Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 7, Issue 36, Pages 20389-20399Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06286
Keywords
REDV peptide; gene carriers; actively targeting; nanoparticles; endothelial cells; proliferation
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31370969]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2013DFG52040]
- Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin
- Youth Science Foundation [14JCQNJC02900]
- Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities of China [B06006]
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Herein, we demonstrate that the REDV peptide modified nanoparticles (NPs) can serve as a kind of active targeting gene carrier to condensate pZNF580 for specific promotion of the proliferation of endothelial cells (ECs). First, we synthesized a series of biodegradable amphiphilic copolymers by ring-opening polymerization reaction and graft modification with REDV peptide. Second, we prepared active targeting NPs via self-assembly of the amphiphilic copolymers using nanoprecipitation technology. After condensation with negatively charged pZNF580, the REDV peptide modified NPs/pZNF580 complexes were formed finally. Due to the binding affinity toward ECs of the specific peptide, these REDV peptide modified NPs/pZNF580 complexes could be recognized and adhered specifically by ECs in the coculture system of ECs and human artery smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in vitro. After expression of ZNF580, as the key protein to promote the proliferation of ECs, the relative ZNF580 protein level increased from 15.7% to 34.8%. The specificity in actively targeting ECs of the REDV peptide conjugated NPs/pZNF580 complexes was still retained in the coculture system. These findings in the present study could facilitate the development of actively targeting gene carriers for the endothelialization of artificial blood vessels.
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