School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907, USA.
Macromol Biosci. 2013 Aug;13(8):1059-71. doi: 10.1002/mabi.201300046. Epub 2013 Jul 5.
PEG-PnBA-PDMAEMA triblock and PEG-PDMAEMA diblock copolymers are used as model systems for studying the role of N/P ratio on the in vivo behavior of PEGylated siRNA carriers in mice. The presence of a free/uncomplexed polymer population coexisting with siRNA complexes is established. A change in the N/P ratio exerts no significant influence on the in vivo biodistribution and ex vivo blood chemistry properties of the respective systems. Histological analysis of major organs indicates that the presence of uncomplexed polymer elicits toxicity to the organ that is associated with the clearance of the siRNA complexes from the circulation system. This effect can be eliminated by working at N/P ratios near the charge-neutralization point of the complexes.
PEG-PnBA-PDMAEMA 三嵌段共聚物和 PEG-PDMAEMA 二嵌段共聚物被用作研究 N/P 比对 PEG 化 siRNA 载体在小鼠体内行为影响的模型系统。已经确定了游离/未复合聚合物群体与 siRNA 复合物共存的情况。N/P 比的变化对各体系的体内生物分布和体外血液化学性质没有显著影响。主要器官的组织学分析表明,未复合聚合物的存在会对器官产生毒性,这与 siRNA 复合物从循环系统中清除有关。通过在接近复合物电荷中和点的 N/P 比下工作,可以消除这种影响。