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ArticleJournal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society2020

Next generation miRNA inhibition using short anti-seed PNAs encapsulated in PLGA nanoparticles.

Shipra Malik, Jihoon Lim, Frank J Slack, Demetrios T Braddock, Raman Bahal

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Article in Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Shipra MalikDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
Jihoon LimDepartment of Pathology, BIDMC Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, 330, Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Frank J SlackDepartment of Pathology, BIDMC Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, 330, Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Demetrios T BraddockDepartment of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, 310 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Raman BahalDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA. Electronic address: raman.bahal@uconn.edu.
University of Connecticut · USDana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center · USHarvard University · USYale University · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Precision microRNA medicine in cancerR35CA232105 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SLACK, FRANK J. · 2019 to 2025
$7.2M
Targeting microRNAs in the tumor microenvironment with pHLIP conjugated next generation chemically modified PNAsR01CA241194 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SLACK, FRANK J. · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NCI NIH HHS R01 CA241194NCI NIH HHS R35 CA232105
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Selective inhibition of microRNAs (miRNAs) offers a new avenue for cancer therapeutics. While most of the current anti-miRNA (antimiR) reagents target full length miRNAs, here we investigate novel nanoparticle-delivered short PNA probes containing cationic domains targeting the seed region of the miRNA for effective antimiR therapy. For proof of concept, we tested PNAs targeting miRNA-155 and employed poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA)-based nanoparticle formulation for delivery. A comprehensive evaluation of PLGA nanoparticles (NPs) containing short PNA probes showed significantly superior loading, release profile, and uniform size distribution, compared to conventional non-cationic PNA probes. Confocal microscopy and flow cytometry analyses showed efficient transfection efficiency and uniform distribution of PLGA NPs containing short PNA probes in the cytoplasm. Functional analysis also confirmed efficient miRNA-155 inhibition including an effect on its downstream target proteins. Further, reduced tumor growth was observed after systemic delivery of PLGA nanoparticles containing short PNA probes in vivo in a xenograft mouse model following inhibition of miR-155. There was no evidence of acute or chronic toxicity associated with systemic delivery of PLGA NPs containing short PNA probes in the mice. Overall, in this paper we present a novel antimiR strategy based on PLGA nanoparticle delivered short PNA probes for potential cancer therapy.

Indexed as

MicroRNAsNanoparticlesPeptide Nucleic AcidsAnimalsMicePolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerTransfectionMicroRNAsMirn155 microRNA, mousePeptide Nucleic AcidsPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerAntimiRmiR-155NanoparticlesPLGAPNA

Identifiers

PMID32835710
PMCPMC7606596
OpenAlexW3080836953

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