作者:Sipei Li、Maiko Omi、Francis Cartieri、Dominik Konkolewicz、Gordon Mao、Haifeng Gao、Saadyah E. Averick、Yuji Mishina、Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
DOI:10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00902
日期:2018.9.10
Cationic hyperbranched polymers (HBP) were prepared by self-condensing vinyl polymerization of an atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) inimer containing a quaternary ammonium group. Two types of biocompatible shells, poly(oligoethylene glycol) methacrylate (polyOEGMA) and poly(2-(methylsulfinyl) ethyl methacrylate) (polyDMSO), were grafted respectively from HBP core to form core–shell structures with low molecular weight dispersity and high biocompatibility, polyOEGMA–HBP and polyDMSO–HBP. Both of the structures showed low cytotoxicity and good siRNA complexing ability. The efficacy of gene silencing against Runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2) expression and the long-term assessment of mineralized nodule formation in osteoblast cultures were evaluated. The biocompatible core–shell structures were crucial to minimizing undesired cytotoxicity and nonspecific gene suppression. polyDMSO–HBP showed higher efficacy of forming polyplexes than polyOEGMA–HBP due to shell with lower steric hindrance. Overall, the gene silencing efficiency of both core–shell structures was comparable to commercial agent Lipofectamine, indicating long-term potential for gene silencing to treat heterotopic ossification (HO).
阳离子超支化聚合物(HBP)是通过原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)的乙烯基自缩聚反应制备的,其中包含季铵基团。两种生物相容性壳聚(寡乙二醇)甲基丙烯酸酯(polyOEGMA)和聚(2-甲基亚磺酰基)甲基丙烯酸乙酯(polyDMSO)分别从HBP核心接枝,形成具有低分子量分散性和高生物相容性的核壳结构polyOEGMA-HBP和polyDMSO-HBP。两种结构均表现出低细胞毒性和良好的siRNA复合能力。对基因沉默对Runt相关转录因子2(Runx2)表达的疗效以及成骨细胞培养物中矿化结节形成的长期评估进行了评估。生物相容性核壳结构对于最大限度地减少不良细胞毒性和非特异性基因抑制至关重要。由于壳具有较低的立体位阻,polyDMSO-HBP比polyOEGMA-HBP显示出更高的形成聚复合物的功效。总体而言,两种核壳结构的基因沉默效率与商业试剂Lipofectamine相当,表明基因沉默治疗异位骨化(HO)的长期潜力。