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PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE
卷 78, 期 -, 页码 56-91出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2017.09.003
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Nucleic acid; Delivery vector; Ring-opening; O-Heterocyclic; Amine
Safe and effective vectors play an important role in nucleic acid delivery processes. Ring-opening reactions are quite often used to produce biomaterials with various functions and properties. Instead of surface conjugated hydrophilic polymers such as polyethylene glycol, uniformly-distributed hydroxyl groups within one polycation could improve biocompatibility and benefit nucleic acid delivery performances. Hydroxyl groups with uniform distribution are readily produced by ring-opening of O-heterocyclic units. O-Heterocyclic units include cyclic ester (epoxide), carbonate and lactones. Hydroxyl-rich polycationic systems are prepared predominately with aminated poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA). PGMA is the most common epoxy polymer and can be post-modified readily via epoxide ring-opening reactions by different amine species. Hydroxyl-rich polycationic systems are also reported by ring-opening polymerization between various epoxy and amine units. In addition, post hydroxylation of polycations via different O-heterocyclic ring-opening reactions could give rise to various hydroxyl-rich polycationic systems. More recently, versatile types of hydroxyl-rich polycationic systems with special molecular and topological structures, such as linear, star-shaped, comb-shaped, supramolecular, branched, hierarchical, and hetero-nanostructured carriers, are well studied. This review summarizes recent research activities in hydroxyl-rich polycationic systems. Their different design strategies via O-heterocyclic ring opening reactions and unique nucleic acid delivery applications are described in detail. The research activities indicate that hydroxyl-rich polycationic systems become versatile and powerful candidates for the development of advanced multifunctional delivery systems of nucleic acids. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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