Department of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmacy, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Biomaterials. 2012 Sep;33(27):6551-8. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.05.055. Epub 2012 Jun 16.
The purpose of this study was to enhance the in vivo blood circulation time and siRNA delivery efficiency of biodegradable copolymers polyethylenimine-graft-polycaprolactone-block-poly(ethylene glycol) (hy-PEI-g-PCL-b-PEG) by introducing high graft densities of PCL-PEG chains. SYBR(®) Gold and heparin assays indicated improved stability of siRNA/copolymer-complexes with a graft density of 5. At N/P 1, only 40% siRNA condensation was achieved with non-grafted polymer, but 95% siRNA was condensed with copolymer PEI25k-(PCL570-PEG5k)(5). Intracellular uptake studies with confocal laser scanning microscopy and flow cytometry showed that the cellular uptake was increased with graft density, and copolymer PEI25k-(PCL570-PEG5k)(5) was able to deliver siRNA much more efficiently into the cytosol than into the nucleus. The in vitro knockdown effect of siRNA/hyPEI-g-PCL-b-PEG was also significantly improved with increasing graft density, and the most potent copolymer PEI25k-(PCL570-PEG5k)(5) knocked down 84.43% of the GAPDH expression. Complexes of both the copolymers with graft density 3 and 5 circulated much longer than unmodified PEI25 kDa and free siRNA, leading to a longer elimination half-life, a slower clearance and a three- or fourfold increase of the AUC compared to free siRNA, respectively. We demonstrated that the graft density of the amphiphilic chains can enhance the siRNA delivery efficiency and blood circulation, which highlights the development of safe and efficient non-viral polymeric siRNA nanocarriers that are especially stable and provide longer circulation in vivo.
本研究旨在通过引入高密度的 PCL-PEG 链来提高可生物降解共聚物聚乙烯亚胺接枝-聚己内酯嵌段-聚(乙二醇)(hy-PEI-g-PCL-b-PEG)的体内血液循环时间和 siRNA 递药效率。SYBR(®) Gold 和肝素测定表明,具有 5 个接枝密度的 siRNA/共聚物复合物具有更好的稳定性。在 N/P 为 1 时,非接枝聚合物只能实现 40%的 siRNA 缩合,但共聚物 PEI25k-(PCL570-PEG5k)(5)可实现 95%的 siRNA 缩合。共聚焦激光扫描显微镜和流式细胞术的细胞摄取研究表明,细胞摄取随接枝密度的增加而增加,共聚物 PEI25k-(PCL570-PEG5k)(5)能够更有效地将 siRNA 递送至细胞质,而不是细胞核。siRNA/hyPEI-g-PCL-b-PEG 的体外敲低效果也随着接枝密度的增加而显著提高,最有效的共聚物 PEI25k-(PCL570-PEG5k)(5)将 GAPDH 表达敲低了 84.43%。具有 3 和 5 个接枝密度的共聚物复合物的循环时间均明显长于未经修饰的 PEI25 kDa 和游离 siRNA,导致半衰期延长、清除速度减慢,与游离 siRNA 相比,AUC 分别增加了 3 倍或 4 倍。我们证明了两亲性链的接枝密度可以提高 siRNA 的递药效率和血液循环,这突出了开发安全有效的非病毒聚合物 siRNA 纳米载体的重要性,这些载体特别稳定,并能在体内提供更长的循环时间。
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