Nanoparticle for improving gene transfection efficiency based on tumor self microenvironment and preparation method and application thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of biological medicine, in particular to a nanoparticle for improving gene transfection efficiency based on tumor self microenvironment, and a preparation method and application thereof.
Background
The RNA interference (RNAi) technology can inhibit the expression of specific genes to exert gene therapy effect, has the advantages of high specificity, high safety, high silencing efficiency, stable action and the like, and has attractive application prospect in tumor therapy. Research shows that the nano delivery system (DDS) can protect genes from degradation, improve the internal circulation time, enhance the uptake of cancer cells to genes and improve the gene transfection efficiency. However, exogenous RNA is easy to be trapped in lysosomes after entering cells, and is difficult to enter cytoplasm to play a role to influence transfection effect, so that the escape of the lysosomes of RNA is a great difficulty to be solved by research.
The photochemical transfection technology provides a new idea for realizing lysosome escape of RNA, and the action mechanism is as follows: under the excitation of laser, the photosensitizer generates Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), damages the lysosome membrane and promotes the lysosome escape of genes. For example, patent CN108524946a discloses that the included photosensitizer can generate Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) under the control of exogenous red light, so as to realize photochemical internalization (PCI) -mediated lysosome escape and photo-promoted polymer degradation, and finally achieve the purposes of reducing toxic and side effects of materials, improving transfection efficiency and enhancing tumor gene therapy effect. However, since the laser penetration depth is shallow, it is difficult to treat deep tumors, the technique is greatly limited, and additional photosensitizers are required. Emerging chemokinetic therapies are the use of Fenton (Fenton) or Fenton-like reactions to catalyze the overexpression of H in tumor tissue 2 O 2 In situ generation of OH (a type of ROS), which in turn causes mitochondrial destruction, DNA strand breaks, protein or lipid damage, and apoptosis of tumor cells to treat tumors. The OH produced by the therapy is expected to play a role similar to PCI, promote the lysosome escape of genes, and overcome the defect of shallow penetration depth of PCI-stimulated light tissues. However, this technique for promoting RNA transfection using OH generated by Fenton or Fenton-like reaction has not been reported yet. Furthermore, H in tumor microenvironment 2 O 2 Limited, it is difficult to generate enough OH by Fenton reaction, and also limitedIts use in gene transfection.
Disclosure of Invention
The first object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art, such as low transfection efficiency in gene therapy, low penetration depth of PCI-excited light tissue and H in tumor microenvironment 2 O 2 The limited defect is that the nanoparticle for improving the gene transfection efficiency based on the tumor self microenvironment is provided.
The second object of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing the nanoparticle for improving gene transfection efficiency based on the tumor self microenvironment.
The third object of the present invention is to provide the application of the nanoparticle for improving gene transfection efficiency based on the tumor self microenvironment.
The above object of the present invention is achieved by the following technical solutions:
a nanoparticle for improving gene transfection efficiency based on tumor self microenvironment comprises mesoporous silicon nanoparticle (MMSNs-P) with surface modified with polyethylenimine doped with metal ion, nucleic acid medicine entrapped in the mesoporous silicon nanoparticle, and glucose oxidase (GOx).
In the nano-particle for improving gene transfection efficiency based on tumor self microenvironment, the mesoporous silicon nano-particle with the surface modified with the metal ion doped with polyethyleneimine is used as a carrier of a nucleic acid drug and GOx, the metal ion is used for participating in Fenton reaction, PEI is a transfection reagent, and GOx is used for improving H in tumors 2 O 2 Concentration of reagent. The nano particles can fully utilize tumor microenvironment to perform in-situ catalysis to improve gene transfection efficiency, and particularly, after the nano particles enter a body through intravenous injection and are accumulated at tumor positions, the nano particles can be degraded in an acidic tumor microenvironment without laser irradiation, so that GOx is released to consume glucose, the acidity is enhanced, and intracellular H is improved 2 O 2 Concentration, utilization of metal ions with Fenton catalytic activity H 2 O 2 In situ activation of Fenton reaction to generate OH promotes transfection of nucleic acid medicine, and realizes 'starvation'/gene cooperative treatment of tumor.
Preferably, the particle size of the nanoparticle is 50 to 400nm.
Preferably, the metal is one or more of Fe, cu, or Mn.
