Título: | TRANSPOSITION OF POLYMER-ENCAPSULATED SIRNA THROUGH LUNG SURFACTANT MODELS AT THE INTERFACE | ||||||||||||
Autor: |
LUCAS MIGUEL PEREIRA DE SOUZA |
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Colaborador(es): |
ANDRE SILVA PIMENTEL - Orientador |
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Catalogação: | 26/NOV/2024 | Língua(s): | PORTUGUESE - BRAZIL |
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Tipo: | TEXT | Subtipo: | THESIS | ||||||||||
Notas: |
[pt] Todos os dados constantes dos documentos são de inteira responsabilidade de seus autores. Os dados utilizados nas descrições dos documentos estão em conformidade com os sistemas da administração da PUC-Rio. [en] All data contained in the documents are the sole responsibility of the authors. The data used in the descriptions of the documents are in conformity with the systems of the administration of PUC-Rio. |
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Referência(s): |
[pt] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=68665&idi=1 [en] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=68665&idi=2 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.17771/PUCRio.acad.68665 | ||||||||||||
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Coarse-grained molecular dynamics was used to investigate different
polymers to encapsulate the siRNA for its transposition through two lung surfactant
models. These models consisted of a monolayer containing either 1,2-dipalmitoylsn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) or a 70:30 mixture of DPPC and 1,2-
palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1 -sn-glycerol) (DPPG). The nanocarriers chosen
to encapsulate the anti-TNF siRNA were polyethylene glycol (PEG) and
polyethyleneimine (PEI). It is believed that the use of siRNA to genetically silence
the cytokine TNF might be therapeutic to treat several inflammatory diseases, in
particular, pulmonary ones. The simulations showed that the nanoparticles
containing PEG promoted the lipid depletion of the lung surfactant model by
forming a lipid corona. The nanoparticles containing only PEI, or both PEG and
PEI showed some perturbation of the lung surfactant model, however no collapse
during the nanoparticle transposition was observed. The umbrella sampling method
was used to calculate the Gibbs free energy of transposition through the pure DPPC
lung surfactant model. The nanoparticles containing PEG showed a decreased
Gibbs free energy as compared with naked siRNA, while PEI nanoparticles have
not caused any change. The implication of this finding is that siRNA encapsulated
with both PEI and PEG enhances the transposition of anti-TNF siRNA through lung
surfactant models at the gas-liquid interface.
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