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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2012

Delivery of siRNA to the mouse lung via a functionalized lipopolyamine.

Kevin J Polach, Majed Matar, Jennifer Rice, Gregory Slobodkin, Jeff Sparks, Richard Congo, Angela Rea-Ramsey, Diane McClure, Elaine Brunhoeber, Monika Krampert and 7 more

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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kevin J PolachEGEN Inc., Huntsville, Alabama 35806, USA. kpolach@egeninc.com
Majed Matar
Jennifer Rice
Gregory Slobodkin
Jeff Sparks
Richard Congo
Angela Rea-Ramsey
Diane McClure
Elaine Brunhoeber
Monika Krampert
Andrea Schuster
Kerstin Jahn-Hofmann
Matthias John
Hans-Peter Vornlocher
Jason G Fewell
Khursheed Anwer
Anke Geick
Roche (Switzerland) · CHEge University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have designed a series of versatile lipopolyamines which are amenable to chemical modification for in vivo delivery of small interfering RNA (siRNA). This report focuses on one such lipopolyamine (Staramine), its functionalized derivatives and the lipid nanocomplexes it forms with siRNA. Intravenous (i.v.) administration of Staramine/siRNA nanocomplexes modified with methoxypolyethylene glycol (mPEG) provides safe and effective delivery of siRNA and significant target gene knockdown in the lungs of normal mice, with much lower knockdown in liver, spleen, and kidney. Although siRNA delivered via Staramine is initially distributed across all these organs, the observed clearance rate from the lung tissue is considerably slower than in other tissues resulting in prolonged siRNA accumulation on the timescale of RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated transcript depletion. Complete blood count (CBC) analysis, serum chemistry analysis, and histopathology results are all consistent with minimal toxicity. An in vivo screen of mPEG modified Staramine nanocomplexes-containing siRNAs targeting lung cell-specific marker proteins reveal exclusive transfection of endothelial cells. Safe and effective delivery of siRNA to the lung with chemically versatile lipopolyamine systems provides opportunities for investigation of pulmonary cell function in vivo as well as potential treatments of pulmonary disease with RNAi-based therapeutics.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiogenic PolyaminesBlood Cell CountFemaleGene SilencingInjections, IntravenousLungMiceMice, Inbred ICRMice, TransgenicNanoconjugatesPolyethylene GlycolsRespiratory MucosaRNA, Small InterferingTransfectionBiogenic Polyaminesmonomethoxypolyethylene glycolNanoconjugatesPolyethylene GlycolsRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID21988874
PMCPMC3255578
OpenAlexW2119346726

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