The invention discloses a preparation method and an application of a hydroxyl-containing crosslinked
polymer and guanidinated product thereof used for delivering
nucleic acid and other bioactive agents. The method comprises the specific steps that: linear or branched polyethyleneimine with a molecular weight of 100-30000Da or various multi-amine compounds are subjected to a compounding reaction with one or more crosslinking agents with a molecular weight of 100-5000Da and containing two or more
epoxy groups, such that the hydroxyl-containing crosslinked
polymer is prepared. The invention also provides a synthesizing method of a novel guanidination
reagent 3-guanidino
propanol acrylate or 5-guanidino amyl
acrylate. With the guanidination
reagent, the hydroxyl-containing crosslinked
polymer or other polymers can be guanidinated, such that
gene transfection efficiency thereof can be substantially improved, and
cytotoxicity can be reduced. The excellent-performance polymers screened by the invention have
gene transfection efficiencies in various
cell lines such as A549, B16F10, 3T3, and U87 substantially higher than conventional commercialized
gene transfection reagents. The polymers are low-toxic high-efficiency non-
virus gene transfection vectors. With the vectors provided by the invention, in-vitro high-efficiency and low-
toxicity transfection of various cells can be realized, and in-vivo high-efficiency and low-
toxicity local administration can be realized. The application has wide application prospect.