Glucose-responsive insulin patch for the regulation of blood glucose in mice and minipigs
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Author(s)
Yu, Jicheng
Wang, Jinqiang
Zhang, Yuqi
Chen, Guojun
Mao, Weiwei
Ye, Yanqi
Kahkoska, Anna R.
Buse, John B.
Langer, Robert
Gu, Zhen
Date Issued
February 2020
Journal
Nature Biomedical Engineering
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
© 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. Glucose-responsive insulin delivery systems that mimic pancreatic endocrine function could enhance health and improve quality of life for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes with reduced β-cell function. However, insulin delivery systems with rapid in vivo glucose-responsive behaviour typically have limited insulin-loading capacities and cannot be manufactured easily. Here, we show that a single removable transdermal patch, bearing microneedles loaded with insulin and a non-degradable glucose-responsive polymeric matrix, and fabricated via in situ photopolymerization, regulated blood glucose in insulin-deficient diabetic mice and minipigs (for minipigs >25 kg, glucose regulation lasted >20 h with patches of ~5 cm2). Under hyperglycaemic conditions, phenylboronic acid units within the polymeric matrix reversibly form glucose–boronate complexes that—owing to their increased negative charge—induce the swelling of the polymeric matrix and weaken the electrostatic interactions between the negatively charged insulin and polymers, promoting the rapid release of insulin. This proof-of-concept demonstration may aid the development of other translational stimuli-responsive microneedle patches for drug delivery.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Medical Engineering & Science
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https://doi.org/10.1038/S41551-019-0508-Y
