Figure 6.
Improve the pharmacokinetics of aptamers by PEGylation. A 39-mer aptamer composing of 2’-deoxy purine and 2’-O-methyl pyrimidine was conjugated with PEG (20 kDa and 40 kDa, respectively). The resulting conjugates were administered intravenously to mice at 10 mg/kg. Pharmacokinetics profiles showed that PEGylation dramatically enhanced the half-lives of the aptamers [11].