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MATERIALS
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 255-264Publisher
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/ma6010255
Keywords
non-viral gene transfection; nanomagnetic gene transfection; DNA; magnetic nanoparticles; magnetic field
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- UK Medical Research Council
- nanoTherics Ltd
- EPSRC
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The objective of this work was to examine the potential of oscillating nanomagnetic gene transfection systems (magnefect-nano (TM)) for improving the transfection efficiency of NIH3T3 mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) in comparison to other non-viral transfection techniques-static magnetofection (TM) and the cationic lipid agent, Lipofectamine 2000 (TM). Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) associated with the plasmid coding for green fluorescent protein (GFP) were used to transfect NIH3T3 cells. The magnefect-nano system was evaluated for transfection efficiency, and any potential associated effects on cell viability were investigated. MNPs associated with the plasmid coding for GFP were efficiently delivered into NIH3T3 cells, and the magnefect-nano system significantly enhanced overall transfection efficiency in comparison to lipid-mediated gene delivery. MNP dosage used in this work was not found to affect the cell viability and/or morphology of the cells. Non-viral transfection using MNPs and the magnefect-nano system can be used to transfect NIH3T3 cells and direct reporter gene delivery, highlighting the wide potential of nanomagnetic gene transfection in gene therapy.
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