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Efficient cytosolic delivery of siRNA using HDL-mimicking nanoparticles

  • Mi Yang
  • , Honglin Jin
  • , Juan Chen
  • , Lili Ding
  • , Kenneth K. Ng
  • , Qiaoya Lin
  • , Jonathan F. Lovell
  • , Zhihong Zhang
  • , Gang Zheng
  • University Health Network
  • University of Toronto
  • Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital
  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

High-density lipoprotein (HDL)-mimicking peptide-phospholipid scaffold (HPPS) nanoparticles are used as a flexible and biocompatible nanocarrier for the delivery of small interfering RNA (siRNA). The direct cytosolic delivery ability of cholesterol-modified siRNA displayed by the nanoparticle results in the selective delivery of RNA interference (RNAi) to targeted cells. This provides a strategy to bypass endolysosomal trafficking, and makes HPPS a useful tool for therapeutic siRNA delivery.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)568-573
Number of pages6
JournalSmall
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 7 2011

Keywords

  • biomimetics
  • cancer therapy
  • cytosolic delivery
  • nanoparticles
  • siRNA

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