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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2020

Self-Assembled DNA-PEG Bottlebrushes Enhance Antisense Activity and Pharmacokinetics of Oligonucleotides.

Yuyan Wang, Dali Wang, Fei Jia, Andrew Miller, Xuyu Tan, Peiru Chen, Lei Zhang, Hao Lu, Yang Fang, Xi Kang and 3 more

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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  8. Targeting oncogenic KRAS with molecular brush-conjugated antisense oligonucleotides.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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13 authors.

Yuyan WangDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Dali WangDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Fei JiaDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Andrew MillerDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Xuyu TanDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Peiru ChenDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Lei ZhangDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Hao LuDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Yang FangDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Xi KangDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Jiansong CaiDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Mengqi RenDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Ke ZhangDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8142-6702

Funding

Making Oligonucleotides Better Biopharmaceuticals by Steric ProtectionR01GM121612 · NIGMS · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI Ke Zhang · 2017 to 2026
$3.7M
Targeting Oncogenic KRAS with Brush-Architectured Poly(ethylene glycol)-DNA ConjugatesR01CA251730 · NCI · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, KE · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA251730NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM121612
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herein, we report a novel strategy to enhance the antisense activity and the pharmacokinetics of therapeutic oligonucleotides. Through the DNA hybridization chain reaction, DNA hairpins modified with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) form a bottlebrush architecture consisting of a double-stranded DNA backbone, PEG side chains, and antisense overhangs. The assembled structure exhibits high PEG density on the surface, which suppresses unwanted interactions between the DNA and proteins (e.g., enzymatic degradation) while allowing the antisense overhangs to hybridize with the mRNA target and thereby deplete target protein expression. We show that these PEGylated bottlebrushes targeting oncogenic KRAS can achieve much higher antisense efficacy compared with unassembled hairpins with or without PEGylation and can inhibit the proliferation of lung cancer cells bearing the G12C mutant KRAS gene. Meanwhile, these structures exhibit elevated blood retention times in vivo due to the biological stealth properties of PEG and the high molecular weight of the overall assembly. Collectively, this self-assembly approach bears the characteristics of a simple, safe, yet highly translatable strategy to improve the biopharmaceutical properties of therapeutic oligonucleotides.

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AnimalsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDNAMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMolecular StructureOligonucleotides, AntisensePolyethylene GlycolsTissue DistributionDNAOligonucleotides, AntisensePolyethylene Glycolsantisense oligonucleotideDNA nanostructuresDNA self-assemblyhybridization chain reactionPEGylation

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PMID32936615
PMCPMC8110734

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