Gene therapy using small interfering RNA(siRNA)is emerging as a novel therapeutic approach to treat various ***,safe and efficient siRNA delivery still constitutes the major obstacle for clinical implementation of siR...
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Gene therapy using small interfering RNA(siRNA)is emerging as a novel therapeutic approach to treat various ***,safe and efficient siRNA delivery still constitutes the major obstacle for clinical implementation of siRNA *** we report an ionizable supramolecular dendrimer vector,formed via self-assembly of a small amphiphilic dendrimer,as an effective siRNA delivery system with a favorable safety *** virtue of the ionizable tertiary amine terminals,the supramolecular dendrimer has a low positively charged surface potential and no notable cytotoxicity at physiological ***,this ionizable feature imparted sufficient surface charge to the supramolecular dendrimer to enable formation of a stable complex with siRNA via electrostatic *** resulting siRNA/dendrimer delivery system had a surface charge that was neither neutral,thus avoiding aggregation,nor too high,thus avoiding cytotoxicity,but was sufficient for favorable cellular uptake and endosomal release of the *** tested in different cancer cell lines and patient-derived cancer organoids,this dendrimer-mediated siRNA delivery system effectively silenced the oncogenes Myc and Akt2 with a potent antiproliferative effect,outperforming the gold standard vector,Lipofectamine ***,this ionizable supramolecular dendrimer represents a promising vector for siRNA *** concept of supramolecular dendrimer nanovectors via self-assembly is new,yet easy to implement in practice,offering a new perspective for supramolecular chemistry in biomedical applications.
Self-assembly is a powerful approach in molecular engineering for biomedical applications,in particu-lar for creating self-assembling ***,we report a self-assembling prodrug of the anticancer drug gemcitabine(Gem)base...
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Self-assembly is a powerful approach in molecular engineering for biomedical applications,in particu-lar for creating self-assembling ***,we report a self-assembling prodrug of the anticancer drug gemcitabine(Gem)based on amphiphilic dendrimer *** prodrug reported in this study demonstrates high drug loading(40%)and robust ability to self-assemble into small nanomicelles,which increase the metabolic stability of Gem and enable entry into cells via endocytosis,hence bypassing transport-mediated *** addition,this prodrug nanosystem exhibited an effective pH-and enzyme-responsive release of Gem,resulting in enhanced anticancer activity and reduced *** ad-vantageous features of both prodrug-and nanotechnology-based drug delivery,this self-assembling Gem prodrug nanosystem constitutes a promising anticancer *** study also offers new perspectives of the amphiphilic dendrimer nanoplatforms for the development of self-assembling prodrugs.
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