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N-acetylglucosamine-conjugated block copolymer consisting of poly(ethylene oxide) and cationic polyaspartamide as a gene carrier for targeting vimentin-expressing cells
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- Issue Date
- 2014-01
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Citation
- European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol.51, pp.165-172
- Abstract
- Gene therapy is not successful due to lack of safe gene delivery vector, low transfection efficiency and inability to target the particular cells. Here, we synthesized a biocompatible block copolymer (abbreviated as PASPG) which consists of cationic poly[(aspartamide)(spermine)] for complexation with DNA and enhancing transfection efficiency due to buffering ability of spermine, poly(ethylene oxide)(PEO) for stability after systemic administration of the gene and N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) as a specific ligand to target vimentin-expressing cells. Primarily, PASPG showed efficient complexation with DNA. Cell viability assay demonstrated that PASPG had low toxicity compared to polyethylenimine 25K. Furthermore, PASPG showed higher transfection efficiency in vimentin-expressing cells than vimentin-deficient ones due to the recognition of GlcNAc in the polymeric gene carrier by vimentin in the cells for the receptor-mediated endocytosis of PASPG. Favorably, the serum had no effect on transfection efficiency of PASPG due to the presence of hydrophilic PEO in the block copolymer. This study reveals that GlcNAc-coupled biocompatible block copolymer can specifically deliver gene to vimentin-expressing cells. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- ISSN
- 0928-0987
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