Polyethylene glycol–poly(ε-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine)-conjugated VEGF siRNA for antiangiogenic gene therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma

Gangmin Wang,1,* XiaoLong Gao,2,* GuoJun Gu,2 ZhiHong Shao,2 MingHua Li,2 PeiJun Wang,2 JianRong Yang,3 XiaoJun Cai,4 YongYong Li4 1Department of Urology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 2Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 3Department of H...

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Autores principales: Wang GM, Gao XL, Gu GJ, Shao ZH, Li MH, Wang PJ, Yang JR, Cai XJ, Li YY
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1bacad2097b341fbbb3c5928b7b6f2802021-12-02T01:13:09ZPolyethylene glycol–poly(ε-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine)-conjugated VEGF siRNA for antiangiogenic gene therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma1178-2013https://doaj.org/article/1bacad2097b341fbbb3c5928b7b6f2802017-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/polyethylene-glycol-polyepsilon-benzyloxycarbonyl-l-lysine-conjuga-peer-reviewed-article-IJNhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2013Gangmin Wang,1,* XiaoLong Gao,2,* GuoJun Gu,2 ZhiHong Shao,2 MingHua Li,2 PeiJun Wang,2 JianRong Yang,3 XiaoJun Cai,4 YongYong Li4 1Department of Urology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 2Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 3Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Third People’s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, 4Institute for Advanced Materials and Nano Biomedicine, School of Material Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China *These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: A polyethylene glycol–poly(ε-benzyloxycarbonyl-l-lysine) (PEG-SS-PLL) block copolymer based on a disulfide-linked, novel biodegradable catiomer bearing a PEG-sheddable shell was developed to avoid “PEG dilemma” in nanoparticle intracellular tracking of PEG-PLL where PEG was nondegradable. However, PEG-SS-PLL catiomers have not been used to deliver small interfering VEGF RNA (siVEGF) in antiangiogenesis gene therapy. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether this novel biodegradable catiomer can deliver siVEGF into cancer cells and at the same time have an antitumor effect in a xenograft mouse model. It was found that PEG-SS-PLL efficiently delivered siVEGF with negligible cytotoxicity, and significantly decreased the expression of VEGF at both the messenger-RNA and protein levels both in vitro and in vivo, and thus tumor growth was inhibited. Our findings demonstrated that PEG-SS-PLL/siVEGF could potentially be applied to antiangiogenesis gene therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Keywords: polyethylene glycol, poly lysine, disulfide, VEGF, antiangiogenesis, hepatocellular carcinoma, siRNAWang GMGao XLGu GJShao ZHLi MHWang PJYang JRCai XJLi YYDove Medical PressarticlePEG-SS-PLLVEGFHepG2Hepatocellular carcinomasiRNA.Medicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol Volume 12, Pp 3591-3603 (2017)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic PEG-SS-PLL
VEGF
HepG2
Hepatocellular carcinoma
siRNA.
Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle PEG-SS-PLL
VEGF
HepG2
Hepatocellular carcinoma
siRNA.
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Wang GM
Gao XL
Gu GJ
Shao ZH
Li MH
Wang PJ
Yang JR
Cai XJ
Li YY
Polyethylene glycol–poly(ε-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine)-conjugated VEGF siRNA for antiangiogenic gene therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma
description Gangmin Wang,1,* XiaoLong Gao,2,* GuoJun Gu,2 ZhiHong Shao,2 MingHua Li,2 PeiJun Wang,2 JianRong Yang,3 XiaoJun Cai,4 YongYong Li4 1Department of Urology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 2Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 3Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Third People’s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, 4Institute for Advanced Materials and Nano Biomedicine, School of Material Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China *These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: A polyethylene glycol–poly(ε-benzyloxycarbonyl-l-lysine) (PEG-SS-PLL) block copolymer based on a disulfide-linked, novel biodegradable catiomer bearing a PEG-sheddable shell was developed to avoid “PEG dilemma” in nanoparticle intracellular tracking of PEG-PLL where PEG was nondegradable. However, PEG-SS-PLL catiomers have not been used to deliver small interfering VEGF RNA (siVEGF) in antiangiogenesis gene therapy. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether this novel biodegradable catiomer can deliver siVEGF into cancer cells and at the same time have an antitumor effect in a xenograft mouse model. It was found that PEG-SS-PLL efficiently delivered siVEGF with negligible cytotoxicity, and significantly decreased the expression of VEGF at both the messenger-RNA and protein levels both in vitro and in vivo, and thus tumor growth was inhibited. Our findings demonstrated that PEG-SS-PLL/siVEGF could potentially be applied to antiangiogenesis gene therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Keywords: polyethylene glycol, poly lysine, disulfide, VEGF, antiangiogenesis, hepatocellular carcinoma, siRNA
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author Wang GM
Gao XL
Gu GJ
Shao ZH
Li MH
Wang PJ
Yang JR
Cai XJ
Li YY
author_facet Wang GM
Gao XL
Gu GJ
Shao ZH
Li MH
Wang PJ
Yang JR
Cai XJ
Li YY
author_sort Wang GM
title Polyethylene glycol–poly(ε-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine)-conjugated VEGF siRNA for antiangiogenic gene therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma
title_short Polyethylene glycol–poly(ε-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine)-conjugated VEGF siRNA for antiangiogenic gene therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma
title_full Polyethylene glycol–poly(ε-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine)-conjugated VEGF siRNA for antiangiogenic gene therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma
title_fullStr Polyethylene glycol–poly(ε-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine)-conjugated VEGF siRNA for antiangiogenic gene therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Polyethylene glycol–poly(ε-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine)-conjugated VEGF siRNA for antiangiogenic gene therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma
title_sort polyethylene glycol–poly(ε-benzyloxycarbonyl-l-lysine)-conjugated vegf sirna for antiangiogenic gene therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2017
url https://doaj.org/article/1bacad2097b341fbbb3c5928b7b6f280
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