Hyperbranched PEGmethacrylate linear pDMAEMA block copolymer as an efficient non-viral gene delivery vector

Asha Mathew, Hongliang Cao, Estelle Collin, Wenxin Wang, Abhay Pandit

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    Abstract

    A unique hyperbranched polymeric system with a linear poly-2- dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (pDMAEMA) block and a hyperbranched polyethylene glycol methyl ether methacrylate (PEGMEMA) and ethylene dimethacrylate (EGDMA) block was designed and synthesized via deactivation enhanced atom transfer radical polymerisation (DE-ATRP) for efficient gene delivery. Using this unique structure, with a linear pDMAEMA block, which efficiently binds to plasmid DNA (pDNA) and hyperbranched polyethylene glycol (PEG) based block as a protective shell, we were able to maintain high transfection levels without sacrificing cellular viability even at high doses. The transfection capability and cytotoxicity of the polymers over a range of pDNA concentration were analysed and the results were compared to commercially available transfection vectors such as polyethylene imine (branched PEI, 25 kDa), partially degraded poly(amido amine)dendrimer (dPAMAM; commercial name: SuperFect®) in fibroblasts and adipose tissue derived stem cells (ADSCs).

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)99-105
    Number of pages7
    JournalInternational Journal of Pharmaceutics
    Volume434
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15 Sep 2012

    Keywords

    • 2-(Dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate
    • Deactivation enhanced atom transfer radical polymerisation
    • Gene therapy

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