Intratracheal instillation of Tween causes a heterogeneous surfactant deactivation in the lung, with areas of unstable alveoli directly adjacent to normal stable alveoli. We employed in vivo video microscopy to directly assess alveolar stability in normal and surfactant-deactivated lung and tested our hypothesis that alveolar instability causes a mechanical injury, initiating an inflammatory re...

Experimental drugs and compounds that do not easily dissolve in water or saline are frequently combined with vehicles like solvents, detergents, or vegetable oils. Yet very little has been reported on the behavioral effects of vehicles. In this study, we assessed the effects of a vegetable oil (emulphor-620), two detergents (Tween-20 and Tween-80), and two solvents [dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) a...

Intratracheal instillation of Tween causes a heterogeneous surfactant deactivation in the lung, with areas of unstable alveoli directly adjacent to normal stable alveoli. We employed in vivo video microscopy to directly assess alveolar stability in normal and surfactant-deactivated lung and tested our hypothesis that alveolar instability causes a mechanical injury, initiating an inflammatory re...

a r t i c l e i n f o Poly(oxyethylene 20 sorbitan) monolaurate (Tween® 20) methacrylates were synthesized by coupling methacryloyl chloride (MeOCl) to Tween 20 in the presence of 4-(N,N-dimethylamino) pyridine, using THF as a solvent, in order to investigate their suitability as precursors for photopolymerizable hydrogels in tissue engineering applications. The degree of substitution could be ...

Syringe infiltration is an important transient transformation method that is widely used in many molecular studies. Owing to the wide use of syringe agroinfiltration, it is important and necessary to improve its transformation efficiency. Here, we studied the factors influencing the transformation efficiency of syringe agroinfiltration. The pCAMBIA1301 was transformed into Nicotiana benthamiana...

Previously we showed that some excipients can inhibit breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP/ABCG2) in vitro and in vivo. We then evaluated the reversibility and the mode of BCRP inhibition of excipients, such as Tween 20 and Pluronic P85, by the intracellular mitoxantrone uptake study. To evaluate the reversibility of BCRP inhibitory effects, BCRP expressing cells were preincubated with the ex...

Recently, breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP/ABCG2) has been shown to limit the oral absorption of its substrates in the intestine. The purpose of this study was to examine whether excipients can be used as inhibitors of BCRP, to improve the oral drug absorption of BCRP substrates. In wild-type mice, Pluronic P85 and Tween 20, given orally 15 min before topotecan administration, increased t...

INTRODUCTION The present study aimed at evaluating the biodistribution of Tween(®) 20-gold nanoparticle (GNP) conjugates and their potential toxicity on the bone marrow before moving on to Phase I clinical trials. MATERIALS AND METHODS Tween(®) 20-conjugated GNPs were injected intravenously for 21 days in male Crl:CD1(ICR) mice. Body weight of the mice was evaluated each day. After the sub-ch...

Purified manganese peroxidase (MnP) from the white-rot basidiomycete Phlebia radiata was found to convert in vitro milled pine wood (MPW) suspended in an aqueous reaction solution containing Tween 20, Mn(2+), Mn-chelating organic acid (malonate), and a hydrogen peroxide-generating system (glucose-glucose oxidase). The enzymatic attack resulted in the polymerization of lower-molecular-mass, solu...