[PMID]: | 23962166 |
[Au] Autor: | Katas H; Abdul Ghafoor Raja M; Ee LC |
[Ad] Endereço: | Centre for Drug Delivery Research, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia , Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia. |
[Ti] Título: | Comparative characterization and cytotoxicity study of TAT-peptide as potential vectors for siRNA and Dicer-substrate siRNA. |
[So] Source: | Drug Dev Ind Pharm;40(11):1443-50, 2014 Nov. |
[Is] ISSN: | 1520-5762 |
[Cp] País de publicação: | England |
[La] Idioma: | eng |
[Ab] Resumo: | Recently, a newly discovered Dicer-substrate siRNA (DsiRNA) demonstrates higher potency in gene silencing than siRNA but both suffer from rapid degradation, poor cellular uptake and chemical instability. Therefore, Tat-peptide was exploited to protect and facilitate their delivery into cells. In this study, Tat-peptide was complexed with siRNA or DsiRNA through simple complexation. The physicochemical properties (particle size, surface charge and morphology) of the complexes formed were then characterized. The ability of Tat-peptide to carry and protect siRNA or DsiRNA was determined by UV-Vis spectrophotometry and serum protection assay, respectively. Cytotoxicity effect of these complexes was assessed in V79 cell line. siRNA-Tat complexes had particle size ranged from 186 ± 17.8 to 375 ± 8.3 nm with surface charge ranged from -9.3 ± 1.0 to +13.5 ± 1.0 mV, depending on the Tat-to-siRNA concentration ratio. As for DsiRNA-Tat complexes, the particle size was smaller than the ones complexed with siRNA, ranging from 176 ± 8.6 to 458 ± 14.7 nm. Their surface charge was in the range of +27.1 ± 3.6 to +38.1 ± 0.9 mV. Both oligonucleotide (ON) species bound strongly to Tat-peptide, forming stable complexes with loading efficiency of more than 86%. These complexes were relatively non cytotoxic as the cell viability of ∼90% was achieved. In conclusion, Tat-peptide has a great potential as siRNA and DsiRNA vector due to the formation of stable complexes with desirable physical characteristics, low toxicity and able to carry high amount of siRNA or DsiRNA. |
[Mh] Termos MeSH primário: |
Peptídeos Penetradores de Células Genes tat Oligonucleotídeos/química RNA Interferente Pequeno/administração & dosagem Transfecção/métodos
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[Mh] Termos MeSH secundário: |
Sobrevivência Celular Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos Inativação Gênica Tamanho da Partícula
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[Pt] Tipo de publicação: | JOURNAL ARTICLE; RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T |
[Nm] Nome de substância:
| 0 (Cell-Penetrating Peptides); 0 (Oligonucleotides); 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) |
[Em] Mês de entrada: | 1506 |
[Cu] Atualização por classe: | 141017 |
[Lr] Data última revisão:
| 141017 |
[Sb] Subgrupo de revista: | IM |
[Da] Data de entrada para processamento: | 130822 |
[St] Status: | MEDLINE |
[do] DOI: | 10.3109/03639045.2013.828222 |
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