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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-1-11
pubmed:abstractText
Oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylates (OEGMA) of various chain lengths (i.e., 9, 23, or 45 EG units) and N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) were copolymerized by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), yielding well-defined P(DMAEMA-co-OEGMA) copolymers with increasing OEGMA molar fractions (F(OEGMA)) but a comparable degree of polymerization (DP approximately 120). Increase of both F(OEGMA) and OEGMA chain lengths correlated inversely with gene vector size, morphology, and zeta potential. P(DMAEMA-co-OEGMA) copolymers prevented gene vector aggregation at high plasmid DNA (pDNA) concentrations in isotonic solution and did not induce cytotoxicity even at high concentrations. Transfection efficiency of the most efficient P(DMAEMA-co-OEGMA) copolymers was found to be >10-fold lower compared with branched polyethylenimine (PEI) 25 kDa. Although OEGMA copolymerization largely reduced gene vector binding with the cell surface, cellular internalization of the bound complexes was less affected. These observations suggest that inefficient endolysosomal escape limits transfection efficiency of P(DMAEMA-co-OEGMA) copolymer gene vectors. Despite this observation, optimized p(DMAEMA-co-OEGMA) gene vectors remained stable under conditions for in vivo application leading to 7-fold greater gene expression in the lungs compared with PEI. Tailor-made P(DMAEMA-co-OEGMA) copolymers are promising nonviral gene transfer agents that fulfill the requirements for successful in vivo gene delivery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1526-4602
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
39-50
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Bronchi, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Drug Carriers, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Electrophoresis, Agar Gel, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Methacrylates, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Methylmethacrylate, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Polyethyleneimine, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Polymers, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Pulmonary Alveoli, pubmed-meshheading:19957957-Transfection
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of tailor-made copolymers of oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate and N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate as nonviral gene transfer agents: influence of macromolecular structure on gene vector particle properties and transfection efficiency.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Ludwig-Maximilians University, 80337 Munich, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't