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ArticleInternational journal of nanomedicine

Intracellular redox-responsive nanocarrier for plasmid delivery: in vitro characterization and in vivo studies in mice.

Lifen Zhang, Yushun Zhang, Zhenzhen Chen, Yuling He

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Article in International journal of nanomedicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lifen ZhangState Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry; Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou.
Yushun ZhangState Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry; Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou.
Zhenzhen ChenDepartment of Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China.
Yuling HeState Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry.
Lanzhou University · CNZhengzhou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although some modifications of polyethyleneimine (PEI) properties have been explored to balance the transfection efficiency and cytotoxicity, its successful plasmid delivery in vitro and in vivo to realize its true therapeutic potentials remains a major challenge, mainly due to intracellular trafficking barriers. Herein, we present a delivery nanocarrier Pluronic-PEI-SS by conjugating reducible disulfide-linked PEI (PEI-SS) to biocompatible Pluronic for enhanced DNA delivery and transfection efficiency in vitro and in vivo. Pluronic-PEI-SS strongly condensed plasmid DNA to low positively charged nanocomplexes, exhibited good stability against deoxyribonuclease I digestion, and tended to be easily degraded in the presence of reducing agent 1,4-dithiothreitol. The in vitro transfection of the complex Pluronic-PEI-SS/DNA into HeLa and 293T cells resulted in lower cytotoxicity as well as significantly higher cellular uptake, nucleus transfection, and gene expression than Pluronic-PEI (25 kDa), PEI-SS, and PEI 25 kDa given alone. Furthermore, the in vivo transfection study demonstrated that Pluronic-PEI-SS/DNA complexes induced a higher enrichment than the commercial PEI/DNA complex in the tumor, indicating their potential application as biocompatible vector in gene delivery.

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Gene Transfer TechniquesAnimalsDNADrug CarriersHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHumansIn Vitro TechniquesMaleMiceMice, NudeNanoparticlesOxidation-ReductionPlasmidsPolyethyleneimineTransfectionDNADrug CarriersPolyethyleneiminedisulfide-linkedgene deliveryPluronicpolycationresponsive

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PMID27785025
PMCPMC5066853
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