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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-18
pubmed:abstractText
Diblock copolymers (PEI-PCL) of poly(?-caprolactone) (PCL) and linear poly(ethylene imine) (PEI) were synthesized and assembled to biodegradable nano-carriers for co-delivery of BCL-2 siRNA and doxorubicin (DOX). Folic acid as a tumor-targeting ligand was conjugated to the polyanion, poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(glutamic acid) (FA-PEG-PGA). Driven by the electrostatic interaction, FA-PEG-PGA was coated onto the surface of the cationic PEI-PCL nanoparticles pre-loaded with siRNA and DOX, potentiating a ligand-directed delivery to human hepatic cancer cells Bel-7402. At certain N/P and C/N ratios (N/P: PEI-PCL nitrogen to siRNA phosphate; C/N: FA-PEG-PGA carboxyl to PEI-PCL amine), the nanoparticles exhibited not only high transfection efficiency but also ideally controlled release of drug. Compared to non-specific delivery, the folate-targeted delivery of BCL-2 siRNA resulted in more significant gene suppression at both the BCL-2 mRNA and protein expression levels, inducing cancer cell apoptosis and improving the therapeutic efficacy of the co-administered DOX. Herein we demonstrated that co-loading siRNA and small molecular drug in a multifunctional hierarchical nano-assembly enabled simultaneously delivering siRNA and drug into the same cancer cells, yielding synergistic effect of RNA interference and chemotherapy in cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1878-5905
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2222-32
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Biocompatible Materials, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Cations, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Doxorubicin, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Drug Carriers, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Drug Delivery Systems, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Materials Testing, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Micelles, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Nanostructures, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Particle Size, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Polyethylene Glycols, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Polymers, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:21186059-RNA, Small Interfering
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
The synergistic effect of hierarchical assemblies of siRNA and chemotherapeutic drugs co-delivered into hepatic cancer cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Center of Biomedical Engineering, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies