[EN] NANOVESICLES AND ITS USE FOR NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY<br/>[FR] NANOVÉSICULES ET LEUR UTILISATION POUR L'ADMINISTRATION D'ACIDES NUCLÉIQUES
申请人:FUNDACIO HOSPITAL UNIV VALL DHEBRON INSTITUT DE RECERCA
公开号:WO2020229469A1
公开(公告)日:2020-11-19
The present invention refers to a nanovesicle comprising a sterol and a non-lipid cationic surfactant, for example myristalkonium chloride, wherein the sterol comprises DC-cholesterol. It also refers to a pharmaceutical composition that comprises it and its uses as a delivery system and as a bioimaging and theranostic tool. Furthermore, it also refers to the nanovesicle or the pharmaceutical composition for use as a medicament, in particular for use in the treatment of cancer.
Alkyl sulfonyl derivatized PAMAM-G2dendrimers as nonviral gene delivery vectors with improved transfection efficiencies
Amphiphilic dendrimer-based gene delivery vectors bearing peripheral alkyl sulfonyl hydrophobic tails were constructed using low-generation PAMAM-G2 as the core and functionalized by means of the aza-Michael type addition of its primary amino groups to vinylsulfone derivatives as an efficient tool for surface engineering. While the unmodified PAMAM-G2 was unable to efficiently transfect eukaryotic cells, functionalized PAMAM-G2 dendrimers were able to bind DNA at low N/P ratios, protect DNA from digestion with DNase I and showed high transfection efficiencies and low cytotoxicity. Dendrimers with a C18 alkyl chain produced transfection efficiencies up to 3.1 fold higher than LipofectAMINE™ 2000 in CHO-k1 cells. The dendriplexes based in functionalized PAMAM-G2 also showed the ability to retain their transfection properties in the presence of serum and the ability to transfect different eukaryotic cell lines such as Neuro-2A and RAW 264.7. Taking advantage of the vinylsulfone chemistry, fluorescent PAMAM-G2 derivatives of these vectors were prepared as molecular probes to determine cellular uptake and internalization through a clathrin-independent mechanism.