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BIOMACROMOLECULES
Volume 19, Issue 7, Pages 2870-2879Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00429
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- Whitaker Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship
- EPSRC [EP/P009018/1]
- EPSRC Future Vaccines Manufacturing Research Hub at Imperial College
- EPSRC [EP/P009018/1, EP/R013764/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Nucleic acid delivery systems are commonly translated between different modalities, such as DNA and RNA of varying length and structure, despite physical differences in these molecules that yield disparate delivery efficiency with the same system. Here, we synthesized a library of poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)/poly(ethylene imine) copolymers with varying molar mass and charge densities in order to probe how pDNA, mRNA, and RepRNA polyplex characteristics affect transfection efficiency. The library was utilized in a full factorial design of experiment (DoE) screening, with outputs of luciferase expression, particle size, surface charge, and particle concentration. The optimal copolymer molar mass and charge density was found as 83 kDa/100%, 72 kDa/100%, and 45 kDa/80% for pDNA, RepRNA, and mRNA, respectively. While 10 of the synthesized copolymers enhanced the transfection efficiency of pDNA and mRNA, only 2 copolymers enhanced RepRNA transfection efficiency, indicating a narrow and more stringent design space for RepRNA. These findings suggest that there is not a one size fits all polymer for different nucleic acid species.
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