Journal
ACTA PHARMACEUTICA SINICA B
Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages 336-343Publisher
INST MATERIA MEDICA, CHINESE ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2016.03.010
Keywords
Gene therapy; Targeted gene delivery; Lung cancer; Non-viral gene vector; Folic acid; Folate receptor; Polyspermine; Biocompatibility
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81573369, 21301191, 81570696, 31270985]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China [BK20130661, BK20140659]
- Research and Innovation Project of Jiangsu Province [KYLX15_0640]
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Biodegradable polyamines have long been studied as potential recombinant viral gene vectors. Spermine (SPE) is an endogenous tetra-amine with excellent biocompatibility yet poor gene condensation capacity. We have previously synthesized a polyspermine based on SPE and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) diacrylate (SPE-alt-PEG) for enhanced transfection performance, but the synthesized SPE-alt-PEG still lacked specificity towards cancer cells. In this study, folic acid (FA) was incorporated into SPE-alt-PEG to fabricate a targeted gene delivery vector (FA-SPE-PEG) via an acylation reaction. FA-SPE-PEG exhibited mild cytotoxicity in both cancer cells and normal cells. FA-SPE-PEG possessed higher transfection efficiency than PEI 25 K and Lipofectamine (R) 2000 in two tested cancer cell lines at functional weight ratios, and its superiority over untargeted SPE-alt-PEG was prominent in cells with overexpressed folate receptors (FRs). Moreover, in vivo delivery of green fluorescent protein (GFP) with FA-SPE-PEG resulted in highest fluorescent signal intensity of all investigated groups. FA-SPE-PEG showed remarkably enhanced specificity towards cancer cells both in vivo and in vitro due to the interaction between FA and FRs. Taken together, FA-SPE-PEG was demonstrated to be a prospective targeted gene delivery vector with high transfection capacity and excellent biocompatibility. (C) 2016 Chinese Pharmaceutical Association and Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V.
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