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PURPOSE:Polyethylenimine (PEI) is a highly effective gene delivery vector, but because it is an off-the shelf material, its properties may not be optimal. To investigate the effects of the protonation properties of the polymer, we generated PEI derivatives by acetylating varying fractions of the primary and secondary amines to form secondary and tertiary amides, respectively. METHODS:Reaction of PEI with increasing amounts of acetic anhydride at 60 degrees C for 4.5 h yielded polymers with 15%, 27%, and 43% of the primary amines modified with acetyl groups. Polymer-DNA complexes were characterized by dynamic light scattering and zeta potential measurements. Cytotoxicity of the polymers was assessed by XTT assay for metabolic activity, and gene delivery efficiency was determined as the relative expression of a luciferase gene in MDA-MB-231 and C2C12 cell lines. RESULTS:Acetylation of PEI decreased the "physiological buffering capacity," defined as the moles of protons absorbed per mole of nitrogen on titration from pH 7.5 to 4.5, from 0.29 mol H+/mol N to 0.17 mol H+/mot N, 0.12 mol H+/mol N, and 0.090 mol H+/mol N for PEI-Ac15, PEI-Ac27, and PEI-Ac43, respectively. In addition, acetylation decreased the zeta potential of polyplexes from 14 mV to 8-11 mV and increased the polyplex diameter by two- to threefold. Surprisingly, acetylation had a negligible effect on cytotoxicity of the polymers and increased gene delivery effectiveness by up to 21-fold compared to unmodified PEI, both in the presence and absence of serum. CONCLUSIONS:Reduction of the buffering capacity of PEI greatly enhanced the gene delivery activity of the polymer. The mechanism is not yet understood, but the enhancement may be caused by more effective polyplex unpackaging, altered endocytic trafficking, and/or increased lipophilicity of acetylated PEI-DNA complexes. Future studies will address these possibilities in more detail.
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Pharm Resjournal_title
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Forrest ML,Meister GE,Koerber JT,Pack DWdoi
10.1023/b:pham.0000016251.42392.1esubject
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2004-02-01 00:00:00pages
365-71issue
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0724-8741issn
1573-904Xjournal_volume
21pub_type
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