You Ye-Zi, Manickam Devika Soundara, Zhou Qing-Hui, Oupický David
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
J Control Release. 2007 Oct 8;122(3):217-225. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2007.04.020. Epub 2007 May 10.
Reducible polycations represent promising carriers of therapeutic nucleic acids. Oligomers of 2-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) containing terminal thiol groups were synthesized by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization using difunctional chain transfer agent. Reducible poly(DMAEMA) (rPDMAEMA) was synthesized by oxidation of the terminal thiol groups, forming a polymer with disulfide bonds in the backbone. Physico-chemical properties of DNA polyplexes of rPDMAEMA were evaluated by dynamic and static light scattering methods, revealing lower structural density and DNA content than control PDMAEMA polyplexes. Cytotoxicity and transfection activity of rPDMAEMA-based DNA polyplexes were evaluated in vitro. In comparison with control PDMAEMA, only minimum toxic effects of rPDMAEMA were observed in a panel of cell lines. Transfection activity was tested in B16F10 mouse melanoma and six human pancreatic cancer cell lines. rPDMAEMA polyplexes showed a comparable or better activity than control PDMAEMA polyplexes.
可还原的聚阳离子是有前景的治疗性核酸载体。使用双官能链转移剂通过可逆加成-断裂链转移(RAFT)聚合反应合成了含有末端硫醇基的甲基丙烯酸2-二甲基氨基乙酯(DMAEMA)低聚物。通过末端硫醇基的氧化合成了可还原的聚(DMAEMA)(rPDMAEMA),形成了主链中带有二硫键的聚合物。通过动态和静态光散射方法评估了rPDMAEMA的DNA多聚体的物理化学性质,结果显示其结构密度和DNA含量低于对照PDMAEMA多聚体。在体外评估了基于rPDMAEMA的DNA多聚体的细胞毒性和转染活性。与对照PDMAEMA相比,在一组细胞系中仅观察到rPDMAEMA的最小毒性作用。在B16F10小鼠黑色素瘤细胞系和六种人胰腺癌细胞系中测试了转染活性。rPDMAEMA多聚体显示出与对照PDMAEMA多聚体相当或更好的活性。