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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2011

Combinatorial synthesis of chemically diverse core-shell nanoparticles for intracellular delivery.

Daniel J Siegwart, Kathryn A Whitehead, Lutz Nuhn, Gaurav Sahay, Hao Cheng, Shan Jiang, Minglin Ma, Abigail Lytton-Jean, Arturo Vegas, Patrick Fenton and 12 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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77 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Daniel J SiegwartDavid H Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Kathryn A Whitehead
Lutz Nuhn
Gaurav Sahay
Hao Cheng
Shan Jiang
Minglin Ma
Abigail Lytton-Jean
Arturo Vegas
Patrick Fenton
Christopher G Levins
Kevin T Love
Haeshin Lee
Christina Cortez
Sean P Collins
Ying Fei Li
Janice Jang
William Querbes
Christopher Zurenko
Tatiana Novobrantseva
Robert Langer
Daniel G Anderson

Funding

CONTROLLED RELEASE OF MACROMOLECULESR01EB000244 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LANGER, ROBERT SAMUEL, TRAVERSO, CARLO GIOVANNI · 2002 to 2021
$6.1M
Controlled Release of MacromoleculesR37EB000244 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LANGER, ROBERT SAMUEL · 2008 to 2017
$3.9M
Targeted Nanoparticle DNA Therapy for Ovarian CancerR01CA132091 · NCI · LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH · PI SAWICKI, JANET A · 2008 to 2012
$1.4M
siRNA delivery by structured polymers synthesized via combinatorial RAFT & ATRPF32EB011867 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SIEGWART, DANIEL JOHN · 2011 to 2012
$83k
NCI NIH HHS 5-R01-CA132091-04NCI NIH HHS R01 CA132091NIBIB NIH HHS F32 EB011867NIBIB NIH HHS F32-EB011867NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB000244NIBIB NIH HHS R01-EB000244-27NIBIB NIH HHS R37 EB000244
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Analogous to an assembly line, we employed a modular design for the high-throughput study of 1,536 structurally distinct nanoparticles with cationic cores and variable shells. This enabled elucidation of complexation, internalization, and delivery trends that could only be learned through evaluation of a large library. Using robotic automation, epoxide-functionalized block polymers were combinatorially cross-linked with a diverse library of amines, followed by measurement of molecular weight, diameter, RNA complexation, cellular internalization, and in vitro siRNA and pDNA delivery. Analysis revealed structure-function relationships and beneficial design guidelines, including a higher reactive block weight fraction, stoichiometric equivalence between epoxides and amines, and thin hydrophilic shells. Cross-linkers optimally possessed tertiary dimethylamine or piperazine groups and potential buffering capacity. Covalent cholesterol attachment allowed for transfection in vivo to liver hepatocytes in mice. The ability to tune the chemical nature of the core and shell may afford utility of these materials in additional applications.

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Gene Transfer TechniquesAnimalsCombinatorial Chemistry TechniquesFactor VIIGene SilencingHepatocytesIntracellular SpaceLiverMiceNanoparticlesRNA, Small InterferingFactor VIIRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID21784981
PMCPMC3156157

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