Large-pore ultrasmall mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles: Micelle/precursor co-templating assembly and nuclear-targeted gene delivery

  • Meiying Wu
  • , Qingshuo Meng
  • , Yu Chen*
  • , Yanyan Du
  • , Lingxia Zhang
  • , Yaping Li
  • , Linlin Zhang
  • , Jianlin Shi
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

(Figure Presented) A novel micelle/precursor co-templating assembly strategy is successfully developed to synthesize large-pore ultrasmall mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles (MONs). Furthermore, elaborately designed MONs with a cell-penetrating peptide (TAT) (MONs-PTAT) are constructed for highly efficient intranuclear gene delivery. They exhibit a high loading capacity, improved protection for the loaded gene, and enhanced transfection efficiencies of EGFP plasmid (pEGFP).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)215-222
Number of pages8
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume27
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Jan 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Gene delivery
  • Large mesopores
  • Mesoporous organosilicas
  • Nuclear-targeted

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