Probing the dynamics of complexed local anesthetics via neutron scattering spectroscopy and DFT calculations

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Authors

  • Murillo L. Martins
  • Henrik Jacobsen
  • Éverton C. dos Santos
  • Rosanna Ignazzi
  • Daniele Ribeiro de Araujo
  • Marie-Claire Bellissent-Funel
  • Francesca Natali
  • Michael Marek Koza
  • Aleksander Matic
  • Eneida de Paula
  • Heloisa N. Bordallo

Organisational units

External Organisational units

  • University of Copenhagen
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • University of South Florida
  • University of Oxford
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Human and Natural Sciences Center Federal University of ABC
  • Université Paris-Saclay
  • National Research Council Italy
  • Institut Laue-Langevin
  • Chalmers University of Technology
  • State University of Campinas
  • European Spallation Source ERIC

Abstract

Since potential changes in the dynamics and mobility of drugs upon complexation for delivery may affect their ultimate efficacy, we have investigated the dynamics of two local anesthetic molecules, bupivacaine (BVC, C18H28N2O) and ropivacaine (RVC, C17H26N2O), in both their crystalline forms and complexed with water-soluble oligosaccharide 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD). The study was carried out by neutron scattering spectroscopy, along with thermal analysis, and density functional theory computation. Mean square displacements suggest that RVC may be less flexible in crystalline form than BVC, but both molecules exhibit very similar dynamics when confined in HP-β-CD. The use of vibrational analysis by density functional theory (DFT) made possible the identification of molecular modes that are most affected in both molecules by insertion into HP-β-CD, namely those of the piperidine rings and methyl groups. Nonetheless, the somewhat greater structure in the vibrational spectrum at room temperature of complexed RVC than that of BVC, suggests that the effects of complexation are more severe for the latter. This unique approach to the molecular level study of encapsulated drugs should lead to deeper understanding of their mobility and the respective release dynamics.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)397-406
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Pharmaceutics
Volume524.2017
Issue number1-2
Early online date31 Mar 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 May 2017