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A reducible polycationic gene vector derived from thiolated low molecular weight branched polyethyleneimine linked by 2-iminothiolane.


ABSTRACT: To improve transfection efficiency and reduce the cytotoxicity of polymeric gene vectors, reducible polycations (RPC) were synthesized from low molecular weight (MW) branched polyethyleneimine (bPEI) via thiolation and oxidation. RPC (RPC-bPEI(0.8 kDa)) possessed MW of 5 kDa-80 kDa, and 50%-70% of the original proton buffering capacity of bPEI(0.8 kDa) was preserved in the final product. The cytotoxicity of RPC-bPEI(0.8 kDa) was 8-19 times less than that of the gold standard of polymeric transfection reagents, bPEI(25 kDa). Although bPEI(0.8 kDa) exhibited poor gene condensing capacities (?2 ?m at a weight ratio (WR) of 40), RPC-bPEI(0.8 kDa) effectively condensed plasmid DNA (pDNA) at a WR of 2. Moreover, RPC-bPEI(0.8 kDa)/pDNA (WR ?2) formed 100-200 nm-sized particles with positively charged surfaces (20-35 mV). In addition, the results of the present study indicated that thiol/polyanions triggered the release of pDNA from RPC-bPEI(0.8 kDa)/pDNA via the fragmentation of RPC-bPEI(0.8 kDa) and ion-exchange. With negligible polyplex-mediated cytotoxicity, the transfection efficiencies of RPC-bPEI(0.8 kDa)/pDNA were approximately 1200-1500-fold greater than that of bPEI(0.8 kDa)/pDNA and were equivalent or superior (?7-fold) to that of bPEI(25 kDa)/pDNA. Interestingly, the distribution of high MW RPC-bPEI(0.8 kDa)/pDNA in the nucleus of the cell was higher than that of low MW RPC-bPEI(0.8 kDa)/pDNA. Thus, the results of the present study suggest that RPC-bPEI(0.8 kDa) has the potential to effectively deliver genetic materials with lower levels of toxicity.

SUBMITTER: Kang HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2992579 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A reducible polycationic gene vector derived from thiolated low molecular weight branched polyethyleneimine linked by 2-iminothiolane.

Kang Han Chang HC   Kang Ho-Jung HJ   Bae You Han YH  

Biomaterials 20101110 4


To improve transfection efficiency and reduce the cytotoxicity of polymeric gene vectors, reducible polycations (RPC) were synthesized from low molecular weight (MW) branched polyethyleneimine (bPEI) via thiolation and oxidation. RPC (RPC-bPEI(0.8 kDa)) possessed MW of 5 kDa-80 kDa, and 50%-70% of the original proton buffering capacity of bPEI(0.8 kDa) was preserved in the final product. The cytotoxicity of RPC-bPEI(0.8 kDa) was 8-19 times less than that of the gold standard of polymeric transfe  ...[more]

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