کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10160418 106 2005 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Poly (4-vinylimidazole) as nonviral gene carrier: in vitro and in vivo transfection
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی بیو مهندسی (مهندسی زیستی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Poly (4-vinylimidazole) as nonviral gene carrier: in vitro and in vivo transfection
چکیده انگلیسی
We explored poly(4-vinylimidazole) (P4V) as a nonviral gene carrier. We show that P4V can form DNA condensates of small size (<110 nm) using a dye-exclusion assay with ethidium bromide and dynamic light scattering, and that the complexes form in a pH-sensitive manner, due to the amphotericity of the polymer. P4V was demonstrated to lead to transfection in vitro as effectively as polyethyleneimine (PEI), but at lower cytotoxicity, under conditions where higher amounts of either polymer are required, using luciferase and green fluorescent protein as examples. Transfection in vivo was also explored, using a gene encoding yellow fluorescent protein and human osteoprotegerin injected in the tail vein of the rat. Transfection was observed, both at the gene and protein levels in lung and spleen tissue. Transfection in vivo appeared to be at least as effective using P4V as with PEI. Based upon this good transfection and low cytotoxicity, P4V seems to show promise as a nonviral gene transfer vector.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Acta Biomaterialia - Volume 1, Issue 2, March 2005, Pages 165-172
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