Analysis of microparticle penetration into human and porcine skin: non-invasive imaging with multiphoton excitation microscopy

William J. Mulholland; Mark A. Kendall; Brian J. Bellhouse; Nick White

doi:10.1117/12.470685

17 June 2002 Analysis of microparticle penetration into human and porcine skin: non-invasive imaging with multiphoton excitation microscopy

William J. Mulholland, Mark A. Kendall, Brian J. Bellhouse, Nick White

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Proceedings Volume 4620, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences II; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.470685
Event: International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, 2002, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

At the University of Oxford and PowderJect Pharmaceuticals plc, a unique form of needle-free injection technology has been developed. Powdered vaccines and drugs in micro-particle form are accelerated in a high-speed gas flow to sufficient velocity to enter the skin, subsequently achieving a pharmaceutical effect. To optimize the delivery of vaccines and drugs with this method a detailed understanding of the interactive processes that occur between the microparticles and the skin is necessary. Investigations to date of micro-particle delivery into excised human and animal tissue have involved image analyses of histology sections. In the present study, a series of investigations were conducted on excised human and porcine skin using the technique of Multi-Photon fluorescence excitation Microscopy (MPM) to image particles and skin structures post-penetration. Micro-particles of various size and composition were imaged with infrared laser excitation. Three-dimensional images of stratum corneum and epidermal cell deformation due to micro-particle penetration were obtained. Measurements of micro-particle penetration depth taken from z-scan image stacks were used to successfully quantify micro-particle distribution within the skin, without invasively disrupting the skin target. This study has shown that MPM has great potential for the non-invasive imaging of particle skin interactive processes that occur with the transdermal delivery of powdered micro-particle vaccines and drugs.

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William J. Mulholland, Mark A. Kendall, Brian J. Bellhouse, and Nick White "Analysis of microparticle penetration into human and porcine skin: non-invasive imaging with multiphoton excitation microscopy", Proc. SPIE 4620, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences II, (17 June 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.470685

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