Novel Cationic Lipids Incorporating an Acid-Sensitive Acylhydrazone Linker: Synthesis and Transfection Properties
- 4 September 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
- Vol. 47 (21), 5210-5223
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jm0408159
Abstract
Cationic lipid-mediated gene transfection involves uptake of the lipid/DNA complexes via endocytosis, a cellular pathway characterized by a significant drop in pH. Thus, in the present study, we aimed to explore the impact on transfection efficiency of the inclusion of an acid-sensitive acylhydrazone function in the cationic lipid structure. We synthesized and evaluated the transfection properties of a series of four cationic steroid derivatives characterized by an acylhydrazone linkage connecting a guanidinium-based headgroup to a saturated cholestanone or an unsaturated cholest-4-enone hydrophobic domain. Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis was confirmed for all lipids, its rate being highest for those with a cholestanone moiety. The compound bis-guanidinium bis(2-aminoethyl)amine hydrazone (BGBH)-cholest-4-enone was found to mediate efficient gene transfection into various mammalian cell lines in vitro and into the mouse airways in vivo. In vitro transfection studies with BGBH-cholest-4-enone formulations also showed that incorporation of a degradable acylhydrazone bond led to low cytotoxicity and impacted the intracellular trafficking of the lipoplexes. Thus, our work allowed us to identify a cationic lipid structure with an acid-cleavable acylhydrazone linker capable of mediating efficient gene transfection in vitro and in vivo and it thereby provides a basis for further development of related acid-sensitive gene delivery systems.Keywords
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