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Recycling 2019 & Material Science 2019

July 22-23, 2019

Volume 3

Journal of Environmental Geology

Material Science and Nanotechnology

Global Recycling Summit

July 22-23, 2019 | Rome, Italy

6

th

International Conference on

&

Formulation of non-ionic surfactant vesicles (NISV) prepared by microfluidics for therapeutic delivery

of siRNA into cancer cells

Mohammad Ali Obeid

1

, Alexander B Mullen

2

, Rothwelle J Tate

2

, Valerie A Ferro

2

1

Yarmouk University, Jordan

2

University of Strathclyde, UK

Introduction:

RNA interference involves the degradation of a target messenger RNA through the incorporation of short

interfering RNAs (siRNA) [1]. The application of siRNA based therapeutics is limited by the development of an effective

delivery system. A novel type of nanoparticles known as non-ionic surfactant vesicles (NISV) are commonly used for drug

delivery of various therapeutics, are relatively safe and non-expensive, have not been extensively studied for siRNA delivery [2].

Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the potential of NISV prepared by microfluidics for siRNA delivery.

Methods:

NISV were prepared by microfluidic mixing which is a recently developed method used to prepare lipid based

nanoparticles and results in the production of small vesicles with efficient encapsulation of a therapeutic agent. To prepare

NISV, specific volumes from each stock solution of the NISV components were mixed together to prepare the lipid phase. The

lipid phase was injected into the first inlet and the aqueous phase into the second inlet of the microfluidic micromixer, with

the mixing temperature set at 50°C. The flow rate ratios (FRR) between the aqueous and organic phase was set at 3:1 and the

total flow rates (TFR) of both phases was set at 12 ml/min. This allows for fast mixing between the two phases at high flow

rates and at a temperature above the phase transition of the lipids. Dispersions were then collected from the outlet stream and

immediately diluted in order to reduce the final ethanol content in the preparation to 6.25% (v/v). Cytotoxicity evaluation of

NISVwere carried out on non-small lung cancer cells (A549) and mouse melanoma cells (B16-F10-LUC). siRNA targeting green

fluorescent protein (GFP) in copGFP-A549 cells, or luciferase in B16-F10-LUC cells were encapsulated in NISV. Inhibition of

GFP expression by anti-GFP siRNA (siGFP) delivered using NISV was evaluated by flow cytometry, polymerase chain reaction,

and Western blotting. Nude BALB/c mice inoculated with B16-F10-LUC cells that induce melanoma expressing luciferase was

used to assess the NISV ability to deliver siRNA in vivo.

Results:

Cytotoxicity studies indicated that NISV were not toxic at or below 40 µg/ml. NISV formulations had high siRNA

encapsulation efficiency. Fluorescent microscope and flow cytometry studies indicated high cellular uptake by the cells

compared to naked siRNA, which was not taken up by the cells. NISV were able to deliver siGFP to the cells and significantly

suppress GFP expression. These results were confirmed by transfecting the luciferase producing B16-F10-LUC cells with anti-

luciferase siRNA (siLUC). Measuring the level of luciferase expression after siLUC transfections using a luciferase protein assay

system successfully demonstrated the suppression of luciferase expression. NISV were then used in in vivo experiments using

nude BALB/c mice. After intra-tumoural injection, siLUC was delivered to the cells and suppressed luciferase expression at a

significantly higher level than mice treated with naked siLUC. These in vivo results confirm the ability of NISV to successfully

deliver siRNA into the cytoplasm of the target cells and suppress the target protein.

Conclusion:

NISV have been demonstrated extensively and for the first time to have the potential to be used as a delivery system

for siRNA. These results have shown that NISV can be used to overcome the barriers, such as low stability and poor cellular

uptake, in siRNA-based therapeutics.

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