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ArticleScientific reports2017

Physicochemical stability and transfection efficiency of cationic amphiphilic copolymer/pDNA polyplexes for spinal cord injury repair.

So-Jung Gwak, Christian Macks, Sooneon Bae, Noah Cecil, Jeoung Soo Lee

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

So-Jung GwakDepartment of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA.
Christian MacksDepartment of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA.
Sooneon BaeDepartment of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6415-3255
Noah CecilDepartment of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA.
Jeoung Soo LeeDepartment of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA. ljspia@clemson.edu.
Clemson University · US

Funding

Targeted Nano-therapeutics for Neural RegenerationP20GM103444 · NIGMS · CLEMSON UNIVERSITY · PI MARKWALD, ROGER R, VYAVAHARE, NAREN R · 2012 to 2018
$14.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103444
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple age-related and injury-induced characteristics of the adult central nervous system (CNS) pose barriers to axonal regeneration and functional recovery following injury. In situ gene therapy is a promising approach to address the limited availability of growth-promoting biomolecules at CNS injury sites. The ultimate goal of our work is to develop, a cationic amphiphilic copolymer for simultaneous delivery of drug and therapeutic nucleic acids to promote axonal regeneration and plasticity after spinal cord injury. Previously, we reported the synthesis and characterization of a cationic amphiphilic copolymer, poly (lactide-co-glycolide)-graft-polyethylenimine (PgP) and its ability to efficiently transfect cells with pDNA in the presence of serum. We also demonstrated the efficacy of PgP as a therapeutic siRhoA carrier in a rat compression spinal cord injury model. In this work, we show that PgP/pDNA polyplexes provide improved stability in the presence of competing polyanions and nuclease protection in serum relative to conventional branched polyethylenimine control. PgP/pDNA polyplexes maintain bioactivity for transfection after lyophilization/reconstitution and during storage at 4 °C for up to 5 months, important features for commercial and clinical application. We also demonstrate that PgP/pDNA polyplexes loaded with a hydrophobic fluorescent dye are retained in local neural tissue for up to 5 days and that PgP can efficiently deliver pβ-Gal in a rat compression SCI model.

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AnimalsCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalDNADrug CarriersGenetic TherapyPlasmidsPolyethyleneiminePolyglactin 910RatsSpinal Cord InjuriesSurface-Active AgentsTransfectionDNADrug CarriersPolyethyleneiminePolyglactin 910Surface-Active Agents

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PMID28900263
PMCPMC5595900
OpenAlexW2752080850

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