Dual bio-responsive gene delivery via reducible poly(amido amine) and survivin-inducible plasmid DNA

  • Ran Namgung
  • , J.H. Brumbach
  • , Jonathan H. Brumbach
  • , Ji Hoon Jeong
  • , James W. Yockman
  • , Sung Wan Kim
  • , C. Lin
  • , Zhiyuan Zhong
  • , Jan Feijen
  • , Johannes F.J. Engbersen
  • , Won Jong Kim

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Abstract

A bioreducible poly(amido amine) (SS-PAA) gene carrier, known as poly (amido-butanol) (pABOL), was used to transfect a variety of cancer and non-cancer cell lines. To obtain cancer-specific transgene expression for therapeutic efficiency in cancer treatment, we constructed survivin-inducible plasmid DNA expressing the soluble VEGF receptor, sFlt-1, downstream of the survivin promoter (pSUR-sFlt-1). Cancer-specific expression of sFlt-1 was observed in the mouse renal carcinoma (RENCA) cell line. pABOL enhanced the efficiency of gene delivery compared to traditional carriers used in the past. Thus, a dual bio-responsive gene delivery system was developed by using bioreducible p(ABOL) for enhanced intracellular gene delivery and survivin-inducible gene expression system (pSUR-sFlt-1 or pSUR-Luc reporter gene) that demonstrates increased gene expression in cancer that has advantages over current gene delivery systems
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)755-764
JournalBiotechnology letters
Volume32
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

Keywords

  • IR-77536
  • Dual bio-responsive - Gene therapy - Reducible polymer - Survivin - Tumor cells
  • METIS-273753

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