کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
9901468 1545422 2005 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Cryoconserved shielded and EGF receptor targeted DNA polyplexes: cellular mechanisms
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی بیوتکنولوژی یا زیست‌فناوری
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Cryoconserved shielded and EGF receptor targeted DNA polyplexes: cellular mechanisms
چکیده انگلیسی
Recently, cryoconservable polyethylene glycol (PEG)-shielded and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-targeted polyplexes (EGF+ polyplexes) were engineered in our laboratory for tumor-directed transfer and expression of DNA. Here, we further analyzed specificity and kinetics of EGFR-mediated cellular uptake of these polyplexes. Similar to our previous results, EGF+ polyplexes significantly enhanced the transfection efficiency as compared to polyplexes without EGF (EGF− polyplexes) in HUH-7 hepatoma cells and Renca-EGFR renal carcinoma cells. EGF+ polyplexes rapidly associated with the cells within 30 min of exposure, and binding of EGF+ polyplexes to the cells after 4 h was significantly higher than that of EGF− polyplexes. In the presence of free EGF, both cell association and transfection efficiency of EGF+ polyplexes were markedly reduced indicating that these effects were primarily mediated via ligand receptor interaction. Fluorescence microscopy revealed that the cell-associated EGF+ polyplexes aggregated to micrometer sized clusters, resembling typical clustering of receptors upon ligand binding. In conclusion, EGFR-targeting enhances transfection efficiency due to accelerated and increased cell association followed by aggregation of the bound EGF+ polyplexes.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics - Volume 60, Issue 2, July 2005, Pages 279-285
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