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Peptide dendrimers as efficient and biocompatible gene delivery vectors: Synthesis and in vitro characterization
具体来源:J Control. Release. 2011, 155:77-87
发表时间:2011年

We report the synthesis and characterization of different generations of dendritic poly(L-lysine) vectors, and their use for in vitro gene transfection. Gel retardation assay revealed that the dendrimers could form complexes with plasmid DNAs (pDNAs), evident from the inhibition of themigration of pDNA at the N/P ratios of 0.5, 1 and 2 by G3, G4 and G5 dendritic generations, respectively. DNase I assay revealed the protection of pDNA acquired from the complexation with dendrimers from nuclease-catalyzed degradation, with the protection capacity of G5 being even stronger than poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI). Atomic force microscopy (AFM) revealed that all 4 generations of dendrimer/DNA complexes studied were of similar particle sizes within 100–200 nm. Zeta potential measurements showed that as the N/P ratio increased from 1 to 25, all dendrimer/pDNA complexes gradually changed from negative to positive charges. The higher generations
tended to produce the greater positive potentials, indicating a stronger potency of the complexes to interact with negatively charged cell membranes. In vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity evaluations showed good biocompatibility of the dendrimers and their complexes over the different N/P ratios studied. In vitro gene transfection revealed higher efficiency of G5 than other dendrimers and insensitive variation to the presence of serum. Given its similar transfection efficiency to PEI but lower toxicity to cultured cells, dendrimer G5 could be a better candidate for gene delivery.