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The effect of silver nanoparticles on the penetration properties of the skin and quantification of their permeation through skin barrier

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Transdermal delivery of drugs represents a non-invasive alternative treatment used not only for skin diseases. As one of the possible penetration enhancing agents, various types of nanoparticles (NPs) could be used. Silver NPs (AgNPs) could be used for some medical purposes considering their antibacterial and antiinflammatory properties. We demonstrate a novel method of quantification of permeated AgNPs, detection of AgNPs dissolving while passing the skin, and examination of interactions between skin and systems with AgNPs. Several AgNPs (exhibiting defined mean diameters of 20, 40, 60, and 100 nm) were added individually to the pure solvents commonly used in pharmaceuticals, namely ethanol, methanol, dimethyl sulfoxide, and demineralized water. AgNP dispersions in different solvents were applied to untreated samples of the skin. Attenuated total reflection technique was used for monitoring the kinetic series of infrared spectra to elucidate the time-dependent changes in the uppermost layer of the skin. The depth profiling spectra series were measured using confocal Raman microspectrometer. All recorded vibrational spectra were evaluated by multivariate statistical methods. A strong influence of AgNP size on the structural changes of the skin surface was evident. The largest changes of the skin structure were caused by the 20-nm and 40-nm AgNPs. Permeation of used AgNPs was studied on vertical Franz diffusion cells with detection of permeated AgNPs by new method based on single-particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.

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This study was funded by the project No. 17-00291S of Czech Science Foundation (GACR) the Operational Programme Prague – Competitiveness (CZ.2.16/3.1.00/24501), National Program of Sustainability (NPU I LO1613) MSMT-43760/2015, and from specific university research (MSMT No 21-SVV/2019).

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  1. Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6 – Dejvice, Czech Republic

    Adéla Jeništová & Pavel Matějka

  2. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6 – Dejvice, Czech Republic

    Martin Loula & Oto Mestek

  3. Departent of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28, Prague 6 – Dejvice, Czech Republic

    Pavel Ulbrich

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Adéla Jeništová conceptualized the study, and performed and analyzed the results (with Pavel Matějka cooperation) from vibrational spectroscopy studies. Martin Loula and Oto Mestek performed and analyzed the results from sp-ICP-MS method. Pavel Ulbrich contributed results from TEM. Pavel Matějka also reviewed and edited the original draft. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Jeništová, A., Loula, M., Mestek, O. et al. The effect of silver nanoparticles on the penetration properties of the skin and quantification of their permeation through skin barrier. J Nanopart Res 22, 332 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-020-05061-9

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