Targeted Gene Delivery to Macrophages by Biodegradable Star-Shaped Polymers

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• 作者：Yajie Zhang ; Yafeng Wang ; Chi Zhang ; Jin Wang ; Dejing Pan ; Jianghuai Liu ; Fude Feng
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 17, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：6
• 页码：3719-3724
• 全文大小：416K
• ISSN：1944-8252

文摘

In this report, two biodegradable star-shaped polyasparamide derivatives and four analogues modified with either mannose or folic acid moiety for preferential targeting of a difficult-to-transfect immune cell type, i.e., macrophage, have been synthesized. Each of the prepared star polymers complexes with plasmid DNA to form nanosized particles featuring a core–shell-like morphology. Mannose or folate functionalized star polymers can greatly improve the transfection performance on a macrophage cell line RAW 264.7. As a result, a combination of targeting ligand modification and topological structures of gene carriers is a promising strategy for immune cells-based gene therapy.