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Multi-responsive “turn-on” nanocarriers for efficient site-specific gene delivery in vitro and in vivo
He, Yiyan Zhou, Jie Ma, Shengnan Nie, Yu Yue, Dong Jiang, Qian Wali, Aisha Roshan Mohamed Tang, James Z Gu, Zhongwei
He, Yiyan
Zhou, Jie
Ma, Shengnan
Nie, Yu
Yue, Dong
Jiang, Qian
Wali, Aisha Roshan Mohamed
Tang, James Z
Gu, Zhongwei
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2016-09-26
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Systemic gene delivery is a complicated and multistep process that confronts numerous biological barriers. It remains a formidable challenge to exploit a single gene carrier with multiple features to combat all obstacles collectively. Herein, a multi-responsive “turn-on” polyelectrolyte complex (DNA/OEI-SSx/HA-SS-COOH, DSS) delivery system is demonstrated with a sequential self-assembly of disulfide-conjugated oligoethylenimine (OEI-SSx) and disulfide bond-modified hyaluronic acid envelope (HA-SS-COOH) that can combat multiple biological barriers collectively when administered intravenously. DSS is designed to effectively accumulate at the tumor tissue and to be internalized into tumor cells by recognizing CD44. The multi-responsive “turn-on” DSS can respond to the alterations of hyaluronidases and glutathione at both the tumor site and at the intracellular milieu. Sequential degradation and detachment of the HA-SS-COOH envelope followed by the dissociation of the OEI-SSx/DNA inner core contributes to the activation of the endosomal escape and gene release functions, thus greatly enhancing nuclear gene delivery. A systematic investigation of DSS has revealed that the tumor accumulation ability, internalization, and endosome escape of the DSS nanocarriers, DNA unpacking and nuclear transportation are all remarkably improved by the multi-responsive “turn-on” design resulting in highly efficient gene transfection in vitro and in vivo.
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He, Y., Zhou, J., Ma, S., Nie, Y., Yue, D., Jiang, Q., Wali, AR., Tang, JZ., Gu, Z. (2016) 'Multi-responsive “turn-on” nanocarriers for efficient site-specific gene delivery in vitro and in vivo', Advanced Healthcare Materials, 5 (21), pp.2799-2812
doi: 10.1002/adhm.201600710
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This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Wiley in Advanced Healthcare Materials on 25/09/2016, available online: https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201600710
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