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End date: 2024 × Start date: 2020 × DDC: 570 × Has files: Yes × Subject: SiRNA × WGL Institute: IPF ×

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    Poly(lysine) Dendrimers Form Complexes with siRNA and Provide Its Effcient Uptake by Myeloid Cells: Model Studies for Therapeutic Nucleic Acid Delivery
    (Basel : Molecular Diversity Preservation International, 2020) Gorzkiewicz, Michał; Kopeć, Olga; Janaszewska, Anna; Konopka, Małgorzata; Pędziwiatr-Werbicka, Elżbieta; Tarasenko, Irina I.; Bezrodnyi, Valeriy V.; Neelov, Igor M.; Klajnert-Maculewicz, Barbara
    The disruption of the cellular pathways of protein biosynthesis through the mechanism of RNA interference has been recognized as a tool of great diagnostic and therapeutic significance. However, in order to fully exploit the potential of this phenomenon, efficient and safe carriers capable of overcoming extra-and intracellular barriers and delivering siRNA to the target cells are needed. Recently, attention has focused on the possibility of the application of multifunctional nanoparticles, dendrimers, as potential delivery devices for siRNA. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the formation of dendriplexes using novel poly(lysine) dendrimers (containing lysine and arginine or histidine residues in their structure), and to verify the hypothesis that the use of these polymers may allow an efficient method of siRNA transfer into the cells in vitro to be obtained. The fluorescence polarization studies, as well as zeta potential and hydrodynamic diameter measurements were used to characterize the dendrimer:siRNA complexes. The cytotoxicity of dendrimers and dendriplexes was evaluated with the resazurin-based assay. Using the flow cytometry technique, the efficiency of siRNA transport to the myeloid cells was determined. This approach allowed us to determine the properties and optimal molar ratios of dendrimer:siRNA complexes, as well as to demonstrate that poly(lysine) dendrimers may serve as efficient carriers of genetic material, being much more effective than the commercially available transfection agent Lipofectamine 2000. This outcome provides the basis for further research on the application of poly(lysine) dendrimers as carriers for nucleic acids in the field of gene therapy. © 2020 by the authors.
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    Silver Nanoparticles Surface-Modified with Carbosilane Dendrons as Carriers of Anticancer siRNA
    (Basel : Molecular Diversity Preservation International, 2020) Pędziwiatr-Werbicka, Elżbieta; Gorzkiewicz, Michał; Horodecka, Katarzyna; Abashkin, Viktar; Klajnert-Maculewicz, Barbara; Peña-González, Cornelia E.; Sánchez-Nieves, Javier; Gómez, Rafael; Javier de la Mata, F.; Bryszewska, Maria
    Gene therapy is a promising approach in cancer treatment; however, current methods have a number of limitations mainly due to the difficulty in delivering therapeutic nucleic acids to their sites of action. The application of non-viral carriers based on nanomaterials aims at protecting genetic material from degradation and enabling its effective intracellular transport. We proposed the use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) surface-modified with carbosilane dendrons as carriers of anticancer siRNA (siBcl-xl). Using gel electrophoresis, zeta potential and hydrodynamic diameter measurements, as well as transmission electron microscopy, we characterized AgNP:siRNA complexes and demonstrated the stability of nucleic acid in complexes in the presence of RNase. Hemolytic properties of free silver nanoparticles and complexes, their effect on lymphocyte proliferation and cytotoxic activity on HeLa cells were also examined. Confocal microscopy proved the effective cellular uptake of complexes, indicating the possible use of this type of silver nanoparticles as carriers of genetic material in gene therapy. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.