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[Construction of serum-resistant cationic polymer α-CD-PAMAM and evaluation of its performances as gene delivery
Abstract:
Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers as synthetic gene vectors are efficient gene delivery systems. In this study, a kind of α-cyclodextrin-PAMAM conjugates polymer (Cy D-G1) was synthesized as a gene delivery vector. Based on ~1H NMR detectation, about 6.4 PAMAM-G1 molecules was grafted onto an α-CD core. Agarose gel electrophoresis revealed that Cy D-G1 could efficiently bind with DNA to condense them into nano-scale particles, which showed a similar binding capacity of PEI-25 K. Besides, it could protect DNA from DNase I degradation in a low N/P ratio. When N/P ratio in the CyD-G1/DNA polyplex was 40, the average particle size of CyD-G1/DNA polyplex was about 120 nm, and zeta potential was +21 mV. This polyplex could maintain its particle size in serum-containing solution within 360 min. In comparison with PEI-25 K carrier, CyD-G1 showed low cytotoxicity in various cell lines. Cell transfection results showed that CyD-G1 efficiently delivered DNA into cells at N/P = 80 compared with Lipofectamine 2000 and PEI-25 K. Unlike Lipofectamine 2000 and PEI-25 K, in serum-containing test condition, CyD-G1/DNA polyplex could maintain the transgene activities. The results of confocal laser scanning microscopy indicated that most DNA entered into cell nuclei within 4 h, and this phenomenon was consistent with the results calculated by flow cytometry. Taken together, CyD-G1 showed good transgene activities and the gene delivery vector could be used not only in vitro but also in vivo.
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