Resumen: Aim: We developed polymeric membranes for local administration of nonsoluble anti-inflammatory statin, as potential wound patch in rheumatic joint or periodontal lesions. Methods: Electrospun polycaprolactone membranes were fitted with polysaccharide-atorvastatin nanoreservoirs by using complexes with poly-aminocyclodextrin. Characterization methods are UV-Visible and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, molecular dynamics, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. In vitro, membranes were seeded with macrophages, and inflammatory cytokine expression were monitored. Results & conclusion: Stable inclusion complexes were formed in solution (1:1 stability constant 368 M- 1, -117.40 kJ mol- 1), with supramolecular globular organization (100 nm, substructure 30 nm). Nanoreservoir technology leads to homogeneous distribution of atorvastatin calcium trihydrate complexes in the membrane. Quantity embedded was estimated (70-90 µg in 30 µm × 6 mm membrane). Anti-inflammatory effect by cell contact-dependent release reached 60% inhibition for TNF-a and 80% for IL-6. The novelty resides in the double protection offered by the cyclodextrins as drug molecular chaperones, with further embedding into biodegradable nanoreservoirs. The strategy is versatile and can target other diseases. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2017-0198 Año: 2017 Publicado en: Nanomedicine 12, 23 (2017), 2651-2674 ISSN: 1743-5889 Factor impacto JCR: 5.005 (2017) Categ. JCR: BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY rank: 22 / 160 = 0.138 (2017) - Q1 - T1 Categ. JCR: NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY rank: 32 / 92 = 0.348 (2017) - Q2 - T2 Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.302 - Bioengineering (Q1) - Biomedical Engineering (Q1) - Development (Q1) - Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Q2)