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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2017

Tween 85-Modified Low Molecular Weight PEI Enhances Exon-Skipping of Antisense Morpholino Oligomer In Vitro and in mdx Mice.

Mingxing Wang, Bo Wu, Jason D Tucker, Sapana N Shah, Peijuan Lu, Lauren E Bollinger, Qilong Lu

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Article in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 2017. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. In Vivo Evaluation of Dystrophin Exon Skipping in mdx Mice.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mingxing WangMcColl-Lockwood Laboratory for Muscular Dystrophy Research, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28231, USA. Electronic address: mingxing.wang@carolinashealthcare.org.
Bo WuMcColl-Lockwood Laboratory for Muscular Dystrophy Research, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28231, USA.
Jason D TuckerMcColl-Lockwood Laboratory for Muscular Dystrophy Research, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28231, USA.
Sapana N ShahMcColl-Lockwood Laboratory for Muscular Dystrophy Research, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28231, USA.
Peijuan LuMcColl-Lockwood Laboratory for Muscular Dystrophy Research, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28231, USA.
Lauren E BollingerMcColl-Lockwood Laboratory for Muscular Dystrophy Research, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28231, USA.
Qilong LuMcColl-Lockwood Laboratory for Muscular Dystrophy Research, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28231, USA.
Carolinas Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated a series of Tween 85 modified low molecular weight polyethylenimine (LPEI, 0.8k/1.2k/2.0k)-copolymers (Zs) through simple formulation and covalent conjugation with phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer (PMO) for their potential to enhance delivery in vitro and in dystrophic mdx mice. Z polymers significantly enhanced PMO-induced exon-skipping in a GFP reporter-based cell culture system. Application of optimized formulations of Zs with PMO targeted to dystrophin exon 23 demonstrated a significant increase in exon-skipping efficiency in mdx mice. Consistent with our observations in vitro, optimization of molecular size and hydropholic-lipopholic balance (HLB) of polymers are important factors to achieve enhanced PMO delivery in vivo. The best formulation of Zs enhanced PMO delivery with 20- and 6-fold over PMO alone in vitro and in vivo, respectively. Further, chemical conjugation of the polymer and PMO exhibits greater benefit than polymer/PMO simple formulation in PMO delivery efficiency. Observed cytotoxicity of the Zs was lower than Endo-porter and PEI 25k in vitro, and no tissue toxicity was clearly detected with the Zs at the dosage tested. These results indicate the potential of the Zs as effective and safe PMO delivery carriers for treating diseases such as muscular dystrophy.

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amphiphilic cationic polymersantisense deliveryexon skippingmuscular dystrophypolyethylenimineTween 85

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PMID29246291
PMCPMC5633364
OpenAlexW2755244644

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