Delivery of siRNA Complexed with Palmitoylated α-Peptide/β-Peptoid Cell-Penetrating Peptidomimetics: Membrane Interaction and Structural Characterization of a Lipid-Based Nanocarrier System.

Xiaona Jing; Camilla Foged; Birte Martin-Bertelsen; Anan Yaghmur; Kolja Michael Knapp; Martin Malmsten; Henrik Franzyk; Hanne Mørck Nielsen

doi:10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.5b00309

Delivery of siRNA Complexed with Palmitoylated α-Peptide/β-Peptoid Cell-Penetrating Peptidomimetics: Membrane Interaction and Structural Characterization of a Lipid-Based Nanocarrier System.

Xiaona Jing, Camilla Foged, Birte Martin-Bertelsen, Anan Yaghmur, Kolja Michael Knapp, Martin Malmsten, Henrik Franzyk, Hanne Mørck Nielsen

Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology

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Abstract

Proteolytically stable α-peptide/β-peptoid peptidomimetics constitute promising cell-penetrating carrier candidates exhibiting superior cellular uptake as compared to commonly used cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs). The aim of the present study was to explore the potential of these peptidomimetics for delivery of small interfering RNA (siRNA) to the cytosol by incorporation of a palmitoylated peptidomimetic construct into a cationic lipid-based nanocarrier system. The optimal construct was selected on the basis of the effect of palmitoylation and the influence of the length of the peptidomimetic on the interaction with model membranes and the cellular uptake. Palmitoylation enhanced the peptidomimetic adsorption to supported lipid bilayers as studied by ellipsometry. However, both palmitoylation and increased peptidomimetic chain length were found to be beneficial in the cellular uptake studies using fluorophore-labeled analogues. Thus, the longer palmitoylated peptidomimetic was chosen for further formulation of siRNA in a dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine/cholesteryl hemisuccinate (DOPE/CHEMS) nanocarrier system, and the resulting nanoparticles were found to mediate efficient gene silencing in vitro. Cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) revealed multilamellar, onion-like spherical vesicles, and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis confirmed that the majority of the lipids in the nanocarriers were organized in lamellar structures, yet coexisted with a hexagonal phase, which is important for efficient nanocarrier-mediated endosomal escape of siRNA ensuring cytosolic delivery. The present work is a proof-of-concept for the use of α-peptides/β-peptoid peptidomimetics in an efficient delivery system that may be more generally exploited for the intracellular delivery of biomacromolecular drugs.

Original language	English
Journal	Molecular Pharmaceutics
Volume	13
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	1739-1749
Number of pages	11
ISSN	1543-8384
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.5b00309
Publication status	Published - 6 Jun 2016

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Jing, X., Foged, C., Martin-Bertelsen, B., Yaghmur, A., Knapp, K. M., Malmsten, M., Franzyk, H., & Nielsen, H. M. (2016). Delivery of siRNA Complexed with Palmitoylated α-Peptide/β-Peptoid Cell-Penetrating Peptidomimetics: Membrane Interaction and Structural Characterization of a Lipid-Based Nanocarrier System. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 13(6), 1739-1749. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.5b00309

Delivery of siRNA Complexed with Palmitoylated α-Peptide/β-Peptoid Cell-Penetrating Peptidomimetics: Membrane Interaction and Structural Characterization of a Lipid-Based Nanocarrier System. / Jing, Xiaona; Foged, Camilla ; Martin-Bertelsen, Birte et al.

In: Molecular Pharmaceutics, Vol. 13, No. 6, 06.06.2016, p. 1739-1749.

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Jing, X, Foged, C , Martin-Bertelsen, B , Yaghmur, A, Knapp, KM, Malmsten, M, Franzyk, H & Nielsen, HM 2016, 'Delivery of siRNA Complexed with Palmitoylated α-Peptide/β-Peptoid Cell-Penetrating Peptidomimetics: Membrane Interaction and Structural Characterization of a Lipid-Based Nanocarrier System.', Molecular Pharmaceutics, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1739-1749. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.5b00309

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Delivery of siRNA Complexed with Palmitoylated α-Peptide/β-Peptoid Cell-Penetrating Peptidomimetics: Membrane Interaction and Structural Characterization of a Lipid-Based Nanocarrier System.

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