@article{Hu2015, 
author = {Rui Hu and Chengbin Yang and Yucheng Wang and Guimiao Lin and Wei Qin and Qingling Ouyan and Wing-Cheung Law and Quoc Toan Nguyen and Ho Sup Yoon and Xiaomei Wang and Ken-Tye Yong and Ben Zhong Tang},
title = {Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) dye loaded polymer nanoparticles for gene silencing in pancreatic cancer and their in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility evaluation},
year = {2015},
journal = {Nano Research},
volume = {8},
number = {5},
pages = {1563-1576},
keywords = {aggregation-induced emission, pancreatic cancer, gene silencing, polymer nanoparticles},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s12274-014-0642-5},
doi = {10.1007/s12274-014-0642-5},
abstract = {We have developed aggregation-induced emission (AIE) dye loaded polymer nanoparticles with deep-red emission for siRNA delivery to pancreatic cancer cells. Two US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved surfactant polymers, Pluronics F127 and PEGylated phospholipid, were used to prepare the dye-loaded nanoparticle formulations and they can be used as nanovectors for gene silencing of mutant K-ras in pancreatic cancer cells. The successful transfection of siRNA by the developed nanovectors was confirmed by the fluorescent imaging and quantified through flow cytometry. Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) indicates that the expression of the mutant K-ras oncogene from the MiaPaCa-2 pancreatic cancer cells has been successfully suppressed. More importantly, our in vivo toxicity study has revealed that both the nanoparticle formulations are highly biocompatible in BALC/c mice. Overall, our results suggest that the AIE dye-loaded polymer nanoparticle formulations developed here are suitable for gene delivery and have high potential applications in translational medicine research.}
}