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Virosomes: A groundbreaking revolution in novel drug delivery

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https://pharmascope.org/ijrps/article/view/3230/7922

Published
Sep 29, 2020

https://pharmascope.org/ijrps/article/view/3230

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Virosomes have also been shown to have a higher target specificity in the fight against Ebola infection. So, the successful delivery of virosomal drugs depends on the mode of preparation, the use of proper detergents and the use of short-chain phospholipids, and the function of hemagglutinins. Pharmaceutical active substance integrated into the virosome is protected from proteolytic degradation as well as low pH in endosomes, allowing it to abide intact until it reaches the cytoplasm of the cell (Zinkernagel, 2001).

Liposomes, a modern vesicular drug delivery system that can overcome the snag correlated with traditional or conventional drug delivery systems and also they can minimise toxicity associated with drugs. The term liposome is derived from two Greek words: 'Lipos' meaning lipid (fat) and 'Soma' meaning body. Liposomes are small sac-like structures which contain phospholipids as their monomeric units, and they can be found in a series of sizes with either unilamellar or multilamellar construction. Its name refers to its structural building blocks – the phospholipids, not to its size. Dr Alec D Bangham, who was a haematologist at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, was the first person to expound details regarding liposomes in the year 1964. Liposomes can be infused using drugs and can be vividly utilised for the transport and delivery of anticancer drugs as well as medications for other diseases also (Daraee, Etemadi, Kouhi, Alimirzalu, & Akbarzadeh, 2016).

Moreover, in neutral conditions, HA does not cause membrane fusion; its fusion activity only acquires by conformational changes in the acidic environment. Influenza virosome is an artificial liposome constituting influenza membrane proteins and is produced by reconstituting the phospholipids and surface proteins of the influenza virus. On treatment with detergent, the envelope of the influenza virus is first broken down into phospholipids, and the nucleocapsid is removed from the mixture. Surface proteins and phospholipids obtained from viruses present in the influenza virosome are then restored from the combination. An influenza virosome retains its membrane fusion potential because of the presence of hemagglutinin on its surface. Therefore, by integrating them into the virosome, it serves as a diffusion vector to introduce macromolecules into the cytoplasm. Influenza virosomes have strong immunogenicity. Influenza virosomal vaccination produces beneficial levels of influenza-specific antibodies, and an influenza virosome is already approved as an influenza vaccine. Influenza virosomes often show an adjuvant effect when they are co-administered with other antigens; thus, several groups have studied the use of influenza virosomes in antitumor immunity activation (Almeida et al., 1975; Saga et al., 2013).

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