Cyclic peptide-capped gold nanoparticles for enhanced siRNA delivery

Amir Nasrolahi Shirazi; Karissa L. Paquin; Niall G. Howlett; Dindyal Mandal; Keykavous Parang

doi:10.3390/molecules190913319

Cyclic peptide-capped gold nanoparticles for enhanced siRNA delivery

Amir Nasrolahi Shirazi, Karissa L. Paquin, Niall G. Howlett, Dindyal Mandal, Keykavous Parang

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Abstract

Previously, we have reported the synthesis of a homochiral L-cyclic peptide [WR]₅ and its use for delivery of anti-HIV drugs and biomolecules. A physical mixture of HAuCl₄ and the peptide generated peptide-capped gold nanoparticles. Here, [WR]₅ and [WR]₅-AuNPs were tested for their efficiency to deliver a small interfering RNA molecule (siRNA) in human cervix adenocarcinoma (HeLa) cells. Flow cytometry investigation revealed that the intracellular uptake of a fluorescence-labeled non-targeting siRNA (200 nM) was enhanced in the presence of [WR]₅ and [WR]₅-AuNPs by 2- and 3.8-fold when compared with that of siRNA alone after 24 h incubation. Comparative toxicity results showed that [WR]₅ and [WR]₅-AuNPs were less toxic in cells compared to other available carrier systems, such as Lipofectamine.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	13319-13331
Number of pages	13
Journal	Molecules
Volume	19
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules190913319
State	Published - Aug 28 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cyclic peptides
Gold nanoparticles
SiRNA delivery systems (DDS)
Small interfering RNA (siRNA) delivery

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Organic Chemistry
General Medicine

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