“Building-block crosslinking” micelles for enhancing cellular transfection of biocompatible polycations
Tóm tắt
Incorporating functional ligands and biodegradable bonds into biocompatible low-molecular-weight (LMW) polymers, such as 1.8 kDa poly(ethylenimine) (PEI 1.8k), is a common strategy to improve the properties of LMW polymers including biosafety and delivery efficacy. This study demonstrates the hypothesis that introducing different functional ligands and linked reductive disulfides in PEI 1.8k will achieve superior siRNA transfection efficiency. By incorporating PEI-X (X represents cholesterol (Ch), heptafluorobutyric anhydride (HFBA, F) and 4-carboxyphenylboronic acid (PBA)) functional ligands into PEI 1.8k and subsequently crosslinking with each other via disulfide bond links, reductive-responsive PEI-X-SS-X-PEI copolymers were constructed to enhance the cellular transfection via the synergistic effect of the high affinity of Ch, F and PBA to cell membranes and the disulfide reduction triggered intracellular disassembly of micelles and subsequent siRNA release. Extraordinarily, ternary Ch-SS-F-SS-PBA micelles exhibited the strongest siRNA transfection efficiencies in in vitro cell experiments and in vivo animal experiments due to the coordination of enhanced serum stability, promoted cell uptake and endosomal escape, and cell targeting ability. This strategy of constructed multifunctional polymer here we called “building-block crosslinking” showed a simple and smart way to synthesize new materials. Also this strategy of constructing ligands-directed reduction-sensitive micelles improves the transfection efficiency of LMW PEI and provides a valuable insight to develop novel gene delivery systems.
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