Figure 3.
Pathway of tilmicosin-loaded NLCs transport into Caco-2 cell monolayers. (a) Effect of NLCs on Papp of Lucifer Yellow and propranolol (+ and -: treated with and without tilmicosin-loaded NLCs, respectively). (b) The Papp of tilmicosin-loaded NLCs (TMS-NLCs) and tilmicosin (API) at 4 °C and 37 °C. (c) The effect of various endocytosis inhibitors on the Papp of TMS-NLCs. CHL: chlorpromazine, MβCD: methyl-β-cyclodextrin, EIPA: 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)-amiloride, ns: no significance. * p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.01 compared with control. (d) After 4 h of transcellular transport, TMS-NLCs from the A-to-B side transport fluids were collected to observe the nanoparticle morphology by TEM. Scale bar was 200 nm. Reprinted from [174], Copyright (2019), with permission from Elsevier.