Preferably, the nucleic acid agent is DNA, RNA, more preferably small interfering RNA (siRNA).
Preferably, the mass ratio of the mesoporous silicon nanoparticle with the surface modified by the polyethyleneimine and doped with metal ions to GOx to the nucleic acid medicine is 15-200: 1-40: 1 to 4 percent of the total weight of the composite,
more preferably, the mass ratio of the mesoporous silicon nanoparticle with the surface modified by the polyethyleneimine and doped with metal ions to GOx to the nucleic acid medicine is 15-120: 1-30: 1 to 4.
The invention also provides a preparation method of the nano-particles, which comprises the following steps:
s1, preparing mesoporous silicon nano particles by a sol-gel method, then reacting with a metal ion compound under an alkaline condition, and obtaining metal ion doped mesoporous silicon nano particles (MMSNs) by a high-temperature hydrothermal method;
s2, performing amination modification on the MMSNs obtained in the step S1, performing carboxylation modification to obtain carboxylation metal ion doped mesoporous silicon nanoparticles, dropwise adding PEI ethanol solution, and performing coupling reaction on PEI and the surface of the carboxylation metal ion doped mesoporous silicon nanoparticles to obtain MMSNs-P;
s3, uniformly stirring GOx and MMSNs-P obtained in the step S2 to obtain GOx-loaded nano particles, then adding nucleic acid medicines, uniformly mixing, and standing to obtain the nano-particles.
Preferably, the mass ratio of the mesoporous silicon nano particles, the metal ion compound and the alkaline substance in the step S1 is 5-50:8-30:10-30.
More preferably, the metal ion compound in the step S1 is Fe-containing 2+ 、Cu 2+ 、Mn 2+ The alkaline substance is disodium maleate or urea.
Preferably, the amination-modifying reagent of step S2 is 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane (APTES).
Preferably, the agent for carboxylation modification in step S2 is succinic acid.
Preferably, in the step S2, the mass ratio of the MMSNs, the amination modification reagent to the carboxylation modification reagent is 1 to 3:8 ~ 30 ~ 2 ~ 7.
As a preferred embodiment, the method for preparing the nanoparticle comprises the steps of:
(1) Mixing and stirring hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, ultrapure water and triethanolamine, preheating to 45-95 ℃, slowly adding tetraethyl orthosilicate, stirring at 45-95 ℃ for reaction for 3-6 hours to obtain mesoporous silicon nano particles, and extracting with a methanol solution of sodium chloride to remove a surfactant; and mixing mesoporous silicon nano particles with metal ions and alkaline substances in an aqueous solution, and performing hydrothermal reaction to obtain the MMSNs.
(2) Adding APTES into the ethanol mixture of MMSNs, and heating and refluxing to obtain aminated MMSNs (MMSNs-NH) 2 ) The method comprises the steps of carrying out a first treatment on the surface of the MMSNs-NH 2 Mixing and reacting the ethanol solution of (2) with succinic acid, 1-ethyl-3 (3-dimethylpropylamine) carbodiimide (EDCI) and 1-Hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBT) to obtain carboxylated MMSNs (MMSNs-COOH); EDCI and HOBT are added into ethanol solution of MMSNs-COOH, then the mixture is dripped into PEI ethanol solution, and the mixture is stirred for reaction to obtain MMSNs-P.
(3) Dispersing MMSNs-P in water, mixing the water with GOx, stirring uniformly to obtain G@MMSNs-P, adding siRNA under vortex condition to uniformly mix, and standing to obtain GR@MMSNs-P, namely the nano-particles for improving gene transfection efficiency based on tumor self microenvironment.
Preferably, the amount of cetyltrimethylammonium chloride in step (1) is 1 to 6g, the amount of triethanolamine is 0.01 to 0.10g, and the volume of water is 10 to 30mL.
Preferably, in the step (1), the volume of the tetraethoxysilane is 0.5-5 mL, the concentration of the methanol solution of the extractant sodium chloride is 5-15 mg/mL, and the dosage is 100-200 mL.
Preferably, the high temperature hydrothermal reaction condition in the step (1) is 150-200 ℃ and the reaction time is 24-72 h.
Preferably, in the step (2), the MMSNs are used in an amount of 50-150 mg, the APTES is used in an amount of 0.2-5 mL, the reflux temperature is 60-85 ℃ and the time is 8-15 h.
