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Wong KH, Guo Z, Law MK, Chen M. Functionalized PAMAM constructed nanosystems for biomacromolecule delivery. Biomater Sci 2023; 11:1589-1606. [PMID: 36692071 DOI: 10.1039/d2bm01677j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Polyamidoamines (PAMAMs) are a class of dendrimer with monodispersity and controlled topology, which can deliver biologically active macromolecules (e.g., genes and proteins) to specific regions with high efficiency and minimum side effects. In detail, PAMAMs can be functionalized easily by core modification or surface amendment to encapsulate a wide range of biomacromolecules. Besides, self-assembled, cross-linked and hybrid PAMAMs with customized therapeutic purposes are developed as delivery vehicles, which makes PAMAMs promising for biomacromolecule therapy. In this review, we comprehensively summarize the application of PAMAMs in biomacromolecule delivery from the synthesis of functionalized PAMAM carriers to the development of PAMAM-based drug delivery systems. The underlying strategies for PAMAM functionalization and assembly are first systematically discussed, and then the current applications of PAMAMs for biomacromolecule delivery are reviewed. Finally, a brief perspective on the further applications of PAMAMs concludes, aiming to provide insights into developing PAMAM-based biomacromolecule delivery systems.
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- Ka Hong Wong
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, IME and FST-ECE, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China.
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The development of molecular nanostructures with well-defined particle size and shape is of eminent interest in biomedicine. Among many studied nanostructures, dendrimers represent the group of those most thoroughly characterized ones. Due to their unique structure and properties, dendrimers are very attractive for medical and pharmaceutical applications. Owing to the controllable cavities inside the dendrimer, guest molecules may be encapsulated, and highly reactive terminal groups are susceptible to further modifications, e.g., to facilitate target delivery. To understand the potential of these nanoparticles and to predict and avoid any adverse cellular reactions, it is necessary to know the mechanisms responsible for an efficient dendrimer uptake and the destination of their intracellular journey. In this article, we summarize the results of studies describing the dendrimer uptake, traffic, and efflux mechanisms depending on features of specific nanoparticles and cell types. We also present mechanisms of dendrimers responsible for toxicity and alteration in signal transduction pathways at the cellular level.
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- Barbara Ziemba
- Department of Clinical and Laboratory Genetics, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Clinical and Laboratory Genetics, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Clinical and Laboratory Genetics, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.,Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Santana-Armas ML, Tros de Ilarduya C. Strategies for cancer gene-delivery improvement by non-viral vectors. Int J Pharm 2021; 596:120291. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Anticancer Activity of Dendriplexes against Advanced Prostate Cancer from Protumoral Peptides and Cationic Carbosilane Dendrimers. Biomacromolecules 2019; 20:1224-1234. [PMID: 30669830 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The interaction of neuropeptides, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), or growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), with a cationic carbosilane dendrimer forms dendriplexes with antitumoral behavior in advanced prostate cancer cells PC3. At the concentrations used for dendriplexes formation, the free peptides were protumoral and prometastatic in advanced prostate cancer, while dendrimer only showed low cytotoxicity, but did not avoid the metastatic behavior of PC3 cells. However, these nanoplexes favored also cell adhesion and avoided cell migration. Also, the dendriplexes were not toxic for no tumoral prostate cells (RPWE-1) or fibroblasts. The use of labeled GHRH peptide (rhodamine labeled) and a dendrimer (fluorescein labeled) allowed us to observe that both systems reach the intracellular milieu after dendriplex formation. The treatment of PC3 cells with the nanoplexes reduced expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). Molecular modeling analysis highlights the important contribution of the carbosilane framework in the stabilization of the dendriplex, since dendrimer interacts with a peptide region where hydrophobic amino acids are presented.
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Sun Y, Liu H, Xing H, Lang L, Cheng L, Yang T, Yang L, Ding P. Bioreducible poly(amido amine) copolymers derived from histamine and agmatine for highly efficient gene delivery. POLYM INT 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.5728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Yanping Sun
- School of Pharmacy; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; Shenyang China
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- School of Pharmacy; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; Shenyang China
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- School of Pharmacy; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; Shenyang China
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- School of Pharmacy; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; Shenyang China
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- School of Pharmacy; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; Shenyang China
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- Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy; Husson University; Bangor ME USA
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- School of Pharmacy; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; Shenyang China
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- School of Pharmacy; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; Shenyang China
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Amani A, Zare N, Asadi A, Asghari-Zakaria R. Ultrasound-enhanced gene delivery to alfalfa cells by hPAMAM dendrimer nanoparticles. Turk J Biol 2018; 42:63-75. [PMID: 30814871 DOI: 10.3906/biy-1706-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Cationic polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers are highly branched nanoparticles with unique molecular properties, which make them promising nanocarriers for gene delivery into cells. This research evaluated the ability of hyperbranched PAMAM (hPAMAM)-G2 with a diethylenetriamine core to interact with DNA, its protection from ultrasonic damage, and delivery to alfalfa cells. Additionally, the effects of ultrasound on the efficacy of hPAMAM-G2 for the delivery and expression of the gus A gene in the alfalfa cells were investigated. The electrophoresis retardation of plasmid DNA occurred at an N/P ratio (where N is the number of hPAMAM nitrogen atoms and P is the number of DNA phosphorus atoms) of 3 and above, and hPAMAM-G2 dendrimers completely immobilized the DNA at an N/P ratio of 4. The analysis of the DNA dissociated from the dendriplexes revealed a partial protection of the DNA from ultrasound damage at N/P ratios lower than 2, and with increasing N/P ratios, the DNA was better protected. Sonication of the alfalfa cells in the presence of ssDNA-FITC-hPAMAM increased the ssDNA delivery efficiency to 36%, which was significantly higher than that of ssDNA-FITC-hPAMAM without sonication. Additionally, the efficiency of transfection and the expression of the gus A gene were dependent on the N/P ratio and the highest efficiency (1.4%) was achieved at an N/P ratio of 10. The combination of 120 s of ultrasound and hPAMAM-DNA increased the gusA gene transfection and expression to 3.86%.
