RESUMO
Amphiphilic triblock copolymers monomethoxyl poly(ethylene glycol) (mPEG)-b-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL)-b-poly(aminoethyl methacrylate)s (PAMAs) (mPECAs) were synthesized as gene delivery vectors. They exhibited lower cytotoxicity and higher transfection efficiency in COS-7 cells in presence of serum compared to 25 kDa bPEI. The influence of mPEG and PCL segments in mPECAs was evaluated by comparing with corresponding diblock copolymers. The studies showed the incorporation of the hydrophobic PCL segment in triblock copolymers affected the binding capability to pDNA and surface charges of complexes due to the formation of micelles increasing the local charges. The presence of mPEG segment in gene vector decreased the surface charges of the complexes and increased the stability of the complexes in serum because of the steric hindrance effect. It was also found that the combination of PEG and PCL segments into one macromolecule might lead to synergistic effect for better transfection efficiency in serum.
Assuntos
Técnicas de Transferência de Genes , Vetores Genéticos , Polímeros/química , Polímeros/síntese química , Animais , Materiais Biocompatíveis/síntese química , Materiais Biocompatíveis/química , Materiais Biocompatíveis/toxicidade , Células COS , Chlorocebus aethiops , Portadores de Fármacos/síntese química , Portadores de Fármacos/química , Portadores de Fármacos/toxicidade , Etilaminas/química , Etilenoglicóis/química , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Teste de Materiais , Metacrilatos/química , Micelas , Tamanho da Partícula , Poliésteres/química , Polietilenoglicóis/química , Polímeros/toxicidade , TransfecçãoRESUMO
Well-defined diblock copolymers, poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(glycidyl methacrylate)s (PEG-b-PGMAs), with different poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA) chains, were prepared via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) from the same macromolecular initiator 2-bromoisobutyryl-terminated poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG). Ethyldiamine (EDA), diethylenetriamine (DETA), triethylenetetramine (TETA), and polyethyleneimine (PEI) with an M(W) of 400 (PEI(400)) were used to decorate PEG-b-PGMAs to get the cationic polymers PEG-b-PGMA- oligoamines. These cationic polymers possessed high buffer capability and could condense plasmid DNA (pDNA) into nanoscaled complexes of 125-530 nm. These complexes showed the positive zeta potential of 20-35 mV at N/P ratios of 10-50. Most of them exhibited very low cytotoxicity and good transfection efficiency in 293T cells. The presence of the serum medium did not decrease the transfection efficiency due to the steric stabilization of the PEG chains.