Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China.
Engineering Research Center of Endogenous Prophylactic of Ministry of Education of China, Beijing 100069, China.
Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Oct 17;19(10):3202. doi: 10.3390/ijms19103202.
A successful siRNA delivery system is dependent on the development of a good siRNA carrier. Graphene oxide (GO) has gained great attention as a promising nanocarrier in recent years. It has been reported that GO could be used to deliver a series of drugs including synthetic compounds, proteins, antibodies, and genes. Our previous research indicated that functionalized GO could deliver siRNA into tumor cells and induce a gene silencing effect, to follow up the research, in this research, GO-R8/cRGDfV(GRcR) was designed and prepared for delivery as a novel carrier. The Zeta potential and particle size of the new designed GRcR carrier was measured at (29.46 ± 5.32) mV and (135.7 ± 3.3) nm respectively, and after transfection, the VEGF mRNA level and protein expression level were down-regulated by 48.22% ( < 0.01) and 38.3% ( < 0.01) in HeLa cells, respectively. The fluorescent images of the treated BALB/c nude mice revealed that GRcR/ could conduct targeted delivery of into tumor tissues and showed a gene silencing effect as well as a tumor growth inhibitory effect ( < 0.01) in vivo. Further studies showed that GRcR/ could effectively inhibit angiogenesis by suppressing VEGF expression. Histology and immunohistochemistry studies demonstrated that GRcR/ could inhibit tumor tissue growth effectively and have anti-angiogenesis activity, which was the result of VEGF protein downregulation. Both in vitro and in vivo results demonstrated that GRcR/ could be used as an ideal nonviral tumor-targeting vector for delivery in gene therapy.
成功的 siRNA 递药系统依赖于良好的 siRNA 载体的开发。近年来,氧化石墨烯(GO)作为一种很有前途的纳米载体引起了广泛关注。据报道,GO 可用于递送一系列药物,包括合成化合物、蛋白质、抗体和基因。我们之前的研究表明,功能化的 GO 可以将 siRNA 递送到肿瘤细胞中,并诱导基因沉默效应,为了跟进研究,在这项研究中,GO-R8/cRGDfV(GRcR)被设计并制备用于递送,作为一种新型载体。新设计的 GRcR 载体的 Zeta 电位和粒径分别为(29.46±5.32)mV 和(135.7±3.3)nm,转染后,HeLa 细胞中 VEGF mRNA 水平和蛋白表达水平分别下调了 48.22%(<0.01)和 38.3%(<0.01)。经处理的 BALB/c 裸鼠荧光图像显示,GRcR/可以将 靶向递送到肿瘤组织中,并在体内显示出基因沉默效应和肿瘤生长抑制效应(<0.01)。进一步的研究表明,GRcR/可以通过抑制 VEGF 表达有效抑制血管生成。组织学和免疫组织化学研究表明,GRcR/可以有效抑制肿瘤组织的生长并具有抗血管生成活性,这是由于 VEGF 蛋白下调所致。体内外研究结果均表明,GRcR/可用作理想的非病毒肿瘤靶向载体,用于基因治疗中的 siRNA 递送。