期刊
ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
卷 41, 期 -, 页码 293-301出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.05.040
关键词
Gene therapy; Lung cancer; Polymeric nanoparticle; Polyethylene glycol; Surface modification
资金
- NIH [R01EB016721]
- Imaging and Microscopy Core Module of the Wilmer Core Grant [P30-EY001865]
- Samsung Scholarship
The design of polymeric nanoparticles for gene therapy requires engineering of polymer structure to overcome multiple barriers, including prolonged colloidal stability during formulation and application. Poly(beta-amino ester)s (PBAEs) have been shown effective as polymeric vectors for intracellular DNA delivery, but limited studies have focused on polymer modifications to enhance the stability of PBAE/DNA polyplexes. We developed block copolymers consisting of PBAE oligomer center units and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) end units. We fabricated a library of PEG-PBAE polyplexes by blending PEGylated PBAEs of different PEG molecular weights and non-PEGylated PBAEs of different structures at various mass ratios of cationic polymer to anionic DNA. Non-PEGylated PBAE polyplexes aggregated following a 24 h incubation in acidic and physiological buffers, presenting a challenge for therapeutic use. In contrast, among 36 PEG-PBAE polyplex formulations evaluated, certain polyplexes maintained a small size under these conditions. These selected polyplexes were further evaluated for transfection in human small cell lung cancer cells (H446) in the presence of serum, and the best formulation transfected similar to 40% of these hard-to-transfect cells while preventing polymer-mediated cytotoxicity. When PEG-PBAE polyplex delivered Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase plasmid in combination with the prodrug ganciclovir, the polyplexes killed significantly more H446 cancer cells (35%) compared to healthy human lung fibroblasts (IMR-90) (15%). These findings indicate that PEG-PBAE polyplexes can maintain particle stability without compromising their therapeutic function for intracellular delivery to human small cell lung cancer cells, demonstrate potential cancer specificity, and have potential as safe materials for small cell lung cancer gene therapy.
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