Bioreducible Gene Delivery Vector Capable of Self-Scavenging the Intracellular-Generated ROS Exhibiting High Gene Transfection

Cationic polymer vectors have received increasing attention for gene delivery in biotechnology over the past 2 decades, but few polymer vectors were used in clinical applications due to their low gene transfection efficacy. One of the major reasons is that the conventional cationic polymers can indu...

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Published in:ACS applied materials & interfaces 2016-08, Vol.8 (30), p.19238-19244
Main Authors: Wang, Long-Hai, Wu, Ting, Wu, De-Cheng, You, Ye-Zi
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Language:English
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Summary:Cationic polymer vectors have received increasing attention for gene delivery in biotechnology over the past 2 decades, but few polymer vectors were used in clinical applications due to their low gene transfection efficacy. One of the major reasons is that the conventional cationic polymers can induce the increasing of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) concentration and oxidative stress, which reduces the gene transfection efficacy. Here, we create a novel class of thioether dendron-branched polymer conjugate and self-assemble this conjugate into bioreducible cationic nanomicelles with disulfide bond connecting the thioether core to the cationic shell. The obtained nanomicelles have a unique ROS self-scavenging ability, thereby dramatically improving gene transfection efficacy.
ISSN:1944-8244
1944-8252
DOI:10.1021/acsami.6b04327