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Xiaoyu Wang,1,2* Zongguang Tai,1* Jing Tian,1* Wei Zhang,3 Chong Yao,1 Lijuan Zhang,1 Yuan Gao,1 Quangang Zhu,1 Jing Gao,4 Shen Gao1 1Department of Pharmaceutics, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 2Department of Pharmaceutics, ChengDu Military General Hospital, ChengDu, 3Department of Pharmaceutics, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, 4Department of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China *These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: Cationic oligopeptide as a nonviral gene delivery vector has aroused much research interest recently, but its further application is limited by its low transfection efficiency. In the present study, we have created a high-efficiency gene vector by using octa-d-arginine and tetra-l-histidine to form a disulfide cross-linked chimeric polypeptide and used this vector to deliver the therapeutic gene tumor-necrosis-factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) to see whether the gene could be transferred and could exert antitumor effects in vitro and in vivo. The result showed that the newly designed vector was able to condense DNA into nanosized polyplexes effectively, thus facilitating its transmembrane transport, promoting its endosomal escape, and finally enabling degradation within the cell. Our study has demonstrated that this chimeric polypeptide is an effective gene carrier in cancer therapy. Keywords: reducible polypeptide, disulfide bond, octa-d-arginine, tetra-l-histidine, TRAIL

Chong Yao,1,* Zongguang Tai,1,* Xiaoyu Wang,1,* Jiyong Liu,1 Quangang Zhu,1,2 Xin Wu,3 Lijuan Zhang,1 Wei Zhang,4 Jing Tian,1 Yuan Gao,1 Shen Gao1 1Department of Pharmaceutics, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 2Department of Pharmacy, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 3Department of Pharmaceutics, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 4Department of Pharmaceutics, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China *These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: Low efficiency and significant toxicity are the main obstacles to successful gene delivery. We have developed a cationic reduction-responsive vector based on a disulfide cross-linked stearylated polyarginine peptide modified with histidine (C-SHR) for DNA delivery. The structure of the C-SHR was characterized, and the in vitro and in vivo transfection efficiency and cytotoxicity of C-SHR/plasmid DNA complexes were examined. Compared with non-cross-linked stearylated polyarginine peptide (SHR), C-SHR increased the intracellular uptake and dissociation behavior of the complexes. In addition, the gene transfection efficiency of C-SHR/plasmid DNA complexes in HEK293 and HeLa cells was improved and was comparable with that of bPEI-25K/plasmid DNA complexes, and the cytotoxicity of C-SHR was significantly less than that of bPEI-25K. Importantly, the in vivo gene transfection efficiency of C-SHR/plasmid DNA complexes was five fold higher than that of SHR/plasmid DNA complexes, suggesting that C-SHR is an efficient non-viral vector for DNA delivery.Keywords: polyarginine, histidine, stearyl, reduction-responsive, peptide, DNA delivery

Wei Fan1,2,*, Xin Wu1,*, Baoyue Ding3,*, Jing Gao4, Zhen Cai1, Wei Zhang1, Dongfeng Yin1, Xiang Wang1, Quangang Zhu1, Jiyong Liu1, Xueying Ding4, Shen Gao1 1Department of Pharmaceutics, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 2Department of Pharmaceutics, The 425th Hospital of PLA, Sanya, 3Department of Pharmaceutics, Medical College of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 4Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workBackground: Cationic copolymers consisting of polycations linked to nonionic amphiphilic block polymers have been evaluated as nonviral gene delivery systems, and a large number of different polymers and copolymers of linear, branched, and dendrimeric architectures have been tested in terms of their suitability and efficacy for in vitro and in vivo transfection. However, the discovery of new potent materials still largely relies on empiric approaches rather than a rational design. The authors investigated the relationship between the polymers' structures and their biological performance, including DNA compaction, toxicity, transfection efficiency, and the effect of cellular uptake.Methods: This article reports the synthesis and characterization of a series of cationic copolymers obtained by grafting polyethyleneimine with nonionic amphiphilic surfactant polyether-Pluronic® consisting of hydrophilic ethylene oxide and hydrophobic propylene oxide blocks. Transgene expression, cytotoxicity, localization of plasmids, and cellular uptake of these copolymers were evaluated following in vitro transfection of HeLa cell lines with various individual components of the copolymers.Results: Pluronics can exhibit biological activity including effects on enhancing DNA cellular uptake, nuclear translocation, and gene expression. The Pluronics with a higher hydrophilic-lipophilic balance value lead to homogeneous distribution in the cytoplasm; those with a lower hydrophilic-lipophilic balance value prefer to localize in the nucleus.Conclusion: This Pluronic-polyethyleneimine system may be worth exploring as components in the cationic copolymers as the DNA or small interfering RNA/microRNA delivery system in the near future.Keywords: Pluronics, gene transfer, nonviral vectors, transfection efficiency, cellular uptake

