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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2018

Poly(β-amino ester)-co-poly(caprolactone) Terpolymers as Nonviral Vectors for mRNA Delivery In Vitro and In Vivo.

Umberto Capasso Palmiero, James C Kaczmarek, Owen S Fenton, Daniel G Anderson

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Umberto Capasso PalmieroDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
James C KaczmarekDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Owen S FentonDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Daniel G AndersonDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5629-4798
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USHarvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology · US

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI MATTHEW G. VANDER HEIDEN · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The production of new proteins with messenger RNA (mRNA) has gained a broad interest due to its potential for addressing a wide range of diseases. Here, the design and characterization of novel ionizable poly(β-amino ester)-co-poly(caprolactone) terpolymers, synthesized via the combination of the ring opening polymerization and the Michael step-growth polymerization, are reported. The versatility of this method is demonstrated by varying the number of caprolactone units attached to each poly(β-amino ester) (PBAE) terpolymer. The ability of the novel poly-caprolactone (PCL)-based PBAE materials to deliver mRNA is shown to depend on the physiochemical characteristics of the material, such as lipophilicity, as well as the formulation method used to complex the polymer with the oligonucleotide. This latter variable represents a previously unstudied aspect of PBAE library screens that can play an important role in identifying true top candidates for nucleic acid delivery. The most stable terpolymer is injected intravenously (IV) in mice and shows a transfection efficacy several times higher than the polyethylenimine (PEI) which is focused in the spleen, opening the possibility to use these biodegradable carriers in the intravenous delivery of antigen-encoding mRNA for cancer immunotherapy and vaccination.

Indexed as

Cell SurvivalGenetic VectorsHeLa CellsHumansNanoparticlesPolyestersPolyethyleneiminePolymersRNA, Messengerpoly(beta-amino ester)polycaprolactonePolyestersPolyethyleneiminePolymersRNA, Messengermessenger RNAnucleic acid deliverypoly (b-amino ester)polycaprolactonepolymeric nanoparticles

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PMID29761648
PMCPMC13574336
OpenAlexW2836673225

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