2013 journal article

Nanoparticle Mass Transfer From Lung Airways to Systemic Regions-Part II: Multi-Compartmental Modeling

JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 135(12).

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: multicompartment modeling; animal test data; model validations; nanoparticle bio-kinetics; temporal accumulations; human organs
MeSH headings : Animals; Body Weight; Humans; Hydrodynamics; Inhalation; Lung / metabolism; Lung / physiology; Models, Biological; Nanoparticles; Organ Specificity; Rats; Tissue Distribution
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

This is the second article of a two-part paper, combining high-resolution computer simulation results of inhaled nanoparticle deposition in a human airway model (Kolanjiyil and Kleinstreuer, 2013, “Nanoparticle Mass Transfer From Lung Airways to Systemic Regions—Part I: Whole-Lung Aerosol Dynamics,” ASME J. Biomech. Eng., 135(12), p. 121003) with a new multicompartmental model for insoluble nanoparticle barrier mass transfer into systemic regions. Specifically, it allows for the prediction of temporal nanoparticle accumulation in the blood and lymphatic systems and in organs. The multicompartmental model parameters were determined from experimental retention and clearance data in rat lungs and then the validated model was applied to humans based on pharmacokinetic cross-species extrapolation. This hybrid simulator is a computationally efficient tool to predict the nanoparticle kinetics in the human body. The study provides critical insight into nanomaterial deposition and distribution from the lungs to systemic regions. The quantitative results are useful in diverse fields such as toxicology for exposure-risk analysis of ubiquitous nanomaterial and pharmacology for nanodrug development and targeting.