کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10842 703 2009 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Biodegradable PAMAM ester for enhanced transfection efficiency with low cytotoxicity
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی بیو مهندسی (مهندسی زیستی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Biodegradable PAMAM ester for enhanced transfection efficiency with low cytotoxicity
چکیده انگلیسی

We synthesized biodegradable polycationic PAMAM (polyamidoamine) esters (e-PAM-R, e-PAM-K) that contain arginines or lysines at the peripheral ends of PAMAM–OH dendrimer through ester bond linkages. The PAMAM esters were readily degradable under physiological conditions (pH 7.4, 37 °C), with more than 50% of the grafted amino acids hydrolyzed within 5 h. However, polyplexes were very stable and were hardly degraded in the endosomal pH range. Moreover, these amino-acid-modified polymers showed excellent buffering capacities between pH 5.1 and 7.4, facilitating endosomal escape of polyplexes. While the lysine-grafted PAMAM ester did not display significant improvement in transfection efficiency, the arginine-conjugated PAMAM ester-mediated transfection of a luciferase gene showed better transfection efficiency than the branched 25 kDa PEI (polyethylenimine) and PAM-R (peptide bond), and lower cytotoxicity, especially with primary cells such as HUVECs (human umbilical vein endothelial cells) and SMCs (primary rat aorta vascular smooth muscle cells). Furthermore, after DNA release, free e-PAM-R degraded completely into nontoxic PAMAM–OH and arginines by hydrolysis, which resulted in lower cytotoxicity in contrast to the poorly degradable arginine-modified PAMAM with amide bonds. These findings demonstrated that the arginine-grafted biodegradable PAMAM dendrimer, e-PAM-R, is a potential candidate as a safe and efficient gene delivery carrier for gene therapy.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biomaterials - Volume 30, Issue 4, February 2009, Pages 665–673
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