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How to prepare a side-by-side diffusion cell – using PermeaPad® Barrier

How to prepare a franz Cell – using PermeaPad® Barrier

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The permeation coefficients are in the same order of magnitude as for PAMPA.

You can split the barrier and dissolve/ extract with methanol or ethanol.
After your investigation you can dissolve/extract the active with ethanol or methanol by splitting the barrier to calculate the amount of active that remains in the membrane.

Please do not separate membranes. The PermeaPad® Barrier consist of two cellulose membranes and in between there is the lipid layer. The biomimetic barrier (PermeaPad® Barrier) is ready to use.
a. The PermeaPad® Barrier can be used once. After your investigation you can dissolve/extract the active with ethanol or methanol by splitting the barrier to calculate the amount of active that remains in the membrane. b. You put the used membrane in a little flask or something else (Flacon tube) and dissolve it with a known amount of the alcohol.

At the following link, you can download a review (free access) describing integrity testing. It is described in chapter 4.1 Robustness.
Link:: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S09280987183017517

The PermeaPad® Barrier consist of two cellulose membranes and in between there is the lipid layer. The biomimetic barrier (PermeaPad® Barrier) is ready to use.
  • The donor compartment should not use too low a concentration.
  • The long intervals between the Measurment have to be adhered to achieve a high permination.
  • The analytics should be sensitive enough.
  • Because of the blistering, the filling of chambers with water should always be from below. Air bubbles can minimize the active area of the membrane. This also leads to a slowed permeation.
The PermeaPad® Barrier consist of two cellulose membranes and in between there is the lipid layer. It can be used to mimic the buccal or intestinal tract absorption. Therefore, please find attached some publications.
The PermeaPad® Barrier is just the biomimetic membrane itself. You can get it in round disks with a diameter of 25 mm or 35 mm. Those can you place in franz-cells or side-by-side diffusion cells. Their applications are for samples with greater volumes and when you do not have a lot of samples. The PermeaPad® Plate is a 96-well Plate which has integrated the biomimetic membrane. It consists of a bottom plate, insert-plate (with biomimetic membrane) and a cover (see attached picture). This plate is ready to use and it is used for high-throughput screening. You can handle it with a pipette robot as well.
Yes, the permeation is direction independent. You can put your sample (donor) either in the upper chamber or in the bottom chamber. If you use the PermeaPad® Plate and the bottom plate is your acceptor chamber (depending on your experimental setup) then You can seal it and place the bottom plate (without insert-plate and cover) in your HPLC.
Yes, the bottom plate of the PermeaPad® Plate can be placed in standard drawers/ fixtures of 96-well plates from HPLC equipment. For this, the insert plate must be removed.
For the PermeaPad® Barrier you just need to prepare your samples (donor) and your acceptor solution and then you clamp the PermeaPad® Barrier in your permeation cells like franz-cells or side-by-side diffusion cells. For the PermeaPad® Plate you just need to prepare your samples (donor) and your acceptor solution and pipet them into the wells.

Yes, contact with water causes the membrane to bulge. As a result, the handling of the membrane can be difficult.

If the PermeaPad® Barrier after your experiment, is swollen in water, you can seperate the two membrans from each other. When dry and with considerate handling, the membranes should not separate from each other.

The biomimetic membrane is resistive against a lot of substances.
Here you can find the so far tested/ published substance:

[1] H. A. Bibi et al. (2015): Permeapad™ for investigation of passive drug permeability: The effect of surfactants, co-solvents and simulated intestinal fluids (FaSSIF and FeSSIF). International Journal of Pharmaceutics 493: 192-197

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378517315300478

[2] M. di Cagno et al. (2015): New biomimetic barrier Permeapad™ for efficient investigation of passive permeability of drugs. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 73: 29-34

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0928098715001190

[3] H. A. Bibi et al. (2016): Use of Permeapad® for prediction of buccal absorption: A comparison to in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo method. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 93: 399-404

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092809871630330X

[4] H. A. Bibi et al. (2017): Simultaneous lipolysis/permeation in vitro model, for the estimation of bioavailability of lipid based drug delivery systems. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 117: 300-307.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0939641117301534

Yes, there is a possibility that API adhere in the membrane. If you use the PermeaPad® Barrier you can dissolute the lipid layer in methanol or ethanol after your test by placing it in vial or something similar. Afterwards you can analyze it in the HPLC as well.
We recommend calcein as a blank solution for PermeaPad® Plate and PermeaPad® Barrier because they have the same membrane. Read more about the robustness: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0928098718301751
The PermeaPad® Plate and PermeaPad® Barrier focus primarily on pharmacological research and are used in preclinical research.

a) The term solubility has to differentiate between true (molecular) solubility and apparent solubility.
By strictly physical definition solubility is the solubility of a substance in a given pure solvent. For NCEs, this depends not only on the temperature but also on the pH or pka (in the case of dissociating substances) and thus also on the salt form (hydrochloride vs base) and on the crystal modification (solid state).
By the term “apparent solubility” more commonly used in the pharmaceutical field is meant both the above-mentioned true solubility plus all states of the substance which also contribute to the solubility, such as complexes (cyclodextrin) or micelles (surfactants). Since these states are u.a. can be influenced by formulation components, the apparent solubility is also often determined for formulations.
b) With the term dissolution rate, the pharmacist usually means the dissolution / release rate from a formulation. But one can also determine the dissolution rate of the pure NCE, which mostly depends strongly on the particle size. To eliminate the influence of the particle size, one can determine the “intrinsic dissolution rate” of the pure NCE.

Yes, the PermeaPad® Plate was specially developed for use in High Throughput Screening and validated by various system providers.

We specify a storage period of 1 year, a use after longer-term storage should be easily possible.

No, PermeaPad® Plate is not suitable for a multiplate reader because the bottom of the multiwell plate was not designed for transmittance measurement.

You recognize a damaged barrier because of:
– cracks or air pockets between the two membranes
– the membranes are shifted against each other

It can be used for example in a Franz cell or a side-by-side diffusion cell. You can also create alternative structures.

The PermeaPad® Barrier is directionally independent.
No, PermeaPad® products can not simulate active transport. The PermeaPad® Barrier is a biomimetic membrane used to study passive mass transport.

Storage of PermeaPad<sup>®</sup> products:
– Store dry and dark at 25 ° C
– Protect from extreme temperatures
– Protect from dust and sunshine

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