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BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 5, Issue 2, Pages 258-266Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6bm00708b
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21273032, 81501518]
- Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [15520711400]
- Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT) [PEst-UID/QUI/00674/2013]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [16D110523]
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RNA interference (RNAi) has been considered as a promising strategy for effective treatment of cancer. However, the easy degradation of small interfering RNA (siRNA) limits its extensive applications in gene therapy. For safe and effective delivery of siRNA, a novel vector system possessing excellent biocompatibility, highly efficient transfection efficiency and specific targeting properties has to be considered. In this study, we report the use of polyethyleneimine (PEI)-entrapped gold nanoparticles (Au PENPs) modified with an arginine-glycine-aspartic (Arg-Gly-Asp, RGD) peptide via a poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) spacer as a vector for Bcl-2 (B-cell lymphoma-2) siRNA delivery to glioblastoma cells. The synthesized Au PENPs were well characterized. The efficiency of siRNA delivery was appraised by flow cytometry, confocal microscopy imaging, and the protein expression level. Our results revealed that the Au PENPs were capable of delivering Bcl-2 siRNA to glioblastoma cells with an excellent transfection efficiency, leading to specific gene silencing in the target cells (22% and 25.5% Bcl-2 protein expression in vitro and in vivo, respectively) thanks to the RGD peptide-mediated targeting pathway. The designed RGD-targeted Au PENPs may hold great promise to be used as a novel vector for specific cancer gene therapy applications.
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