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SUBMITTER: Jiang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4314441 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jiang Ying Y Tang Rui R Duncan Bradley B Jiang Ziwen Z Yan Bo B Mout Rubul R Rotello Vincent M VM
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20141112 2
The use of nanoparticle-stabilized nanocapsules (NPSCs) for the direct cytosolic delivery of siRNA is reported. In this approach, siRNA is complexed with cationic arginine-functionalized gold nanoparticles by electrostatic interactions, with the resulting ensemble self-assembled onto the surface of fatty acid nanodroplets to form a NPSC/siRNA nanocomplex. The complex rapidly delivers siRNA into the cytosol through membrane fusion, a mechanism supported by cellular uptake studies. Using destabili ...[more]