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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2025

Nose-to-brain siRNA delivery by PEI/PPI-based nanoparticles reduces α-synuclein expression in a Parkinson's disease mouse model.

Malte Feja, Isabell Drath, Sandra Weiß, Alexander Ewe, Birthe Gericke, Tiago F Outeiro, Leonidas Stefanis, Achim Aigner, Franziska Richter

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Malte FejaDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany.
Isabell DrathDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany.
Sandra WeißDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany.
Alexander EweRudolf-Boehm-Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Birthe GerickeDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany.
Tiago F OuteiroUniversity Medical Center Göttingen, Department of Experimental Neurodegeneration, Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, Göttingen, Germany.
Leonidas StefanisFirst Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
Achim AignerRudolf-Boehm-Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Franziska RichterDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Potential strategies to develop new treatments for Parkinson's disease (PD) aim at targeting disease-associated proteins like alpha-synuclein (aSyn), which accumulates in neurons of PD patients and contributes to neuronal degeneration. A promising new approach is the therapeutic use of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) for aSyn knockdown, but is challenging due to siRNA instability, poor delivery, and inefficient uptake. Therefore, we developed a nanoparticle-based approach for intranasal delivery of siRNAs, circumventing the blood-brain barrier and enhancing the potential of siRNAs for clinical application. Tyrosine-modified polyethylenimines (PEIs), or polypropylenimine dendrimers (PPIs), were complexed with siRNA targeting the aSyn-encoding gene

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intranasalin vivo siRNA deliveryMT: Delivery StrategiespolyethyleniminepolypropylenimineRNA interferenceThy1-aSyn mice

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PMID40978531
PMCPMC12447568

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