Synthesis and application of poly(ethylene glycol)-co-poly(β-amino ester) copolymers for small cell lung cancer gene therapy.

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The design of polymeric nanoparticles for gene therapy requires engineering of polymer structure to overcome multiple barriers, including prolonged colloidal stability during formulation and application. Poly(β-amino ester)s (PBAEs) have been shown effective as polymeric vectors for intracellular DNA delivery, but limited studies have focused on polymer modifications to enhance the stability of PBAE/DNA polyplexes. We developed block copolymers consisting of PBAE oligomer center units and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) end units. We fabricated a library of PEG-PBAE polyplexes by blending PEGylated PBAEs of different PEG molecular weights and non-PEGylated PBAEs of different structures at various mass ratios of cationic polymer to anionic DNA. Non-PEGylated PBAE polyplexes a

SUBMITTER: Kim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6061916 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature