Lee, JY;
Crake, C;
Teo, B;
Carugo, D;
de Saint Victor, M;
Seth, A;
Stride, E;
(2017)
Ultrasound-Enhanced siRNA Delivery Using Magnetic Nanoparticle-Loaded Chitosan-Deoxycholic Acid Nanodroplets.
Advanced Healthcare Materials
, 6
(8)
, Article 1601246. 10.1002/adhm.201601246.
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Abstract
Small interfering RNA (siRNA) has significant therapeutic potential but its clinical translation has been severely inhibited by a lack of effective delivery strategies. Previous work has demonstrated that perfluorocarbon nanodroplets loaded with magnetic nanoparticles can facilitate the intracellular delivery of a conventional chemotherapeutic drug. The aim of this study is to determine whether a similar agent can provide a means of delivering siRNA, enabling efficient transfection without degradation of the molecule. Chitosandeoxycholic acid nanoparticles containing perfluoropentane and iron oxide (d0 = 7.5 ± 0.35 nm) with a mean hydrodynamic diameter of 257.6 ± 10.9 nm are produced. siRNA (AllStars Hs cell death siRNA) is electrostatically bound to the particle surface and delivery to lung cancer cells and breast cancer cells is investigated with and without ultrasound exposure (500 kHz, 1 MPa peakto-peak focal pressure, 40 cycles per burst, 1 kHz pulse repetition frequency, 10 s duration). The results show that siRNA functionality is not impaired by the treatment protocol and that the nanodroplets are able to successfully promote siRNA uptake, leading to significant apoptosis (52.4%) 72 h after ultrasound treatment.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Ultrasound-Enhanced siRNA Delivery Using Magnetic Nanoparticle-Loaded Chitosan-Deoxycholic Acid Nanodroplets |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1002/adhm.201601246 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201601246 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Keywords: | cancer therapy, microbubbles, nanodroplets, siRNA, ultrasound |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutics |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10109403 |




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