PMID- 35076584 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220205 IS - 2311-553X (Electronic) IS - 2311-553X (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Jan 13 TI - Direct Comparison of Chol-siRNA Polyplexes and Chol-DsiRNA Polyplexes Targeting STAT3 in a Syngeneic Murine Model of TNBC. LID - 10.3390/ncrna8010008 [doi] LID - 8 AB - RNA interference (RNAi) molecules have tremendous potential for cancer therapy but are limited by insufficient potency after intravenous (IV) administration. We previously found that polymer complexes (polyplexes) formed between 3'-cholesterol-modified siRNA (Chol-siRNA) or DsiRNA (Chol-DsiRNA) and the cationic diblock copolymer PLL[30]-PEG[5K] greatly increase RNAi potency against stably expressed LUC mRNA in primary syngeneic murine breast tumors after daily IV dosing. Chol-DsiRNA polyplexes, however, maintain LUC mRNA suppression for ~48 h longer after the final dose than Chol-siRNA polyplexes, which suggests that they are the better candidate formulation. Here, we directly compared the activities of Chol-siRNA polyplexes and Chol-DsiRNA polyplexes in primary murine 4T1 breast tumors against STAT3, a therapeutically relevant target gene that is overexpressed in many solid tumors, including breast cancer. We found that Chol-siSTAT3 polyplexes suppressed STAT3 mRNA in 4T1 tumors with similar potency (half-maximal ED(50) 0.3 mg/kg) and kinetics (over 96 h) as Chol-DsiSTAT3 polyplexes, but with slightly lower activity against total Stat3 protein (29% vs. 42% suppression) and tumor growth (11.5% vs. 8.6% rate-based T/C ratio) after repeated IV administration of equimolar, tumor-saturating doses every other day. Thus, both Chol-siRNA polyplexes and Chol-DsiRNA polyplexes may be suitable clinical candidates for the RNAi therapy of breast cancer and other solid tumors. FAU - Ye, Zhen AU - Ye Z AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. FAU - Abdelmoaty, Mai Mohamed AU - Abdelmoaty MM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7672-7052 AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. AD - Therapeutic Chemistry Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division, National Research Centre, Giza 12622, Egypt. FAU - Curran, Stephen M AU - Curran SM AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. FAU - Dyavar, Shetty Ravi AU - Dyavar SR AD - Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. FAU - Kumar, Devendra AU - Kumar D AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. FAU - Alnouti, Yazen AU - Alnouti Y AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. AD - Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. FAU - Coulter, Don W AU - Coulter DW AD - Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. FAU - Podany, Anthony T AU - Podany AT AD - Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. FAU - Singh, Rakesh K AU - Singh RK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1317-3520 AD - Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. AD - Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. FAU - Vetro, Joseph A AU - Vetro JA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2446-9797 AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. AD - Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. LA - eng GR - 1R41TR001902-01A1/NH/NIH HHS/United States GR - LB 417/State of Nebraska/ GR - R01 CA228524/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R41 TR001902/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30CA03672/NH/NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA036727/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01CA228524/NH/NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220113 PL - Switzerland TA - Noncoding RNA JT - Non-coding RNA JID - 101652294 PMC - PMC8788547 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chol-DsiRNA polymer micelles OT - Chol-siRNA polymer micelles OT - DsiRNA delivery OT - RNAi OT - RNAi delivery OT - drug delivery OT - siRNA delivery COIS- J.A.V. is cofounder of a company that licenses the described technology. EDAT- 2022/01/26 06:00 MHDA- 2022/01/26 06:01 PMCR- 2022/01/13 CRDT- 2022/01/25 12:19 PHST- 2021/09/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/01/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/25 12:19 [entrez] PHST- 2022/01/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/01/26 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ncrna8010008 [pii] AID - ncrna-08-00008 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ncrna8010008 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Noncoding RNA. 2022 Jan 13;8(1):8. doi: 10.3390/ncrna8010008.