PMID- 25531245 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160303 LR - 20181202 IS - 1543-8392 (Electronic) IS - 1543-8384 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 2 DP - 2015 Feb 2 TI - Mannosylated polyion complexes for in vivo gene delivery into CD11c(+) dendritic cells. PG - 453-62 LID - 10.1021/mp5005492 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) possess unique abilities in initiating primary immune responses and thus represent prime targets for DNA-based vaccinations. Here, we describe the design and synthesis of mannosylated polyion complexes (PICs) composed of cationic polyethylenimine (PEI) and hydrophilic polyethylene glycol (PEG) segments, and bearing mono- and trivalent mannose as a ligand for targeting mannose receptor (MR/CD206)-positive DCs. Amino-terminated mannose (Man)-containing ligands in mono- and trivalent presentations (Man- and Man3-, respectively) were prepared and conjugated to PEG via an N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS)-activated terminal. Thiolated PEI was conjugated to the mannosylated PEG via the maleimide (MAL)-activated terminal. The resulting positively charged diblock copolymers bearing mannoses (Man-PEG-b-PEI and Man3-PEG-b-PEI) were self-assembled with DNA to form PICs with lower surface charge than did their PEI building block and mean hydrodynamic diameters in the range of 100-450 nm, depending on the N/P ratio. Man3-PEG-b-PEI demonstrated a 3-4-fold greater transfection efficiency in MR-positive dendritic cell lines (THP-1, DC2.4), relative to Man-PEG-b-PEI, exhibited low cytotoxicity when compared with PEI, and showed low transfection efficiency in nondendritic HeLa cells. In preliminary in vivo experiments, Man-PEG-b-PEI/DNA and Man3-PEG-b-PEI/DNA demonstrated 2-3-fold higher gene delivery efficiency into CD11c(+) DCs collected from inguinal lymph nodes of C57/BL6 mice, when compared to PEI/DNA complexes, as shown by GFP expression measurements, 24 h post subcutaneous injection. The results indicate that the mannosylated PICs are a safe and effective gene delivery system, showing in vivo specificity toward CD11c(+) DCs. FAU - Raviv, Lior AU - Raviv L AD - Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, section signThe Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, and double daggerIlse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev , Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel. FAU - Jaron-Mendelson, Michal AU - Jaron-Mendelson M FAU - David, Ayelet AU - David A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150114 PL - United States TA - Mol Pharm JT - Molecular pharmaceutics JID - 101197791 RN - 0 (CD11c Antigen) RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - 0 (mannose polyethylenimine) RN - 3WJQ0SDW1A (Polyethylene Glycols) RN - 9002-98-6 (Polyethyleneimine) RN - PHA4727WTP (Mannose) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - CD11c Antigen/*genetics MH - Cell Line MH - Dendritic Cells/*cytology MH - *Gene Transfer Techniques MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Mannose/chemistry MH - Mice MH - Polyethylene Glycols/chemistry MH - Polyethyleneimine/chemistry MH - Polymers/*chemistry MH - Transfection/*methods OTO - NOTNLM OT - dendritic cells OT - gene delivery system OT - mannose receptor OT - mannose-receptor ligands OT - multivalency EDAT- 2014/12/23 06:00 MHDA- 2016/03/05 06:00 CRDT- 2014/12/23 06:00 PHST- 2014/12/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/12/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/03/05 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/mp5005492 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Pharm. 2015 Feb 2;12(2):453-62. doi: 10.1021/mp5005492. Epub 2015 Jan 14.