000909961 001__ 909961 000909961 005__ 20230123110654.0 000909961 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1039/D2NA00250G 000909961 0247_ $$2Handle$$a2128/32301 000909961 0247_ $$2pmid$$a36341304 000909961 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000851568400001 000909961 037__ $$aFZJ-2022-03551 000909961 041__ $$aEnglish 000909961 082__ $$a540 000909961 1001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aWolff, Natalie$$b0 000909961 245__ $$aSilencing of proinflammatory NF-κB and inhibition of herpes simplex virus (HSV) replication by ultrasmall gold nanoparticles (2 nm) conjugated with small-interfering RNA 000909961 260__ $$aCambridge$$bRoyal Society of Chemistry$$c2022 000909961 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000909961 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000909961 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1667396912_26491 000909961 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000909961 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000909961 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000909961 520__ $$aAzide-terminated ultrasmall gold nanoparticles (2 nm gold core) were covalently functionalized with alkyne-terminated small-interfering siRNA duplexes by copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC; click chemistry). The nanoparticle core was visualized by transmission electron microscopy. The number of attached siRNA molecules per nanoparticle was determined by a combination of atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS; for gold) and UV-Vis spectroscopy (for siRNA). Each nanoparticle carried between 6 and 10 siRNA duplex molecules which corresponds to a weight ratio of siRNA to gold of about 2.2 : 1. Different kinds of siRNA were conjugated to the nanoparticles, depending on the gene to be silenced. In general, the nanoparticles were readily taken up by cells and highly efficient in gene silencing, in contrast to free siRNA. This was demonstrated in HeLa-eGFP cells (silencing of eGFP) and in LPS-stimulated macrophages (silencing of NF-κB). Furthermore, we demonstrated that nanoparticles carrying antiviral siRNA potently inhibited the replication of Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) in vitro. 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