期刊
JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE
卷 140, 期 3, 页码 284-293出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2009.06.019
关键词
Poly(propyleneimine) dendrimer; siRNA targeted to BCL2 mRNA; LHRH peptide; Tumor targeting; Cytotoxicity; In vivo imaging
资金
- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA100098-04, CA100098, R01 CA100098, CA111766, R01 CA111766-04, R01 CA111766] Funding Source: Medline
Low penetration ability of Small Interfering RNA (siRNA) through the cellular plasma membrane combined with its limited stability in blood, limits the effectiveness of the systemic delivery of siRNA. In order to overcome such difficulties, we constructed a nanocarrier-based delivery system by taking advantage of the lessons learned from the problems in the delivery of DNA. In the present study, siRNA nanoparticles were first formulated with Poly(Propyleneimine) (PPI) dendrimers. To provide lateral and steric stability to withstand the aggressive environment in the blood stream, the formed siRNA nanoparticles were caged with a dithiol containing cross-linker molecules followed by coating them with Poly(Ethylene Glycol) (PEG) polymer. A synthetic analog of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone (LHRH) peptide was conjugated to the distal end of PEG polymer to direct the siRNA nanoparticles specifically to the cancer cells. Our results demonstrated that this layer-by-layer modification and targeting approach confers the siRNA nanoparticles stability in plasma and intracellular bioavailability, provides for their specific uptake by tumor cells, accumulation of siRNA in the cytoplasm of cancer cells, and efficient gene silencing. In addition, in vivo body distribution data confirmed high specificity of the proposed targeting delivery approach which created the basis for the prevention of adverse side effects of the treatment on healthy organs. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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