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    Madan, Jitender; Kaushik, Dinesh; Sardana, Satish; Mishra, Dina; Singh, Shalinder; Singh, Binod

    Acta pharmaceutica (Zagreb, Croatia), 12/2008, Letnik: 58, Številka: 4
    Journal Article

    Immune suppression resulting from chemoprophylaxis and potential drug interaction were investigated in experimental animals pre-medicated with ampicillin and chloroquine followed by immunization with bovine serum albumin bearing liposomes prepared by the reverse phase evaporation method. The prepared liposomes were evaluated for particle size, entrapment efficiency and in vitro release. Humoral immune response was measured in terms of systemic IgG antibody titre by the ELISA method. The present study showed that 7:3 molar ratio of soya phosphatidylcholine and cholesterol produced liposomes of mean diameter of 235.4 ± 10.3 nm and entrapment efficiency of 41.3 ± 3.2%. Ampicillin significantly (p < 0.05) decreased the antibody titre whereas chloroquine did not reduce the antibody titre significantly. The study will help in programming a new drug management and in characterization of vaccine-drug interaction. Na eksperimentalnim životinjama koje su prvo tretirane ampicilinom i klorokinom a zatim imunizirane goveđim serumskim albuminom s liposomima praćena je supresija imunološkog sustava i potencijalna interakcija lijekova. Liposomi su pripravljeni metodom reverzno-fazne evaporacije, a određena im je veličina čestica, količina supstancije koju mogu inkorporirati i oslobađanje in vitro. Humoralna imunološka reakcija praćena je određivanjem titra IgG antitijela ELISA metodom. Rezultati rada pokazuju da liposomi s fosfatidilkolinom iz soje i kolesterolom u molnom omjeru 7:3 imaju prosječni promjer 235.4 ± 10.3 nm i sposobnost inkorporacije 41.3 ± 3.2%. Ampicilin je značajno (p < 0.05) smanjio titar antitijela, a klorokin nije. Ovi će rezultati biti korisni u programiranju novog režima primjene lijekova i u praćenju interakcije između cjepiva i lijeka.