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

Wu, Meiying; Meng, Qingshuo; Chen, Yu; Du, Yanyan; Zhang, Lingxia; Li, Yaping; Zhang, Linlin; Shi, Jianlin · Adv Mater · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

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).

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