Table III.
The Effect of Solutol® HS15 (Applied as 5.2 mM Solution in HBSS:HEPES, 25 mM, pH 7.4) on the Permeability In Polarised Calu-3 Cell Layers To Different Sized Proteins Employed as ‘Model Proteins’. Experiment Conducted at 37°C
| Permeant | Mw (kDa) |
Papp Control (×10−6 cm/s) |
Papp Solutol® HS15 (×10−6 cm/s) |
Papp enhancement ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insulin | 5.8 | 2.27 ± 0.44 | 6.08 (*) ± 1.93 | 2.68 |
| hGH | 22 | 1.81 ± 0.51 | 4.30 (*) ± 1.26 | 2.30 |
| Albumin | 66 | 1.26 ± 0.16 | 1.28 ± 0.26 | 1.02 |
| IgG | 150 | 0.59 ± 0.19 | 0.59 ± 0.16 | 1.00 |
Data expressed as Papp of permeant alone and following co-application with Solutol® HS15 (5.2 mM). (*) indicates statistically significant deviation, P < 0.001, N = 3 and n = 4