Abstract
Here we present a synthetic procedure for water-stable carbosilane dendrimers containing ammonium groups at the periphery of type Gn-{[Si(CH2)3N+(Me)(Et)CH2CH2N+Me3]x (CF3SO3 -)y} which have been used as non-viral vectors for transfecting different types of nucleic acids against two different medical problems, HIV and hepatocarcinoma. These systems have shown to be non-toxic in both PBMC and HepG2 cell lines under the experimental conditions and are able to form nanoconjugates with nucleic acids perfectly stable over time and in a wide range of pH values, which leads to the conclusion that the interaction between dendrimer and nucleic acid is very strong. In addition, a high degree of transfection using these nanoconjugates has been observed, ranging from 70-90% depending on the generation and in the particular case of PBMC transfection with anti-HIV oligonucleotides. However, besides of the good properties shown by the dendrimers here prepared as transfecting agents, only moderate effect was observed in functional experiments for hepatocarcinoma, as a result of the strong interaction between dendrimer and nucleic acid. Nevertheless, it is important to mention that an IRS-4 knock-down of 40% in HepG2 achieves an analogous degree of cell sensitization to cancer treatment, which may represent a major advance in the hepatocarcinoma treatment when appropriate dendrimers as transfection agents are used.
Keywords: Dendrimer, carbosilane, oligonucleotides, siRNA, drug delivery, gene therapy, transfection agent, HIV, cancer
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title:In Vitro Studies of Water-Stable Cationic Carbosilane Dendrimers As Delivery Vehicles for Gene Therapy Against HIV and Hepatocarcinoma
Volume: 19 Issue: 29
Author(s): N. de las Cuevas, S. Garcia-Gallego, B. Rasines, F.J. de la Mata, L. G. Guijarro, M.A. Munoz-Fernandez and R. Gomez
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Keywords: Dendrimer, carbosilane, oligonucleotides, siRNA, drug delivery, gene therapy, transfection agent, HIV, cancer
Abstract: Here we present a synthetic procedure for water-stable carbosilane dendrimers containing ammonium groups at the periphery of type Gn-{[Si(CH2)3N+(Me)(Et)CH2CH2N+Me3]x (CF3SO3 -)y} which have been used as non-viral vectors for transfecting different types of nucleic acids against two different medical problems, HIV and hepatocarcinoma. These systems have shown to be non-toxic in both PBMC and HepG2 cell lines under the experimental conditions and are able to form nanoconjugates with nucleic acids perfectly stable over time and in a wide range of pH values, which leads to the conclusion that the interaction between dendrimer and nucleic acid is very strong. In addition, a high degree of transfection using these nanoconjugates has been observed, ranging from 70-90% depending on the generation and in the particular case of PBMC transfection with anti-HIV oligonucleotides. However, besides of the good properties shown by the dendrimers here prepared as transfecting agents, only moderate effect was observed in functional experiments for hepatocarcinoma, as a result of the strong interaction between dendrimer and nucleic acid. Nevertheless, it is important to mention that an IRS-4 knock-down of 40% in HepG2 achieves an analogous degree of cell sensitization to cancer treatment, which may represent a major advance in the hepatocarcinoma treatment when appropriate dendrimers as transfection agents are used.
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de las Cuevas N., Garcia-Gallego S., Rasines B., de la Mata F.J., G. Guijarro L., Munoz-Fernandez M.A. and Gomez R., In Vitro Studies of Water-Stable Cationic Carbosilane Dendrimers As Delivery Vehicles for Gene Therapy Against HIV and Hepatocarcinoma, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2012; 19 (29) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867311209025052
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