Current treatments for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment consist of anti-inflammatory products. In this study, we sought to induce the physiological secretion of glucagon-like peptide 2, a peptide with intestinal growth-promoting activity, via nanoparticles while simultaneously providing with immunomodulation by tailoring the nanoparticle surface. To this end, we developed hybrid lipid hyaluronate-KPV conjugated nanoparticles loaded with teduglutide for combination therapy in IBD. The nanocarriers induced (or did not induce) immunosuppression depending on the presence (or absence) of a hyaluronan-KPV functionalization. This strategy holds promise as a nanoparticle platform for combined mucosal healing and immunomodulation in IBD treatment.
We have demonstrated that lipid nanocapsules per se increased GLP-2 secretion in vitro and in vivo in a murine acute colitis model.
We tested the mucosal healing and anti-inflammatory properties of the formulation, demonstrating no immunomodulatory effect of the nanocarriers.
Hyaluronan-KPV functionalized teduglutide-loaded nanocarriers combined anti-inflammatory and mucosal healing properties upon intermittent administration.
The pharmacological effect exerted by our nanocarriers induced sufficient stimulus as per providing with mucosal healing upon intermittent administration of our formulation.