Long-circulating nanoparticles made of methoxypoly(ethylene glycol)- polylactide or poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (mPEG-PLA/PLGA) have a good safety profiles and provide drug-sustained release. The availability of functionalized PEG-PLA permits to prepare target-specific nanoparticles by conjugation of cell surface ligand. Using peptidomimetic antibodies to BBB transcytosis receptor, brain-targeted pegylated immunonanoparticles can now be synthesized that should make possible the delivery of entrapped actives into the brain parenchyma without inducing BBB permeability alteration.
For a review article on this topic, please see the following link:
A recent review article discusses a modification of the nanoparticle surface with specific brain targeting ligands or by coating with certain surfactants for enhanced brain delivery along with the mechanisms of the nanoparticle-mediated drug transport across the BBB may be helpful as well: