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Bio-Design and Manufacturing  2021 Vol.4 No.4 P.902-911

http://doi.org/10.1007/s42242-021-00140-9


Fabrication of gelatin methacryloyl hydrogel microneedles for transdermal delivery of metformin in diabetic rats


Author(s):  Zhiyong Zeng, Guohua Jiang, Tianqi Liu, Gao Song, Yanfang Sun, Xueya Zhang, Yanting Jing, Mingjia Feng, Yufei Shi

Affiliation(s):  School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang SciTech University, Hangzhou 310018, China; more

Corresponding email(s):   ghjiang_cn@zstu.edu.cn, katherineyfs@zstu.edu.cn

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Zhiyong Zeng,Guohua Jiang,Tianqi Liu, Gao Song,Yanfang Sun, Xueya Zhang, Yanting Jing,Mingjia Feng,Yufei Shi. Fabrication of gelatin methacryloyl hydrogel microneedles for transdermal delivery of metformin in diabetic rats[J]. Journal of Zhejiang University Science D, 2021, 4(4): 902-911.

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Abstract: 
Injection therapy for diabetes has poor patient compliance, and the pain occurring at the site of subcutaneous injections causes signifcant inconvenience to diabetic patients. In this work, to demonstrate the benefts of an alternative drug delivery technique that overcomes these issues, methacrylated gelatin hydrogel-forming microneedles integrated with metformin were developed to adjust blood glucose levels in diabetic rats. Gelatin methacryloyl microneedles (GelMA-MNs) with dif-ferent degrees of substitution were successfully prepared by a micro-molding method. The resultant GelMA-MNs exhibited excellent mechanical properties and moisture resistance. Metformin, an anti-diabetic drug, was further encapsulated into the GelMA-MNs, and its release rate could be controlled by the three-dimensional cross-linked network of microneedles, thereby exhibiting sustained drug release behaviors in vitro and implying a better therapeutic efect compared with that of subcutaneous injection in diabetic rats. The drug release period could be signifcantly prolonged by improving the cross-link density of GelMA-MNs. The results of hypoglycemic efect evaluation show that the application of GelMA-MNs for transdermal delivery in diabetic rats has promising benefts for diabetes treatment.

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