Preferably, the MMSNs-NH of step (2) 2 The mass ratio of succinic acid, EDCI and HOBT is 1: 2-3: 2 to 4: 2-4, and the stirring time is 10-15 h.
Preferably, in the step (2), the mass ratio of the MMSNs-COOH, PEI, EDCI to the HOBT is 1.0-2.5: 1.0 to 2.5:1.0 to 3:1.0 to 3, and the stirring time is 24 to 48 hours.
Preferably, in the step (3), the mass ratio of the MMSNs-P, GOx to the siRNA is 15-120: 1-30: 1 to 4, stirring for 12 to 24 hours, swirling for 20 to 50 seconds, and standing for 0.5 to 2 hours.
The invention also provides application of the nanoparticle for improving gene transfection efficiency based on the tumor self microenvironment in preparation of a medicament for treating tumors.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages:
the invention provides a nanoparticle for improving gene transfection efficiency based on tumor self microenvironment, which has controllable particle size, good biocompatibility and biodegradability, can utilize tumor microenvironment to perform in-situ catalysis, consume glucose in the tumor microenvironment and promote H in tumor 2 O 2 Concentration, in-situ generation of ROS, promotion of lysosome escape of RNA, and overcoming of H in laser penetration depth and tumor microenvironment in PCI technology 2 O 2 The limited problems are solved, the gene transfection efficiency is improved to achieve the effect of treating tumors, and the systemic toxic and side effects can be reduced at the same time, so that the 'hunger'/gene cooperative treatment of tumors is realized.
Drawings
Fig. 1a and b are projection electron microscope (TEM) images of MMSNs obtained in example 1 of the present invention. Fig. 1c is an element mapping diagram of MMSNs.
FIG. 2 is an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) chart of the MMSNs obtained in example 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a TEM image corresponding to the degradability experiment of mmss in example 2 of the present invention.
FIG. 4 shows the compositions MMSNs, MMSNs-NH according to example 3 of the present invention 2 Particle size potential of MMSNs-COOH, MMSNs-PA drawing.
FIG. 5 shows the gel blocking assay results of example 4 of the present invention, lanes 1-7, lane 1: naked siRNA; lanes 2-7: the mass ratio (G@MMSNs-P/siRNA) of GR@MMSNs-P is 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30.
FIG. 6 shows the results of RNase protection assay according to example 5 of the present invention, lanes 1-8, lane 1: naked siRNA; lane 2: bare sirna+rnase a enzyme; lanes 3-4: GR@MMSNs-P with mass ratio of 15 and 30; lanes 5-6: gr@mmsns-P (mass ratio 15, 30) +heparin sodium; lanes 7-8: GR@MMSNs-P (mass ratio 15, 30) +RNase A enzyme+heparin sodium.
FIG. 7 shows the toxicity results of GR@MMSNs-P on NP69 cells at various concentrations.
FIG. 8 shows the proliferative effects of MSNs, MMSNs, G@MMSNs-P, R@MMSNs-P, and GR@MMSNs-P on 4T1 cells.
FIG. 9 is the effect of MSNs, MMSNs, and G@MMSNs-P on intracellular ROS production.
FIG. 10 is the effect of GR@MSNs-P, GR@MMSNs-P on lysosomal escape.
Detailed Description
The invention is further illustrated in the following drawings and specific examples, which are not intended to limit the invention in any way. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the reagents, methods and apparatus employed in the present invention are those conventional in the art.
Reagents and materials used in the following examples are commercially available unless otherwise specified.
