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Anti-HER2 functionalized graphene oxide as survivin-siRNA delivery carrier inhibits breast carcinoma growth in vitro and in vivo

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Background The success of gene therapy is mostly dependent on the development of gene carrier. Graphene oxide (GO) possesses excellent aqueous solubility and biocompatibility, which is important for its biochemical… Click to show full abstract

Background The success of gene therapy is mostly dependent on the development of gene carrier. Graphene oxide (GO) possesses excellent aqueous solubility and biocompatibility, which is important for its biochemical and medical applications. Our previous work proved that GO can deliver siRNA into cells efficiently and downregulate the expression of desired protein. Methods In this study, a novel delivery carrier, GO-R8/anti-HER2 (GRH), was developed by conjugating octaarginine (R8) and anti-HER2 antibody with GO as a tumor active-targeting vector for survivin-siRNA delivery. Results GRH/survivin-siRNA formed nanoglobes of 195±10 nm in diameter. Real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed that survivin messenger RNA expression showed a 42.4%±2.69% knockdown. The expression of survivin protein was downregulated to 50.86%±2.94% in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. In MTT tests, GRH exhibited no testable cytotoxicity. In vivo, GRH/survivin-siRNA showed gene silencing and inhibition of tumor growth. Conclusion The in vitro and in vivo results consistently demonstrated that GRH/survivin-siRNA has potential to be an efficient gene silencing carrier for siRNA delivery in cancer therapy.

Keywords: sirna delivery; survivin; anti her2; carrier; survivin sirna

Journal Title: Drug Design, Development and Therapy
Year Published: 2018

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