Controllable self-assembly of RNA dendrimers

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• 作者：Ashwani Sharma ; PhD^a ; ^b ; ^c ; ^d ; ¹ ; Farzin Haque ; PhD^a ; ^b ; ^c ; ^d ; ¹ ; ^{haque.50@osu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Fengmei Pi ; MSc^a ; ^b ; ^c ; ^d ; Lyudmila S. Shlyakhtenko ; PhD^f ; B. Mark Evers ; MD^b ; ^d ; ^e ; Peixuan Guo ; PhD^a ; ^b ; ^c ; ^d ; ^{guo.1091@osu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：pRNA ; Three-way junction ; RNA nanotechnology ; RNA nanoparticle
• 刊名：Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：12
• 期：3
• 页码：835-844
• 全文大小：1457 K

文摘

We report programmable self-assembly of branched, 3D globular, monodisperse and nanoscale sized dendrimers using RNA as building blocks. The central core and repeating units of the RNA dendrimer are derivatives of the ultrastable three-way junction (3WJ) motif from the bacteriophage phi29 motor pRNA. RNA dendrimers were constructed by step-wise self-assembly of modular 3WJ building blocks initiating with a single 3WJ core (Generation-0) with overhanging sticky end and proceeding in a radial manner in layers up to Generation-4. The final constructs were generated under control without any structural defects in high yield and purity, as demonstrated by gel electrophoresis and AFM imaging. Upon incorporation of folate on the peripheral branches of the RNA dendrimers, the resulting constructs showed high binding and internalization into cancer cells. RNA dendrimers are envisioned to have a major impact in targeting, disease therapy, molecular diagnostics and bioelectronics in the near future.

From the Clinical Editor

Dendrimers are gaining importance as a carrier platform for diagnosis and therapeutics. The authors here reported building of their dendrimer molecules using RNA as building blocks. The addition of folate also allowed recognition and subsequent binding to tumor cells. This new construct may prove to be useful in many clinical settings.