Gene Transfer into the Lung by Nanoparticle Dextran-Spermine/Plasmid DNA Complexes
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Abdullah, Syahril
Wendy-Yeo, Wai Yeng
Hosseinkhani, Hossein
Hosseinkhani, Mohsen
Masrawa, Ehab
Ramasamy, Rajesh
Rosli, Rozita
Rahman, Sabariah A.
Domb, Abraham J.
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2010
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Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Abdullah, Syahril, Wai Yeng Wendy-Yeo, Hossein Hosseinkhani, Mohsen Hosseinkhani, Ehab Masrawa, Rajesh Ramasamy, Rozita Rosli, Sabariah A. Rahman, and Abraham J. Domb. “Gene Transfer into the Lung by Nanoparticle Dextran-Spermine/Plasmid DNA Complexes.” Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology 2010 (2010): 1–10.
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Abstract
A novel cationic polymer, dextran-spermine (D-SPM), has been found to mediate gene expression in a wide variety of cell lines and in vivo through systemic delivery. Here, we extended the observations by determining the optimal conditions for gene expression of D-SPM/plasmid DNA (D-SPM/pDNA) in cell lines and in the lungs of BALB/c mice via instillation delivery. In vitro studies showed that D-SPM could partially protect pDNA from degradation by nuclease and exhibited optimal gene transfer efficiency at D-SPM to pDNA weight-mixing ratio of 12. In the lungs of mice, the levels of gene expression generated by D-SPM/pDNA are highly dependent on the weight-mixing ratio of D-SPM to pDNA, amount of pDNA in the complex, and the assay time postdelivery. Readministration of the complex at day 1 following the first dosing showed no significant effect on the retention and duration of gene expression. The study also showed that there was a clear trend of increasing size of the complexes as the amount of pDNA was increased, where the sizes of the D-SPM/pDNA complexes were within the nanometer range.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Biomedical Engineering
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