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  3. Shaping Rolling Circle Amplification Products into DNA Nanoparticles by Incorporation of Modified Nucleotides and Their Application to In Vitro and In Vivo Delivery of a Photosensitizer

Shaping Rolling Circle Amplification Products into DNA Nanoparticles by Incorporation of Modified Nucleotides and Their Application to In Vitro and In Vivo Delivery of a Photosensitizer

  • Molecules. 2018 Jul 23;23(7):1833. doi: 10.3390/molecules23071833.
Kyoung-Ran Kim 1,  Pascal Röthlisberger 2,  Seong Jae Kang 3,  Kihwan Nam 4,  Sangyoup Lee 5,  Marcel Hollenstein 6,  Dae-Ro Ahn 7 8
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Center for Theragnosis, Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Korea. [email protected].
  • 2 Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Laboratory for Bioorganic Chemistry of Nucleic Acids, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR3523, 28, rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris CEDEX 15, France. [email protected].
  • 3 Center for Theragnosis, Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Korea. [email protected].
  • 4 Center for Bionics, Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Korea. [email protected].
  • 5 Center for Bionics, Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Korea. [email protected].
  • 6 Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Laboratory for Bioorganic Chemistry of Nucleic Acids, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR3523, 28, rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris CEDEX 15, France. [email protected].
  • 7 Center for Theragnosis, Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Korea. [email protected].
  • 8 Division of Biomedical Science and Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Korea. [email protected].
PMID: 30041480 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23071833
Abstract

Rolling circle amplification (RCA) is a robust way to generate DNA constructs, which are promising Materials for biomedical applications including drug delivery because of their high biocompatibility. To be employed as a drug delivery platform, however, the DNA Materials produced by RCA need to be shaped into nanoparticles that display both high cellular uptake efficiency and nuclease resistance. Here, we showed that the DNA nanoparticles (DNPs) can be prepared with RCA and modified nucleotides that have side-chains appended on the nucleobase are capable of interacting with the DNA strands of the resulting RCA products. The incorporation of the modified nucleotides improved cellular uptake efficiency and nuclease resistance of the DNPs. We also demonstrated that these DNPs could be employed as carriers for the delivery of a photosensitizer into Cancer cells to achieve photodynamic therapy upon irradiation at both the in vitro and in vivo levels.

Keywords

DNA nanoparticles; modified nucleotides; photodynamic therapy; photosensitizer; rolling circle amplification.

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