Long chain microRNA conjugates in calcium phosphate nanoparticles for efficient formulation and delivery.

A long chain microRNA-34a conjugate (lc-miRNA) was prepared by chemical crosslinking in order to improve entrapment efficiency into calcium phosphate nanoparticles (CaPs) and intracellular delivery. Thiol-modified miRNA at both terminal ends was chemically conjugated using crosslinkers to form lc-miRNA which was encapsulated within CaPs by a conventional co-precipitation method. Encapsulation efficiencies, physicochemical properties, and in vitro intracellular delivery efficiencies of the prepared linear polyethyleneimine (LPEI)-coated CaPs (LPEI-CaP) containing common miRNA and lc-miRNA were comparatively evaluated.

Multivalent comb-type aptamer-siRNA conjugates for efficient and selective intracellular delivery.

In this study, a simple and efficient strategy for selective intracellular delivery of RNA therapeutics into target cancer cells was designed using direct complementary base pairing between chemically conjugated multimeric antisense strands and aptamer-incorporating sense strands.