New star-shaped carriers composed of β-cyclodextrin cores and disulfide-linked poly(glycidyl methacrylate) derivative arms with plentiful flanking secondary amine and hydroxyl groups for highly efficient gene delivery

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2013 Feb;5(3):703-12. doi: 10.1021/am302249x. Epub 2013 Jan 14.

Abstract

The biocleavable star-shaped vectors (CD-SS-PGEAs) consisting of nonionic β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) cores and disulfide-linked low-molecular-weight poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA) derivative arms with plentiful flanking secondary amine and hydroxyl groups were successfully proposed for highly efficient gene delivery. A simple two-step method was first adopted to introduce reduction-sensitive disulfide-linked initiation sites of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) onto β-CD cores. The disulfide-linked PGMA arms prepared subsequently via ATRP were functionalized via the ring-opening reaction with ethanolamine (EA) to produce the cationic EA-functionalized PGMA (PGEA) arms with plentiful secondary amine and nonionic hydroxyl units. The cationic PGEA arms can be readily cleavable from the β-CD cores under reducible conditions. Such biocleavable star-shaped CD-SS-PGEA vectors possessed the good pDNA condensation ability, low cytotoxicity, and efficient gene delivery ability.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amines / chemistry*
  • Disulfides / chemistry*
  • Gene Transfer Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Hep G2 Cells
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Polymethacrylic Acids / chemical synthesis
  • Polymethacrylic Acids / chemistry*
  • Transfection
  • beta-Cyclodextrins / chemistry*

Substances

  • Amines
  • Disulfides
  • Polymethacrylic Acids
  • beta-Cyclodextrins
  • polyglycidyl methacrylate