کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10445 684 2007 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Nanostructured calcium phosphates (NanoCaPs) for non-viral gene delivery: Influence of the synthesis parameters on transfection efficiency
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی بیو مهندسی (مهندسی زیستی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Nanostructured calcium phosphates (NanoCaPs) for non-viral gene delivery: Influence of the synthesis parameters on transfection efficiency
چکیده انگلیسی

Calcium phosphate (CaP) based approaches remain an attractive option for delivering plasmid DNA (pDNA) into cultured cells. However, despite their appeal, current synthesis methodologies typically yield lower, less consistent transfection efficiencies when compared to viral approaches. Therefore, we report here a novel method to consistently synthesize efficient, nano-sized, mono-dispersed CaP–pDNA particles; accomplished by optimizing both the stoichiometry (Ca/P ratio) of the CaP particles as well as the mode in which the calcium and phosphate precursor solutions are mixed. Our results indicate that calcium and phosphate precursors when mixed in a controlled and regulated manner reproducibly result in nano-sized particles that consistently yield higher transfection efficiencies when compared to particles synthesized via manual mixing (a two-fold increase was observed). Also, maximum transfection efficiencies in both HeLa and MC3T3-E1 cells lines were obtained when a Ca/P ratio between 100 and 300 was used. Particles synthesized within this optimum Ca/P ratio range were between 25 and 50 nm. Our data suggests that these maximized transfection efficiencies were obtained because these particles not only effectively condensed (70% efficient) but also efficiently bound (90% efficient) the pDNA. In addition, X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analyses confirmed that all of the synthesized CaP structures exhibited the hydroxyapatite phase.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biomaterials - Volume 28, Issue 6, February 2007, Pages 1267–1279
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