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- Title
Terminal modification on mPEG-dendritic poly-(l)-lysine cationic diblock copolymer for efficient gene delivery.
- Authors
Sheng, Ruilong; Xia, Kejia; Chen, Jian; Xu, Yuhong; Cao, Amin
- Abstract
The development of new non-viral gene vectors with the advantages of low cytotoxicity and high gene transfection efficiency is a recent trend in gene therapy. In this work, we developed a series of termini-modified mPEG-dendritic poly-(l)-lysine cationic diblock copolymers (mPEG5k-DPL4-CG) by coupling various cationic groups to the dendritic skeleton. Their molecular structures were characterized by (1)H NMR, and the buffering capacities were measured by acid titration. The plasmid DNA (pDNA) binding affinities of the mPEG5k-DPL4-CG copolymers were investigated by EB displacement and agarose gel retardation assay, and the average particle size and surface charge of the polyplexes were analyzed by dynamic light scattering. Cytotoxicity and in vitro gene transfection were evaluated in several cell lines in the presence and absence of serum by the luciferase expression assay. The results indicated that the low molecular weight polyethylenimine (PEI800) termini-modified copolymer, mPEG5k-DPL4-PEI800, possessed high pDNA binding affinity, low cytotoxicity, and high gene transfection capability which were maintained in the presence of serum (10% FBS). It is worth noting that the gene delivery efficiency of the dendritic poly-(l)-lysine gene vector was enhanced by termini modification of suitable cationic blocks. The low cytotoxicity and serum-resistance properties of mPEG5k-DPL4-PEI800 make it a potential long-circulating gene vector in gene therapy applications.
- Publication
Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer edition, 2013, Vol 24, Issue 17, p1935
- ISSN
1568-5624
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/09205063.2013.811008