Betamethasone-loaded dissolvable microneedle patch for oral ulcer treatment.

Xiaoli Guo, Tingting Zhu, Xixi Yu, Xin Yi, Longhao Li, Xiaoying Qu, Zhe Zhang, Yuanping Hao, Wanchun Wang

Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces 2023 Feb

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Oral inflammatory disease (OID) is among the most common oral lesions, affecting people's quality of life and even leading to oral cancer. Oral ulcers are the most common OID. However, the pain and fear caused by the localized injection of hormones hinder the clinical treatment of oral ulcers. To address this problem, soluble hyaluronic acid (HA) microneedle patches (BSP-BDP@HAMN) containing betamethasone 21-phosphate sodium (BSP) and betamethasone 17,21-dipropionate (BDP) were fabricated for potential application in oral ulcers. BSP-BDP@HAMNs had the sufficient mechanical strength to penetrate the rat tongue abdomen mucosa with an insertion depth of approximately 207 ± 3 µm. The rapidly solubilized HA microneedle carrier released BSP and BDP into the ulcer base within 3 min of entering the mucosa. Cellular assays have shown that BDP@HAMNs have wound healing-promoting and anti-inflammatory effects. Compared with topical injections and creams, BSP-BDP@HAMNs not only penetrated the ulcer surface painlessly but also worked deep in the ulcer for a long time. In conclusion, the proposed BSP-BDP@HAMN patch can improve the comfort and efficacy of oral ulcer treatment, thus providing a new prospect for oral ulcer treatment. Copyright © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Xiaoli Guo, Tingting Zhu, Xixi Yu, Xin Yi, Longhao Li, Xiaoying Qu, Zhe Zhang, Yuanping Hao, Wanchun Wang. Betamethasone-loaded dissolvable microneedle patch for oral ulcer treatment. Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces. 2023 Feb;222:113100