Volume 51, Issue 43 pp. 10751-10755
Communication

A Phenylboronate-Functionalized Polyion Complex Micelle for ATP-Triggered Release of siRNA

Mitsuru Naito

Mitsuru Naito

Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan) http://www.bmw.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

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Dr. Takehiko Ishii

Dr. Takehiko Ishii

Department of Bioengineering, The University of Tokyo (Japan)

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Dr. Akira Matsumoto

Dr. Akira Matsumoto

Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Japan)

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Dr. Kanjiro Miyata

Dr. Kanjiro Miyata

Division of Clinical Biotechnology, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, The University of Tokyo (Japan)

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Dr. Yuji Miyahara

Dr. Yuji Miyahara

Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Japan)

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Dr. Kazunori Kataoka

Corresponding Author

Dr. Kazunori Kataoka

Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan) http://www.bmw.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan) http://www.bmw.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Search for more papers by this author
First published: 21 August 2012
Citations: 209

This research is supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) through the “Funding Program for World-Leading Innovative R&D on Science and Technology (FIRST Program).”

Graphical Abstract

PIC-ing a winner: siRNA encapsulated by a phenylboronate-functionalized polyion complex (PIC) micelle shows binding between the phenylboronate and the 3′ ribose of the siRNA (see scheme), stabilizing the complex under conditions equivalent to the extracellular environment. This complex is disrupted in response to addition of ATP, at a concentration comparable to that inside cells.

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