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Investigation of the ionic conditions in SiRNA-mediated delivery through its carriers in the cell membrane: a molecular dynamic simulation.
Darvishi, Mohammad Hasan; Allahverdi, Abdollah; Hashemzadeh, Hadi; Javadi, Hamid Reza.
  • Darvishi MH; Nanobiotechnology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. darvishi@alumnus.tums.ac.ir.
  • Allahverdi A; Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biological Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, 14115-154, Iran.
  • Hashemzadeh H; Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biological Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, 14115-154, Iran.
  • Javadi HR; Nanobiotechnology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Sci Rep ; 12(1): 17520, 2022 Oct 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2077118
ABSTRACT
SiRNA is a new generation of drug molecules and a new approach for treating a variety of diseases such as cancer and viral infections. SiRNA delivery to cells and translocation into cytoplasm are the main challenges in the clinical application of siRNA. Lipid carriers are one of the most successful carriers for siRNA delivery. In this study, we investigated the interaction of siRNA with a zwitterionic bilayer and how ion concentration and lipid conjugation can affect it. The divalent cation such as Mg2+ ions could promote the siRNA adsorption on the bilayer surface. The cation ions can bind to the head groups of lipids and the grooves of siRNA molecules and form bridges between the siRNA and bilayer surface. Our findings demonstrated the bridges formed by divalent ions could facilitate the attachment of siRNA to the membrane surface. We showed that the divalent cations can regulate the bridging-driven membrane attachment and it seems the result of this modulation can be used for designing biomimetic devices. In the following, we examined the effect of cations on the interaction between siRNA modified by cholesterol and the membrane surface. Our MD simulations showed that in the presence of Mg2+, the electrostatic and vdW energy between the membrane and siRNA were higher compared to those in the presence of NA+. We showed that the electrostatic interaction between membrane and siRNA cannot be facilitated only by cholesterol conjugated. Indeed, cations are essential to create coulomb repulsion and enable membrane attachment. This study provides important insight into liposome carriers for siRNA delivery and could help us in the development of siRNA-based therapeutics. Due to the coronavirus pandemic outbreak, these results may shed light on the new approach for treating these diseases and their molecular details.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Molecular Dynamics Simulation / Lipid Bilayers Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Journal: Sci Rep Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S41598-022-22509-1

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Molecular Dynamics Simulation / Lipid Bilayers Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Journal: Sci Rep Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S41598-022-22509-1