Synergistic Interplay of Covalent and Non‐Covalent Interactions in Reactive Polymer Nanoassembly Facilitates Intracellular Delivery of Antibodies

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  • Kingshuk Dutta
    University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 USA
  • Pintu Kanjilal
    University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 USA
  • Ritam Das
    University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 USA
  • Sankaran Thayumanavan
    Department of Chemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, and The Center for Bioactive Delivery-Institute for Applied Life Sciences University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 USA

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The primary impediments in developing large antibodies as drugs against intracellular targets involve their low transfection efficiency and suitable reversible encapsulation strategies for intracellular delivery with retention of biological activity. To address this, we outline an electrostatics‐enhanced covalent self‐assembly strategy to generate polymer‐protein/antibody nanoassemblies. Through structure–activity studies, we down‐select the best performing self‐immolative pentafluorophenyl containing activated carbonate polymer for bioconjugation. With the help of an electrostatics‐aided covalent self‐assembly approach, we demonstrate efficient encapsulation of medium to large proteins (HRP, 44 kDa and β‐gal, 465 kDa) and antibodies (ca. 150 kDa). The designed polymeric nanoassemblies are shown to successfully traffic functional antibodies (anti‐NPC and anti‐pAkt) to cytosol to elicit their bioactivity towards binding intracellular protein epitopes and inducing apoptosis.</jats:p>

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