Example 1 preparation method of manganese-doped mesoporous silicon nanoparticles (MMSNs)
Taking 2g of cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride and 0.02g of triethanolamine in 18mL of water, stirring for 20min at 80 ℃, slowly and dropwise adding 1.5mL of tetraethyl orthosilicate, continuously stirring at 80 ℃ for reaction for 4h, centrifugally collecting precipitate, washing twice with water and ethanol, adding 100mL of sodium chloride in methanol (8 mg/mL) for extraction three times to remove surfactant, and centrifugally washing with water to collect a product; 320mg of the product was dissolved in 10mL of water, to which 160mg of MnSO was added 4 ·H 2 O and 200mg of disodium maleate are stirred uniformly at room temperature and then transferred into a hydrothermal kettle at 160 DEG CAnd reacting for 48 hours to obtain the MMSNs. After MMSNs were diluted by a certain multiple, the morphology was observed with a transmission electron microscope and elemental analysis was performed. From figures 1a and b, it can be seen that the nanoparticle has obvious spherical and porous structures, uniform particle size and about 100 nm. The mapping graph of the element c indicates that the MMSNs contain Si, O and Mn elements. As shown in fig. 2, the XPS map of MMSNs indicates that Mn element exists, and three valence states (Mn 2+ 、Mn 3+ 、Mn 4+ )。
EXAMPLE 2 degradation experiments of manganese-doped mesoporous silicon nanoparticles (MMSNs)
10mg of MMSNs were dispersed in Simulated Body Fluids (SBF) treated under different conditions (pH 7.4 or 5.5, glutathione, i.e. GSH concentration 0 or 10 mM) with stirring in a water bath at 37 ℃. At 12h,24h,72h, 1mL of the pellet was centrifuged and the pellet was resuspended in ethanol and observed by TEM. As shown in fig. 3, MMSNs degraded well when mimicking tumor microenvironment (acidic and high glutathione concentrations), substantially completely degrading in 72 hours.
Example 3 preparation of nanoparticles (GR@MMSNs-P)
(1) Dissolving 50mg of MMSNs in 100mL of ethanol, heating to 78 ℃, adding 0.5mL of APTES, and refluxing for 10 hours to obtain MMSNs-NH 2 . 100mg of succinic acid, 130mg of EDCI and 130mg of HOBT are dissolved in 10mL of absolute ethanol, and 50mg of MMSNs-NH are added 2 After 30min of ultrasonic treatment, stirring for 12h at room temperature to obtain MMSNs-COOH. 100mg of MMSNs-COOH were dissolved in 5mL of absolute ethanol, 130mg of EDCI and 130mg of HOBT were added, and the mixture was sonicated for 30min. 120mg PEI was weighed and 2mL absolute ethanol was added. And (3) dropwise adding the nanoparticle solution into the PEI solution under the stirring condition, and stirring at room temperature for 2d after ultrasonic treatment to obtain the MMSNs-P. As shown in FIG. 4, the MMSNs, MMSNs-NH during synthesis are determined 2 The successful synthesis of MMSNs-P was evident from the variation of the particle size (FIG. 4 a) and the potential (FIG. 4 b) of MMSNs-COOH and MMSNs-P.
(2) 10mg of MMSNs-P is dispersed in 8mL of water, GOx aqueous solution (1 mg/mL,2 mL) is added, stirred and incubated for 24h at room temperature, and the mixture is centrifuged and washed with water to obtain G@MMSNs-P. G@MMSNs-P (1 mg/mL, 200. Mu.L) was vortexed on a vortexing apparatus, siRNA (0.2 mg/mL, 50. Mu.L) was slowly added, and after vortexing for 30s, the mixture was allowed to stand at room temperature for 30min to obtain GR@MMSNs-P.
EXAMPLE 4 gel blocking experiment
50 mu LsiRNA (0.2 mg/mL) aqueous solution is taken, slowly dripped into 200 mu L G@MMSNs-P solution (0.05, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.0 and 1.5 mg/mL) with different concentrations under vortex condition, and after vortex for 30 seconds, GR@MMSNs-P with different mass ratios is obtained after room temperature incubation for 30 minutes. Bare siRNAs were used as control groups, and after mixing with a loading buffer, they were subjected to electrophoresis on a 1% agarose gel at 80V for 20 minutes in Tris-Acetate-EDTA (TAE) buffer. As shown in FIG. 5, the carrier can encapsulate siRNA when the mass ratio of G@MMSNs-P to siRNA is more than 15.
