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American Chemical Society, ACS Nano, 5(8), p. 4559-4570, 2014

DOI: 10.1021/nn500085k

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Versatile RNA Interference Nanoplatform for Systemic Delivery of RNAs

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Abstract

Development of non-toxic, tumor-targetable and potent in vivo RNA delivery systems remains an arduous challenge for clinical application of RNAi therapeutics. Herein, we report a versatile RNAi nanoplatform based on tumor-targeted and pH-responsive nanoformulas (NFs). The NF was engineered by combination of an artificial RNA receptor, Zn(II)-DPA with a tumor-targetable and drug-loadable hyaluronic acid nanoparticle, which was further modified with a calcium phosphate (CaP) coating by in situ mineralization. The NF can encapsulate small molecule drugs within its hydrophobic inner core, and strongly secure various RNA molecules (siRNAs, miRNAs and oligonucleotides) by utilizing Zn(II)-DPA and a robust CaP-coating. We substantiated the versatility of the RNAi nanoplatform by demonstrating effective delivery of siRNA and miRNA for gene silencing or miRNA replacement into different human types of cancer cells in vitro and into tumor-bearing mice in vivo by intravenous administration. The therapeutic potential of NFs co-loaded with an anticancer drug doxorubicin (Dox) and multidrug resistance-1 gene target siRNA (siMDR) was also demonstrated in this study. NFs loaded with Dox and siMDR could successfully sensitize drug-resistant OVCAR8/ADR cells to Dox and suppress OVCAR8/ADR tumor cell proliferation in vitro and tumor growth in vivo. This gene/drug delivery system appears to be a highly effective non-viral method to deliver chemo- and RNAi-therapeutics into host cells.