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Nakayama, Y. et al.

Nakayama, Masuda, Nagaishi, Hayashi, Ohira, Harada-Shiba,

High performance gene delivery polymeric vector: nano-structured cationic star polymers (star vectors).

Nano-structured hyperbranched cationic star polymers, called star vectors, were molecularly designed for a novel gene delivery non-viral vector. The linear and 3, 4 or 6 branched water-soluble cationic polymers, which had same molecular weight of ca. 18,000, were synthesized by iniferter (initiator-transfer agent-terminator)-based photo-living-radical polymerization of 3-(N,N-dimethylamino)propyl acrylamide, initiated from respective multi-dithiocarbamate-derivatized benzenes as an iniferter. All polymers produced polyion complexes 'polyplexes' by mixing with pDNA (pGL3-control plasmid), in which the particle size was ca. 250 nm in diameter [the charge ratio < 2/1 (vevtor/pDNA)] and ca. 150 nm (the charge ratio > 2.5/1), and the zeta-potential was ca. +10 mV (the charge ratio > 1/1). When COS-1 cells were incubated with the polyplexes 12 h after preparation under the charge ratio of 5/1, higher gene expression was obtained as an increase in branching, with a little cytotoxicity. The relative gene expression to the linear polymer was about 2, 5, and 10 times in 3-, 4-, and 6-branched polymers, respectively. The precise change in branching of polymers enabled the control of the gene transfer activity.[1]

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High performance gene delivery polymeric vector: nano-structured cationic star polymers (star vectors). Nakayama, Y., Masuda, T., Nagaishi, M., Hayashi, M., Ohira, M., Harada-Shiba, M. Current drug delivery. (2005) [Pubmed]

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