Biosynthetic nanobubbles for targeted gene delivery by focused ultrasound

Nanoscale ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (31) ◽  
pp. 14757-14768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baihetiya Tayier ◽  
Zhiting Deng ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Yuming Mu ◽  
...  

Cationic biosynthetic nanobubbles combined with ultrasound lead to significantly improved gene transfection efficiency.

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thayyath Sreenivasan Anirudhan ◽  
Sylaja Raveendran Rejeena

Gene therapy is a new kind of medicine, which uses genes as drugs in order to treat life threatening diseases. In the present work, a nonviral vector, aminated β-cyclodextrin-modified-carboxylated magnetic cobalt/nanocellulose composite (ACDC-Co/NCC), was synthesized for efficient transfection of genes into tumour cells. The synthesized ACDC-Co/NCC was characterized by means of FTIR, XRD, SEM, and ESR techniques. DNA condensing ability of ACDC-Co/NCC was found to be increased with increase in amount of ACDC-Co/NCC and 84.9% of DNA (1.0 μg/mL) inclusion was observed with 6.0 μg/mL of ACDC-Co/NCC. The cytotoxicity of ACDC-Co/NCC was observed to be minimal, even at higher concentration, with respect to the model transfecting agent, poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI). 88.2% of the gene was transfected at high dose of DNA, as indicated by the highest luciferase expression. These results indicated that ACDC-Co/NCC might be a promising candidate for gene delivery with the characteristics of good biocompatibility, potential biodegradability, minimal cytotoxicity, and relatively high gene transfection efficiency.


RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1265-1273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bei Xu ◽  
Aijun Li ◽  
Xinxin Hao ◽  
Rui Guo ◽  
Xiangyang Shi ◽  
...  

The designed Au DENPs-PEG-FA compacts pDNA into cells to enhance gene transfection efficiency.


2007 ◽  
Vol 342-343 ◽  
pp. 449-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tae Hee Kim ◽  
Hua Jin ◽  
Hyun Woo Kim ◽  
Myung Haing Cho ◽  
Jae Woon Nah ◽  
...  

The key strategy for the advancement of gene therapy is the development of an efficient targeted gene delivery system into cells. The targeted gene delivery system is especially important in non-viral gene transfer which shows the relatively low transfection efficiency. It also opens the possibility of selective delivery of therapeutic plasmids to specific tissues. Chitosan has been considered to be a good candidate for gene delivery system, since it is already known as a biocompatible, biodegradable, and low toxic material with high cationic potential. However, low specificity and low transfection efficiency of chitosan need to be overcome prior to clinical trial. In this study, we focused on the chemical modification of chitosan for enhancement of cell specificity and transfection efficiency. Also, the potential of clinical application was investigated.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (39) ◽  
pp. 6462-6467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Gang Ding ◽  
Lei Yu ◽  
Long-Hai Wang ◽  
Lin-Ding Wang ◽  
Zhi-Qiang Yu ◽  
...  

Polycations have high DNA condensing ability, low immunogenicity, and great adaptability, which make them promising for gene delivery.


2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinan Zhao ◽  
Tianyi Zhao ◽  
Yanyan Du ◽  
Yingnan Cao ◽  
Yang Xuan ◽  
...  

Abstract Background During the course of gene transfection, the interaction kinetics between liposomes and DNA is speculated to play very important role for blood stability, cellular uptake, DNA release and finally transfection efficiency. Results As cationic peptide liposomes exhibited great gene transfer activities both in vitro and in vivo, two peptide lipids, containing a tri-ornithine head (LOrn3) and a mono-ornithine head (LOrn1), were chosen to further clarify the process of liposome-mediated gene delivery in this study. The results show that the electrostatically-driven binding between DNA and liposomes reached nearly 100% at equilibrium, and high affinity of LOrn3 to DNA led to fast binding rate between them. The binding process between LOrn3 and DNA conformed to the kinetics equation: y = 1.663631 × exp (− 0.003427x) + 6.278163. Compared to liposome LOrn1, the liposome LOrn3/DNA lipoplex exhibited a faster and more uniform uptake in HeLa cells, as LOrn3 with a tri-ornithine peptide headgroup had a stronger interaction with the negatively charged cell membrane than LOrn1. The efficient endosomal escape of DNA from LOrn3 lipoplex was facilitated by the acidity in late endosomes, resulting in broken carbamate bonds, as well as the “proton sponge effect” of the lipid. Conclusions The interaction kinetics is a key factor for DNA transfection efficiency. This work provided insights into peptide lipid-mediated DNA delivery that could guide the development of the next generation of delivery systems for gene therapeutics.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana V. Oliveira ◽  
Diogo B. Bitoque ◽  
Gabriela A. Silva

The low gene transfer efficiency of chitosan-DNA polyplexes is a consequence of their high stability and consequent slow DNA release. The incorporation of an anionic polymer is believed to loosen chitosan interactions with DNA and thus promote higher transfection efficiencies. In this work, several formulations of chitosan-DNA polyplexes incorporating hyaluronic acid were prepared and characterized for their gene transfection efficiency on both HEK293 and retinal pigment epithelial cells. The different polyplex formulations showed morphology, size, and charge compatible with a role in gene delivery. The incorporation of hyaluronic acid rendered the formulations less stable, as was the goal, but it did not affect the loading and protection of the DNA. Compared with chitosan alone, the transfection efficiency had a 4-fold improvement, which was attributed to the presence of hyaluronic acid. Overall, our hybrid chitosan-hyaluronic acid polyplexes showed a significant improvement of the efficiency of chitosan-based nonviral vectorsin vitro, suggesting that this strategy can further improve the transfection efficiency of nonviral vectors.


2007 ◽  
Vol 539-543 ◽  
pp. 641-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tae Hee Kim ◽  
Jin Hua ◽  
Hyun Woo Kim ◽  
Myung Haing Cho ◽  
Jae Woon Nah ◽  
...  

The development of an efficient targeted gene delivery system into cells is an important strategy for the advancement of gene therapy. The targeted gene delivery system is especially important in non-viral gene transfer which shows the relative low transfection efficiency. And it also opens the possibility of selective delivery of therapeutic plasmids to specific tissues. Chitosan has been considered to be a good candidate for gene delivery system, since it is already known as a biocompatible, biodegradable, and low toxic material with high cationic potential. However, low specificity and low transfection efficiency of chitosan need to be overcome prior to clinical trial. In this study, we focused on the chemical modification of chitosan for enhancement of cell specificity and transfection efficiency.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liting Xie ◽  
Jieqiong Wang ◽  
Shuai Zhao ◽  
Manlin Lai ◽  
Tian'an Jiang ◽  
...  

Ultrasound-activated microbubbles destruction is a promising platform for gene delivery due to the low toxicity, non-invasiveness, and high specificity. However, the gene transfection efficiency is still low, especially for suspension...


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (41) ◽  
pp. 9555-9565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Li ◽  
Hongrui Tian ◽  
Jinlin He ◽  
Mingzu Zhang ◽  
Zuguang Li ◽  
...  

Aminated poly(glycidyl methacrylate)-based polymers for gene delivery not only can reduce toxicity and improve solubility, but can improve gene transfection efficiency and reduce protein aggregation.


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