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ArticleDrug delivery and translational research2026

Development of simplified poly(β-aminoester)-zwitterion nanovehicles for controlled cancer cell transfection and enhanced gene delivery across a cell-based model of the blood-brain barrier.

Maria C Lucana, Shambhavi Pandey, Salvador Borrós, Benjamí Oller-Salvia

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Maria C LucanaDepartment of Bioengineering, Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, 08017, Spain.
Shambhavi PandeyDepartment of Bioengineering, Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, 08017, Spain.
Salvador BorrósDepartment of Bioengineering, Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, 08017, Spain.
Benjamí Oller-SalviaDepartment of Bioengineering, Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, 08017, Spain. benjami.oller@iqs.url.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8140-6111

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AGAUR 2023BP00202Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca SGR-2021-00537Fundación Científica Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer IDEAS211057OLLEH2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 844441HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council 101077370'la Caixa' Foundation 100010434Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2020-117486RA-I00
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Abstract

Although nucleotide-based therapeutics hold promise for a variety of diseases, their clinical application is limited because of low stability and poor bioavailability. Among non-viral gene delivery vectors, poly(β-aminoester)s (pBAEs) stand out because of their low cytotoxicity, high transfection capacity, and adequate biodegradation profile. Oligopeptide end-Modified pBAEs (OM-pBAEs) enable enhanced polynucleotide encapsulation, cellular internalization, and transfection. Despite the outstanding properties of OM-pBAEs as non-viral gene delivery vectors, traditional OM-pBAE formulations have low cell selectivity and require formulation with two or more polymers. In this study, we first develop a simplified OM-pBAE formulation with a single polymer (pBAE-CRHR) and then add a zwitterionic moiety as part of the end-capping process (pBAE-CRHR-Zw) to decrease unspecific transfection. Subsequently, we recover transfection capacity for target cancer cells in two ways: (i) by addition of a photo-cleavable moiety between the pBAE and the zwitterion, and (ii) by functionalization of pBAEs with BrainBike-4, a bicyclic peptidomimetic targeting the transferrin receptor 1. Finally, we show that derivatization of pBAE-CRHR-Zw with BrainBike-4 enhances transmigration of the gene delivery system across a tight monolayer of human endothelial cells mimicking the BBB.

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Blood-Brain BarrierGene Transfer TechniquesNanoparticlesPolymersTransfectionCell Line, TumorHumansOligopeptidesOligopeptidespoly(beta-amino ester)PolymersBrain shuttle peptidesOM-pBAE nanoparticlesTargeted gene deliveryZwitterionic peptides

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