吡啶硫代脲接枝的聚乙烯亚胺在体外和体内的 siRNA 介导基因沉默中提供了有效的辅助作用。
Pyridylthiourea-grafted polyethylenimine offers an effective assistance to siRNA-mediated gene silencing in vitro and in vivo.
机构信息
Laboratoire de Conception et Application de Molécules Bioactives, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg UMR 7199, Faculté de Pharmacie, 74, route du rhin, 67400 Illkirch, France.
出版信息
J Control Release. 2012 Feb 10;157(3):418-26. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2011.10.007. Epub 2011 Oct 12.
Success of synthetic interfering nucleic acids (siRNAs)-based therapy relies almost exclusively on effective, safe and preferably nanometric delivery systems which can be easily prepared, even at high concentrations. We prepared by chemical synthesis various self-assembling polymers to entrap siRNAs into stable polyplexes outside cells but with a disassembly potential upon sensing endosomal acidity. Our results revealed that pyridylthiourea-grafted polyethylenimine (πPΕΙ) followed the above-mentioned principles. It led to above 90% siRNA-mediated gene silencing in vitro on U87 cells at 10 nM siRNA concentration and did not have a hemolytic activity. Assembly of siRNA/πPΕΙ at high concentration was then studied and 4.5% glucose solution, pH 6.0, yielded stable colloidal solutions with sizes slightly below 100 nm for several hours. A single injection of these concentrated siRNA polyplexes into luciferase-expressing human glioblastoma tumors, which were subcutaneously xenografted into nude mice, led to a significant 30% siRNA-mediated luciferase gene silencing 4 days post-injection. Our results altogether substantiate the potential of self-assembling cationic polymers with a pH-sensitive disassembly switch for siRNA delivery in vitro and also in vivo experiments.
基于合成干扰核酸 (siRNAs) 的治疗的成功几乎完全依赖于有效、安全且最好是纳米级的递药系统,这些系统易于制备,甚至在高浓度下也易于制备。我们通过化学合成了各种自组装聚合物,将 siRNAs 包裹在稳定的聚阳离子复合物中,这些复合物在细胞外具有可组装性,但在感应到内体酸性时具有可组装性。我们的结果表明,接枝了吡啶硫脲的聚乙烯亚胺(πPÉI)符合上述原则。它在 U87 细胞上以 10 nM siRNA 浓度导致超过 90%的 siRNA 介导的基因沉默,并且没有溶血活性。然后研究了 siRNA/πPÉI 在高浓度下的组装,在 4.5%葡萄糖溶液、pH6.0 下,可形成粒径略低于 100nm 的稳定胶体溶液,数小时内保持稳定。将这些浓缩的 siRNA 多聚物单次注射到皮下异种移植入裸鼠的表达荧光素酶的人类胶质母细胞瘤肿瘤中,可导致注射后 4 天显著的 30% siRNA 介导的荧光素酶基因沉默。我们的结果共同证实了具有 pH 敏感解组装开关的自组装阳离子聚合物在体外和体内实验中作为 siRNA 递药系统的潜力。