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Stability characterization of microfluidic lipid-stabilized double emulsions under physiologically-relevant conditions

Authors: Betterelli Giuliano, Camila; Ayache, Jessica; Moran, Joseph; Muiznieks, Lisa;

Stability characterization of microfluidic lipid-stabilized double emulsions under physiologically-relevant conditions

Abstract

Double emulsions (DEs) are water-in-oil-in-water (or oil-in-water-in-oil) droplets with the potential to deliver combinatory therapies due to their ability to co-localize hydrophilic and hydrophobic molecules in the same carrier. However, DEs are thermodynamically unstable and only kinetically trapped. Extending this transitory state, rendering DEs more stable, would widen the possibilities of real-world applications, yet characterization of their stability in physiologically-relevant conditions is lacking. In this work, we used microfluidics to produce lipid-stabilized DEs with reproducible monodispersity and high encapsulation efficiency. We investigated DE stability under a range of physico-chemical parameters such as temperature, pH and mechanical stimulus. Stability through time was inversely proportional to temperature. DEs were significantly stable up to 8 days at 4 oC, 5 days at RT and 2 days at 37 oC. When encapsulating a cargo, DE stability decreased significantly. When exposed to a pH change, unloaded DEs were only significantly unstable at the extremes (pH 1 and 13), largely outside physiological ranges. When exposed to flow, unloaded DEs behaved similarly regardless of the mechanical stimulus applied, with approximately 70% remaining after 100 flow cycles of 10s. These results indicate that lipid-stabilized DEs produced via microfluidics could be tailored to endure physiologically-relevant conditions and act as carriers for drug delivery. Special attention should be given to the composition of the solutions, e.g. osmolarity ratio between inner and outer solutions, and the interaction of the molecules, e.g. carrier and cargo, involved in the final formulation.

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double emulsion; microfluidics; drug delivery; stability; temperature; pH

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