期刊
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
卷 140, 期 -, 页码 28-39出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.12.021
关键词
Single-walled carbon nanotubes; Polyethylenimine; Targeted gene delivery; Bcl-xL shRNA; Aptamer
资金
- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
- Iranian Nanotechnology Initiative
In this study, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were covalently attached to poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and polyethylenimine (PEI) 10 kDa, or its derivatives, to fabricate efficient carriers for gene delivery. PEI 10 kDa was modified by alkylcarboxylation of its primary amines with a series of omega-bromo-alkylcarboxylic acids to provide a range of vectors with increased lipophilicity. PEI 10 kDa or its alkylcarboxylate derivatives were conjugated to SWCNT-PEG to develop vectors possessing effective DNA condensation ability which can interact with cell membrane via both nano-needle mechanism and electrostatic interactions produced by SWCNT and PEI, respectively. The results demonstrated that SWCNT-PEG-PEI and SWCNT-PEG-derivatives of PEI could condense DNA into particle size less than 150 nm with positive surface charges between 6.3-30.8 mV. To improve the antitumor efficacy, we developed a targeted gene delivery system using a 5TR1 aptamer. The most efficient vector, which was prepared by attachment of SWCNT-PEG to modified PEI 10 kDa with 10-bromodecanoic acid (10%), showed 8.5-10 folds enhancement in transfection activity at C/P ratio 6 as compared to the gold standard PEI 25 kDa at C/P ratio of 0.8. We also showed that the selected polyplex could efficiently and selectively transfer plasmid shRNA to MUC1 positive cells. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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