Physical Characterization and In Vivo Study of Ovalbumin Encapsulated in Alginate Microspheres
2015
Microspheres as drug delivery systems have been used widely for oral delivery in the pharmaceuticals formulation.
Alginates have received much attention as biodegradable polymer for controlled protein delivery. Ovalbumin was used as
model antigen. The aim of the present research was to evaluate physical characteristics of unlyophilized and lyophilized
ovalbumin-loaded alginate microspheres produced using aerosolisation technique. Crosslinking agent of BaCl2 and CaCl2
were studied. Physical characteristics of ovalbumin-loaded alginate microspheres were evaluated in terms of
encapsulation efficiency, yield, particle size, surface morphology and protein integrity. In vivo immune response was
studied using hemagglutination test by measuring antibody titre. High entrapment efficiency of unlyophilized ovalbuminloaded
alginate microspheres using crosslinker BaCl2 and CaCl2 of above 80% and loading of above 65% was produced.
Entrapment efficiency of lyophilized ovalbumin-loaded alginate microspheres using 10% lactose lyoprotectant and
maltodextrin were 46% and 54% respectively. For protein loading, ovalbumin-loaded alginate microspheres lyophilized
using lactose was 28% and using maltodextrin was around 35% respectively. The microspheres size of less than 8μm of
all formulas using BaCl2 and CaCl2 both lyophilized and unlyophilized were spherical in shapes and formed smooth
surface. Ovalbumin maintained its integrity after release from alginate microspheres showing ovalbumin’s 45 kDa
molecular weight indicated its stability has been protected by this delivery system after exposure to acid condition. In
vivo immune response by hemaglutination test of lyophilized ovalbumin-loaded alginate microspheres with CaCl2
crosslinker consist of 10% lactose or 10% maltodextrin and unlyophilized microspheres using CaCl2 crosslinker showed
higher antibody titres than ovalbumin control and blank microspheres. Whereas, unlyophilized ovalbumin-alginate
microspheres using Ba2+ crosslinking agent resulted antibody titre as low as control and blank microspheres. However,
No significant effect of immune response was found between microspheres lyophilized with lactose and maltodextrin. In
conclusion, ovalbumin-loaded alginate microspheres crosslinked using CaCl2 are potential as oral delivery systems and
results indicated that lyoprotectants were involved in protecting ovalbumin entrapped in alginate microspheres therefore
able to deliver antigen to the target site in order to induce antibody response.
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