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ArticleNature communications2021

Spatiotemporally programmable cascade hybridization of hairpin DNA in polymeric nanoframework for precise siRNA delivery.

Feng Li, Wenting Yu, Jiaojiao Zhang, Yuhang Dong, Xiaohui Ding, Xinhua Ruan, Zi Gu, Dayong Yang

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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8 authors.

Feng Li *Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P.R. China.
Wenting Yu *Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P.R. China.
Jiaojiao ZhangFrontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P.R. China.
Yuhang DongFrontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P.R. China.
Xiaohui DingFrontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P.R. China.
Xinhua RuanDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Tianjin Union Medical Centre, Tianjin, P.R. China.
Zi GuSchool of Chemical Engineering, Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Dayong YangFrontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P.R. China. dayong.yang@tju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2634-9281

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA nanostructures have been demonstrated as promising carriers for gene delivery. In the carrier design, spatiotemporally programmable assembly of DNA under nanoconfinement is important but has proven highly challenging due to the complexity-scalability-error of DNA. Herein, a DNA nanotechnology-based strategy via the cascade hybridization chain reaction (HCR) of DNA hairpins in polymeric nanoframework has been developed to achieve spatiotemporally programmable assembly of DNA under nanoconfinement for precise siRNA delivery. The nanoframework is prepared via precipitation polymerization with Acrydite-DNA as cross-linker. The potential energy stored in the loops of DNA hairpins can overcome the steric effect in the nanoframework, which can help initiate cascade HCR of DNA hairpins and achieve efficient siRNA loading. The designer tethering sequence between DNA and RNA guarantees a triphosadenine triggered siRNA release specifically in cellular cytoplasm. Nanoframework provides stability and ease of functionalization, which helps address the complexity-scalability-error of DNA. It is exemplified that the phenylboronate installation on nanoframework enhanced cellular uptake and smoothed the lysosomal escape. Cellular results show that the siRNA loaded nanoframework down-regulated the levels of relevant mRNA and protein. In vivo experiments show significant therapeutic efficacy of using siPLK1 loaded nanoframework to suppress tumor growth.

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Gene Transfer TechniquesNucleic Acid ConformationNucleic Acid HybridizationAdenosine TriphosphateAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBiocompatible MaterialsBoronic AcidsCell Line, TumorDNAFemaleGene SilencingLysosomesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeAdenosine TriphosphateAntineoplastic Agentsbenzeneboronic acidBiocompatible MaterialsBoronic AcidsDNAPolymersRNA, Small Interfering

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