Title |
Reduction-responsive cross-linked stearyl peptide for effective delivery of plasmid DNA
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Published in |
International Journal of Nanomedicine, May 2015
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DOI | 10.2147/ijn.s82413 |
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Authors |
Chong Yao, Zongguang Tai, Xiaoyu Wang, Jiyong Liu, Quangang Zhu, Xin Wu, Lijuan Zhang, Wei Zhang, Jing Tian, Yuan Gao, Shen Gao |
Abstract |
Low efficiency and significant toxicity are the main obstacles to successful gene delivery. We have developed a cationic reduction-responsive vector based on a disulfide cross-linked stearylated polyarginine peptide modified with histidine (C-SHR) for DNA delivery. The structure of the C-SHR was characterized, and the in vitro and in vivo transfection efficiency and cytotoxicity of C-SHR/plasmid DNA complexes were examined. Compared with non-cross-linked stearylated polyarginine peptide (SHR), C-SHR increased the intracellular uptake and dissociation behavior of the complexes. In addition, the gene transfection efficiency of C-SHR/plasmid DNA complexes in HEK293 and HeLa cells was improved and was comparable with that of bPEI-25K/plasmid DNA complexes, and the cytotoxicity of C-SHR was significantly less than that of bPEI-25K. Importantly, the in vivo gene transfection efficiency of C-SHR/plasmid DNA complexes was five fold higher than that of SHR/plasmid DNA complexes, suggesting that C-SHR is an efficient non-viral vector for DNA delivery. |
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