Anti-apoptotic cardioprotective effects of SHP-1 gene silencing against ischemia-reperfusion injury: Use of deoxycholic acid-modified low molecular weight polyethyleneimine as a cardiac siRNA-carrier
- Authors
- Kim, Dongkyu; Hong, Jueun; Moon, Hyung-Ho; Nam, Hye Yeong; Mok, Hyejung; Jeong, Ji Hoon; Kim, Sung Wan; Choi, Donghoon; Kim, Sun Hwa
- Issue Date
- 2013-06-10
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE, v.168, no.2, pp.125 - 134
- Abstract
- The cardiomyocyte apoptosis plays a critical role in the development of myocardial injury after ischemia and reperfusion. Thus, alteration of the major apoptosis-regulatory factors during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion is expected to have favorable cardioprotective effects. Herein, we report ischemic-reperfused myocardial infarction (MI) repair with siRNA against Src homology region 2 domain-containing tyrosine phosphatase-1 (SHP-1), which is known as a key factor involved in regulating the progress of apoptosis in many cell types. A low molecular weight polyethyleneimine modified with deoxycholic acid (PEI1.8-DA)-based delivery strategy was suggested for the cardiac application of SHP-1 siRNA to overcome the poor gene delivery efficiency to myocardium due to the highly charged structures of the compact cardiac muscles. The PEI1.8-DA conjugates formed stable nanocomplexes with SHP-1 siRNA via electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions. The PEI1.8-DA/SHP-1 siRNA polyplexes effectively silenced SHP-1 gene expression in cardiomyocytes, leading to a significant inhibition of cardiomyocyte apoptosis under hypoxia. In comparison to conventional gene carriers, relatively large amounts of siRNA molecules remained after treatment with the PEI1.8-DA/SHP-1 siRNA polyplexes. Cardiac administration of the PEI1.8-DA/SHP-1 siRNA polyplexes resulted in substantial improvement in SHP-1 gene silencing, which can be explained by the enhancement of cardiac delivery efficiency of the PEI1.8-DA conjugates. In addition, in vivo treatment with the PEI1.8-DA/SHP-1 siRNA polyplexes induced a highly significant reduction in myocardial apoptosis and infarct size in rat MI models. These results demonstrate that the PEI1.8-DA/SHP-1 siRNA polyplex formulation is a useful system for efficient gene delivery into the compact myocardium that provides a fundamental advantage in treating ischemic-reperfused MI. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Keywords
- ATTENUATES MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION; SYSTEMIC DELIVERY; BCL-2 PROTEIN; CELL-DEATH; EFFICIENT; EXPRESSION; MUSCLE; SIZE; RNA; DNA; ATTENUATES MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION; SYSTEMIC DELIVERY; BCL-2 PROTEIN; CELL-DEATH; EFFICIENT; EXPRESSION; MUSCLE; SIZE; RNA; DNA; SHP-1 siRNA; Myocardial apoptosis; Deoxycholic acid; Low molecular weight PEI; Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury
- ISSN
- 0168-3659
- URI
- https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/127970
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jconrel.2013.02.031
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- KIST Article > 2013
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