Jianping Liu

Publications (2)14.03 Total impact

• Article: Recent advances in topical ophthalmic drug delivery with lipid-based nanocarriers.

  Li Gan, Jing Wang, Min Jiang, Hanah Bartlett, Defang Ouyang, Frank Eperjesi, Jianping Liu, Yong Gan
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  ABSTRACT: Ocular barriers and the poor water solubility of drug candidates present a number of problems for the development of ocular drug delivery systems. Recently, the emergence of lipid-based nanocarriers has provided a viable means of enhancing the bioavailability of ophthalmic formulations. A number of these formulations have been found to be clinically active and several others are currently undergoing clinical trials. In this review, the advantages of lipid-based nanocarriers as non-invasive topical ocular drug delivery systems are presented. Many systems, including emulsions, liposomes, cubosomes, niosomes and other lipid-based nanocarriers, are reviewed.
  Drug discovery today 10/2012; · 6.63 Impact Factor
• Article: Cationic core-shell liponanoparticles for ocular gene delivery.

  Min Jiang, Li Gan, Chunliu Zhu, Yang Dong, Jianping Liu, Yong Gan
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  ABSTRACT: To achieve enhanced gene transfection efficiency with ocular eye-drop therapy, a cationic core-shell liponanoparticle (DLCS-NP) was designed by enveloping the plasmid-laden chitosan nanoparticle (CS-NP) into a cationic lipid shell. The cellular uptake of DLCS-NP was up to 1.25-fold and 5-fold higher than that of CS-NP and lipid-coated chitosan nanoparticles (LCS-NP), respectively. Further endocytosis inhibition investigation discovered that facilitated by the cationic outer lipid layer, several other distinct pathways (besides clathrin-mediated endocytosis) were involved in the endocytosis of DLCS-NP. Endolysosome trafficking experiment verified that cationic lipid coating could facilitate the endolysosome escape of DLCS-NP. Consequently, using enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP) as a reporter gene, DLCS-NP-treated human conjunctival epithelial cells exhibited 3.1- and 3.5-fold more intense EGFP expression than that of LCS-NP and CS-NP, respectively. Finally, in vivo transfection experiments on rabbits revealed that EGFP expression exhibited 2.52-fold increase in DLCS-NP group than that of CS-NP group. In summary, this type of cationic core-shell liponanoparticle, possessing multiple functions including better DNA protecting effect, superior cellular uptake efficiency, utilization of multiple endocytic pathways, and endolysosome escaping ability, may represent a promising strategy for ocular gene delivery.
  Biomaterials 07/2012; 33(30):7621-30. · 7.40 Impact Factor