How does the polymer architecture and position of cationic charges affect cell viability?

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Correia, J.S., Miron Barroso, S., Hutchings, C., Ottaviani, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-8830-9947, Somuncuoğlu, B., Castellano, L., Porter, A.E., Krell, J. and Georgiou, T.K., 2022. How does the polymer architecture and position of cationic charges affect cell viability? Polymer Chemistry. ISSN 1759-9954

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1039/d2py01012g

Abstract

Polymer chemistry, composition and molar mass are factors that are known to affect cytotoxicity however the influence of polymer architecture has not been investigated systematically. In this study the influence of the position of the cationic charges along the polymer chain on cytotoxicity was investigated while keeping constant the other polymer characteristics. Specifically, copolymers of various architectures, based on a cationic pH responsive monomer, 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and a non-ionic hydrophilic monomer, oligo(ethylene glycol)methyl ether methacrylate (OEGMA) were engineered and their toxicity towards a panel of cell lines investigated. Of the seven different polymer architectures examined, the block-like structures were less cytotoxic than statistical or gradient/tapered architectures. These findings will assist in developing future vectors for nucleic acid delivery.

Item Type:

Journal article

Publication Title:

Polymer Chemistry

Creators:

Correia, J.S., Miron Barroso, S., Hutchings, C., Ottaviani, S., Somuncuoğlu, B., Castellano, L., Porter, A.E., Krell, J. and Georgiou, T.K.

Publisher:

Royal Society of Chemistry

Date:

7 December 2022

ISSN:

1759-9954