishun
AU - Maruyama, Toru
AU - Otagiri, Masaki
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - The hemoglobin vesicle (HbV) is an artificial oxygen carrier encapsulating a concentrated hemoglobin solution in a liposome of which the surface is covered with polyethylene glycol (PEG). It was recently reported that repeated injections of PEGylated liposomes induce the accelerated blood clearance (ABC) phenomenon, in which serum anti-PEG IgM plays an essential role. To examine this issue, we investigated whether HbV induces the ABC phenomenon in mice at a dose of 0.1 mg Hb/kg, a dose that is generally known to induce the ABC phenomenon, or at 1400 mg Hb/kg, which is proposed for clinical use. At 7 days after the first injection of nonlabeled HbV (0.1 mg Hb/kg), the mice received HbV in which the Hb had been labeled with 125I. After a second injection, HbV was rapidly cleared from the circulation, and uptake clearances in liver and spleen were significantly increased. In contrast, at a dose of 1400 mg Hb/kg, the pharmacokinetics of HbV was negligibly affected by repeated injection. It is interesting to note that IgM against HbV was produced 7 days postinjection at both of the above doses, and their recognition site was determined to be 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylethanolamine-N-PEG in HbV. These results suggest that a clinical dose of HbV does not induce the ABC phenomenon, and that suppression of ABC phenomenon is caused by the saturation of phagocytic processing by the mononuclear phagocyte system. Thus, we conclude that induction of the ABC phenomenon would not be an issue in the dose regimen used in clinical settings.
AB - The hemoglobin vesicle (HbV) is an artificial oxygen carrier encapsulating a concentrated hemoglobin solution in a liposome of which the surface is covered with polyethylene glycol (PEG). It was recently reported that repeated injections of PEGylated liposomes induce the accelerated blood clearance (ABC) phenomenon, in which serum anti-PEG IgM plays an essential role. To examine this issue, we investigated whether HbV induces the ABC phenomenon in mice at a dose of 0.1 mg Hb/kg, a dose that is generally known to induce the ABC phenomenon, or at 1400 mg Hb/kg, which is proposed for clinical use. At 7 days after the first injection of nonlabeled HbV (0.1 mg Hb/kg), the mice received HbV in which the Hb had been labeled with 125I. After a second injection, HbV was rapidly cleared from the circulation, and uptake clearances in liver and spleen were significantly increased. In contrast, at a dose of 1400 mg Hb/kg, the pharmacokinetics of HbV was negligibly affected by repeated injection. It is interesting to note that IgM against HbV was produced 7 days postinjection at both of the above doses, and their recognition site was determined to be 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylethanolamine-N-PEG in HbV. These results suggest that a clinical dose of HbV does not induce the ABC phenomenon, and that suppression of ABC phenomenon is caused by the saturation of phagocytic processing by the mononuclear phagocyte system. Thus, we conclude that induction of the ABC phenomenon would not be an issue in the dose regimen used in clinical settings.
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U2 - 10.1124/dmd.109.028852
DO - 10.1124/dmd.109.028852
M3 - Article
C2 - 19679674
AN - SCOPUS:70350277709
VL - 37
SP - 2197
EP - 2203
JO - Drug Metabolism and Disposition
JF - Drug Metabolism and Disposition
SN - 0090-9556
IS - 11
ER -