Development of bile acid sequestrants based on cationic hydrogels

• Autor(a) principal: Matos, André Alexandre Cruz de
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/32927
• topic: Engenharia biomédica; Ciências da saúde; Doença cardiovascular; Fármaco; Hidrogel; Ácido biliar

Cardiovascular diseases, which are mostly related to high levels of low density lipoproteins (LDL), are currently one of the major causes of death. Currently, there are various polymer based drugs (hydrogels) capable of lowering the cholesterol levels in the blood, through bile acid complexation. However, all of the commercially available bile acid sequestrants have problems in terms of efficiency. Thus, in order to try to create a more effective drug, hydrogels of 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA) and ((3- acrylamidopropyl)trimethylammonium chloride) (AMPTMA) were prepared using two different polymerization methods: free radical polymerization (FRP) and supplemental activator and reducing agent atom transfer radical polymerization (SARA ATRP). It was found that the new hydrogels were able to bind the sodium cholate (NaCA) (bile acid model molecule), but showing lower binding capacity than the products of the same category that are already present on the market. The effect of the amount of HEA present on the hydrogels on the binding parameters was also investigated. Generally, the results showed that an increase on the amount of HEA lead to an decrease of the binding capacity of the new BAS. The results also showed that BAS produced using SARA ATRP techniques present a higher binding capacity than the ones produced using FRP techniques. Finally, it was observed that copolymers of PAMPTMA-co-PHEA showed no sign of degradation in solutions that mimic the stomach and intestine environment. Keywords: Hydrogels; Bile acid sequestrants; FRP; SARA ATRP; 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate; ((3- acrylamidopropyl)trimethylammonium chloride)