Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 1044-1052Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am404585d
Keywords
POSS; disulfide bond; bioreducible; vector; gene transfection
Funding
- NSFC [21074007, 21174147, 51173014, 51103165, 51221002, 51325304]
- Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20120010120007]
- National Young Thousand Talents Program
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The bioreducible star-shaped gene vector (POSS-(SS-PDMAEMA)(8)) with well-defined structure and relatively narrow molecular weight distribution was synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of (2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) from a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) macroinitiator. POSS-(SS-PDMAEMA)(8) was composed of a biocompatible POSS core and eight disulfide-linked PDMAEMA arms, wherein the PDMAEMA chain length could be adjusted by controlling polymerization time. POSS-(SS-PDMAEMA)(8) can effectively bind pDNA into uniform nanocomplexes with appropriate particle size and zeta potential. The incorporation of disulfide bridges gave the POSS-(SS-PDMAEMA)(8) material facile bioreducibility. In comparison with POSS-(PDMAEMA)(8) without disulfide linkage, POSS-(SS-PDMAEMA)(8) exhibited much lower cytotoxicity and substantially higher transfection efficiency. The present work would provide useful information for the design of new POSS-based drug/gene carriers.
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