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- Amin Amani
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili , Ardabil , Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili , Ardabil , Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili , Ardabili , Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili , Ardabil , Iran
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Shen Z, Li B, Liu Y, Zheng G, Guo Y, Zhao R, Jiang K, Fan L, Shao J. A self-assembly nanodrug delivery system based on amphiphilic low generations of PAMAM dendrimers-ursolic acid conjugate modified by lactobionic acid for HCC targeting therapy. NANOMEDICINE : NANOTECHNOLOGY, BIOLOGY, AND MEDICINE 2018; 14:227-236. [PMID: 29128661 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2017.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Ursolic acid (UA), a natural triterpene acid, is a promising anti-cancer drug due to its inhibitory effect on tumor growth and metastasis. However, clinical translation of UA is limited by its poor water solubility and low bioavailability. To overcome these problems, herein an amphiphilic self-assembly nanodrug composed of UA, lactobionic acid (LA) and low-polyamidoamine (low-PAMAM) dendrimers is developed. This near-spherical nanodrug with a uniform size (~180 nm) demonstrated to have an enhanced cytotoxicity against liver cancer SMMC7721 cells, and could attenuate the migration and adhesion of SMMC7721 cells at non-toxic concentrations by suppressing metastasis-related protein MMP-9 expression. Furthermore, in vivo study indicates that the nanodrug exhibited prolonged circulation time in blood as well as increased AUC, MRT and Cmax, and could effectively inhibit the tumor growth in H22 mice model. Overall, the UA-based nanodrug delivery system reported in the present work represents a novel strategy for targeted tumor therapy.
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- Zhichun Shen
- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, Pharmaceutical Photocatalysis of State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Metastasis Chemoprevention and Chemotherapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, Pharmaceutical Photocatalysis of State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Metastasis Chemoprevention and Chemotherapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, Pharmaceutical Photocatalysis of State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Metastasis Chemoprevention and Chemotherapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, Pharmaceutical Photocatalysis of State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Metastasis Chemoprevention and Chemotherapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, Pharmaceutical Photocatalysis of State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Metastasis Chemoprevention and Chemotherapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, Pharmaceutical Photocatalysis of State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Metastasis Chemoprevention and Chemotherapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, Pharmaceutical Photocatalysis of State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Metastasis Chemoprevention and Chemotherapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, Pharmaceutical Photocatalysis of State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Metastasis Chemoprevention and Chemotherapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China.
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He R, Wang H, Su Y, Chen C, Xie L, Chen L, Yu J, Toledo Y, Abayaweera GS, Zhu G, Bossmann SH. Incorporating 131I into a PAMAM (G5.0) dendrimer-conjugate: design of a theranostic nanosensor for medullary thyroid carcinoma. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra00604g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We report the synthesis and purification of a targeting probe for Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (MTC) by incorporating 131I into PAMAM (G5.0) dendrimers.
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- R. He
- Department of Nuclear Medicine
- First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Kunming
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Kansas State University
- Manhattan
- USA
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine
- First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Kunming
- China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine
- First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Kunming
- China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine
- First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Kunming
- China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine
- First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Kunming
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Kansas State University
- Manhattan
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Kansas State University
- Manhattan
- USA
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine
- First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Kunming
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Kansas State University
- Manhattan
- USA
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Zhang W, Rödl W, He D, Döblinger M, Lächelt U, Wagner E. Combination of sequence-defined oligoaminoamides with transferrin-polycation conjugates for receptor-targeted gene delivery. J Gene Med 2015; 17:161-72. [DOI: 10.1002/jgm.2838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Revised: 07/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Wei Zhang
- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Centre for System-Based Drug Research; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich; Munich Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Centre for System-Based Drug Research; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich; Munich Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Centre for System-Based Drug Research; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich; Munich Germany
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich; Munich Germany
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- Department of Chemistry; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich; Munich Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Centre for System-Based Drug Research; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich; Munich Germany
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich; Munich Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Centre for System-Based Drug Research; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich; Munich Germany
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich; Munich Germany
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