Baoyue Ding1,2, Xin Wu1, Wei Fan1,3, Zhaoyong Wu4, Jing Gao5, Wei Zhang1, Lulu Ma5, Wang Xiang1, Quangang Zhu1, Jiyong Liu1, Xueying Ding5, Shen Gao11Department of Pharmaceutics, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 2Department of Pharmaceutics, Medical College of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 3The 425th Hospital of PLA, Department of Pharmacy, Sanya, 4Department of Pharmaceutics, Jiaxing Maternal and Childcare Hospital, Jiaxing, 5Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China The first three authors contributed equally to this work. Background: The increased incidence of malignant melanoma in recent decades, along with its high mortality rate and pronounced resistance to therapy pose an enormous challenge. Novel therapeutic strategies, such as immunotherapy and targeted therapy, are urgently needed for melanoma. In this study, a new active targeting drug delivery system was constructed to combine chemotherapy and active specifc immunotherapy. Methods: The chemotherapeutic drug, dacarbazine (DTIC), that induces apoptosis through the intrinsic pathway which typically responds to severe DNA damage, was used as a model drug to prepare DTIC-loaded polylactic acid (PLA) nanoparticles (DTIC-NPs), which were covalently conjugated to a highly specific targeting functional TRAIL-receptor 2 (DR5) monoclonal antibody (mAb) that can contribute directly to cancer cell apoptosis or growth inhibition through the extrinsic pathway. Results: Our in vitro experiments demonstrated that DTIC-PLA-DR5 mAb nanoparticles (DTIC-NPs-DR5 mAb) are an active targeting drug delivery system which can specifcally target DR5-overexpressing malignant melanoma cells and become efficiently internalized. Most strikingly, compared with conventional DTIC-NPs, DTIC-NPs-DR5 mAb showed significantly enhanced cytotoxicity and increased cell apoptosis in DR5-positive malignant melanoma cells. Conclusion: The DTIC-NPs-DR5 mAb described in this paper might be a potential formulation for targeting chemotherapy and immunotherapy to DR5-overexpressing metastatic melanoma.Keywords: malignant melanoma, DR5 monoclonal antibodies, dacarbazine, apoptosis, chemoimmunotherapy, active targeting nanoparticles

Xin Wu,1,2,* Zongguang Tai,1,* Quangang Zhu,3,* Wei Fan,4 Baoyue Ding,5 Wei Zhang,1,6 Lijuan Zhang,1 Chong Yao,1 Xiaoyu Wang,1 Xueying Ding,2 Qin Li,2 Xiaoyu Li,2 Gaolin Liu,2 Jiyong Liu,1 Shen Gao1 1Department of Pharmaceutics, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 2Department of Pharmaceutics, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 3Department of Pharmaceutics, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China; 4Department of Pharmaceutics, The 425th Hospital of PLA, Sanya, People's Republic of China; 5Department of Pharmaceutics, Medical College of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, People's Republic of China; 6Department of Pharmaceutics, The 522nd Hospital of PLA, Luoyang, People's Republic of China *These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: Ligand-mediated prostate cancer (PCa)-targeting gene delivery is one of the focuses of research in recent years. Our previous study reported the successful preparation of aptamer-modified nanoparticles (APT-NPs) in our laboratory and demonstrated their PCa-targeting ability in vitro. However, the mechanism underlying this PCa-targeting effect and their anticancer ability in vivo have not yet been elucidated. The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of using APT-NPs to deliver micro RNA (miRNA) systemically to PCa cells, to testify their tumor-targeting efficiency, and to observe their biodistribution after systemic administration to a xenograft mouse model of PCa. In addition, the effect of APT depletion and endocytosis inhibitors on cellular uptake was also evaluated quantitatively in LNCaP cells to explore the internalization mechanism of APT-NPs. Finally, blood chemistry, and renal and liver function parameters were measured in the xenograft mouse model of PCa to see whether APT-NPs had any demonstrable toxicity in mice in vivo. The results showed that APT-NPs prolonged the survival duration of the PCa tumor-bearing mice as compared with the unmodified NPs. In addition, they had a potential PCa-targeting effect in vivo. In conclusion, this research provides a prototype for the safe and efficient delivery of miRNA expression vectors to PCa cells, which may prove useful for preclinical and clinical studies on the treatment of PCa. Keywords: miRNA, aptamer, polyamidoamine, prostate-specific membrane antigen, targeted delivery, prostate cancer