ArticlePharmaceutics2022
A β-Cyclodextrin-Based Nanoparticle with Very High Transfection Efficiency Unveils siRNA-Activated TLR3 Responses in Human Prostate Cancer Cells.
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- Cyclodextrin-Based Strategies for Brain Drug Delivery: Mechanistic Insights into Blood-Brain Barrier Transport and Therapeutic Applications.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- Hydrolytically Stable Cationic Bis-MPA Dendrimers as Efficient Transfectants for Glioblastoma Cells and Primary Astrocytes.Biomacromolecules · 2026Article
- Nanotechnology in Prostate Cancer: PSMA-Targeted Nanoplatforms, TME-Responsive Therapy, Immunomodulation, and Clinical Translation Challenges.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- Cyclodextrin-Based Formulations as a Promising Strategy to Overcome the Blood-Brain Barrier: Historical Overview and Prospects in Glioblastoma Treatment.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Potential of Amphiphilic Cyclodextrins as Carriers for Therapeutic Purposes: A Short Overview.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- siRNA Interaction and Transfection Properties of Polycationic Phosphorus Dendrimers.Biomacromolecules · 2025Article
- The Many Faces of Cyclodextrins within Self-Assembling Polymer Nanovehicles: From Inclusion Complexes to Valuable Structural and Functional Elements.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- In Vivo Applications of Dendrimers: A Step toward the Future of Nanoparticle-Mediated Therapeutics.Pharmaceutics · 2024Review
- Small interfering RNA (siRNA)-based therapeutic applications against viruses: principles, potential, and challenges.Journal of biomedical science · 2023Review
- Reversible Light-Induced Dimerization of Secondary Face Azobenzene-Functionalized β-Cyclodextrin Derivatives.The Journal of organic chemistry · 2023Article
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Abstract
Synthetic double-stranded small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) mimic interference RNAs (RNAi) and can bind target mRNAs with a high degree of specificity, leading to selective knockdown of the proteins they encode. However, siRNAs are very labile and must be both protected and transported by nanoparticles to be efficiently delivered into cells. In this work, we used a Janus-type polycationic amphiphilic β-cyclodextrin derivative to efficiently transfect siRNAs targeting mRNAs encoding mitogen-activated protein kinase (p42-MAPK) or Ras homolog enriched in brain (Rheb) into different cancer cell lines as well as astrocytes. We took advantage of this high transfection efficiency to simultaneously knock down p42-MAPK and Rheb to boost docetaxel (DTX)-mediated toxicity in two human prostate cancer cell lines (LNCaP and PC3). We found that double knockdown of p42-MAPK and Rheb increased DTX-toxicity in LNCaP but not in PC3 cells. However, we also observed the same effect when scramble siRNA was used, therefore pointing to an off-target effect. Indeed, we found that the siRNA we used in this work induced toll-like receptor 3 activation, leading to β-interferon production and caspase activation. We believe that this mechanism could be very useful as a general strategy to elicit an immune response against prostate cancer cells.
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