EXAMPLE 5 RNase protection assay
To demonstrate that negatively charged heparin sodium can promote siRNA release by electrostatic interaction, 10. Mu.L of GR@MMSNs-P complex (containing 0.4. Mu.g siRNA) with a mass ratio of 15, 30 was added to 5. Mu.L of 150mg/mL heparin sodium solution and incubated at 50℃for 4h. 10. Mu.LsiRNA (0.4. Mu.g) and GR@MMSNs-P complex (containing 0.4. Mu.g siRNA) with a mass ratio of 15 and 30 were incubated with 40ng RNase A enzyme at 37℃for 10 minutes, respectively. The RNase A enzyme is inhibited by adding an RNase enzyme inhibitor. Then, heparin sodium solution was added for the same incubation operation. The eight components of bare siRNA, bare siRNA+RNase A enzyme, GR@MMSNs-P (mass ratio 15, 30) +heparin sodium, GR@MMSNs-P (mass ratio 15, 30) +RNase A enzyme+heparin sodium were subjected to 1% agarose gel electrophoresis experiments. As shown in FIG. 6, heparin sodium can promote the release of siRNA in the complex ( lanes 5, 6 have bands run out), bare siRNA is degraded by RNase A enzyme, no band (lane 2), G@MMSNs-P can protect siRNA from RNase A enzyme degradation, and siRNA can be released by negatively charged heparin sodium (lanes 7, 8).
EXAMPLE 6 cytotoxicity assay
(1) Toxicity to Normal cells (human nasopharyngeal epithelial cells)
The cell model adopts human nasopharyngeal epithelial cells (NP 69 cells), and the nucleic acid medicine adopts Twist siRNA capable of inhibiting cancer cell metastasis. Different concentrations of GR@MMSNs-P were incubated with NP69 cells for 48h, the control group was non-medicated cells, and CCK8 was assayed for cytotoxicity, as seen in FIG. 7, the nanoparticles GR@MMSNs-P were essentially non-toxic to normal cells.
(2) Toxicity to 4T1 breast cancer cells
The cell model adopts 4T1 breast cancer cells, and the nucleic acid medicine adopts Twist siRNA capable of inhibiting cancer cell metastasis. Different concentrations of MSNs (without manganese-doped mesoporous silicon), MMSNs, G@MMSNs-P, R@MMSNs-P, GR@MMSNs-P and 4T1 cells were incubated for 48h, the control group was a non-medicated cell, and cytotoxicity was measured by CCK8, as shown in FIG. 8, the nanoparticles GR@MMSNs-P were able to effectively inhibit proliferation of 4T1 breast cancer cells due to "starvation"/gene cooperative therapy effect as the dosing concentration was increased.
Example 7 intracellular ROS production assay
4T1 cells were inoculated into a laser confocal dish and cultured for 24h, with fresh complete culture broth being replaced. To which MSNs, MMSNs, MMSNs +H is added 2 O 2 (H 2 O 2 Concentration 100. Mu.M), G@MMSNs-P, which were set at 40. Mu.g/mL based on MMSNs concentration, a blank control group was additionally set, G@MMSNs-P group incubated with cells in low sugar medium was set, after 6h incubation, the medium containing the drug was removed, washed twice with PBS, 0.5mL 10. Mu.M 2, 7-dichlorofluorescein diacetate (DCFH-DA) working solution was added, and incubated in 37℃cell incubator for 30min in the absence of light, and the probe was loaded, and the greater the intracellular ROS production and the more pronounced the fluorescent signal were observed by CLSM. As can be seen from FIG. 9, manganese-doped mesoporous silica MMSNs are capable of generating ROS and H within cells 2 O 2 The addition of (2) increases the amount of ROS produced in the cell; glucose oxidase-loaded G@MMSNs-P has a stronger intracellular ROS-producing capacity than MMSNs, and its ROS-producing capacity is dependent on glucose concentration, and ROS production is greatly reduced in the absence of glucose.
Example 8 evaluation of lysosomal escape ability (lysosomal co-localization experiment)
The fluorescence labeled siRNA (FAM-siRNA) is used for replacing the siRNA, and the co-delivery nanoparticles GR@MSNs-P and GR@MMSNs-P (the former is not doped with manganese, and the latter is doped with manganese) loaded with the FAM-siRNA are prepared. 4T1 cells were inoculated into a laser confocal dish and cultured for 24h, with fresh complete culture broth being replaced. GR@MSNs-P and GR@MMSNs-P were added thereto to give a final FAM-siRNA concentration of 200pmol/mL, and incubated for 3 and 12 hours. Cell nuclei and lysosomes were labeled with Hoechst33342 and Lyso Tracker Red dyes, respectively, and CLSM was observed for photographs. As can be seen from fig. 10, in the same case, the manganese-doped gr@mmsns-P had a stronger lysosomal escape ability (small overlap of FAM-labeled siRNA and lysosome fluorescence) over time compared to the manganese-free system (gr@msns-P).