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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 276, Issue 34, Pages 32000-32007Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M100138200
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- NIA NIH HHS [AG10034] Funding Source: Medline
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The potential of anionic liposomes for oligonucleotide delivery was explored because the requirement for a net-positive charge on transfection-competent cationic liposome-DNA complexes is ambiguous. Liposomes composed of phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylcholine were monodisperse and encapsulated oligonucleotides with 40-60% efficiency. Ionic strength, bilayer charge density, and oligonucleotide chemistry influenced encapsulation. To demonstrate the biological efficacy of this vector, antisense oligonucleotides to p53 delivered in anionic liposomes were tested in an in vitro model of excitotoxicity. Exposure of hippocampal neurons to glutamate increased p53 protein expression 4-fold and decreased neuronal survival to similar to 35%. Treatment with 1 muM p53 antisense oligonucleotides in anionic liposomes prevented glutamate-induced up-regulation of p53 and increased neuronal survival to similar to 35%. Encapsulated phosphorothioate p53 antisense oligonucleotides were neuroprotective at 5-10-fold lower concentrations than when unencapsulated. Replacing the anionic lipid with phosphatidylserine significantly decreased neuroprotection. p53 antisense oligonucleotides complexed with cationic liposomes were ineffective. Neuroprotection by p53 antisense oligonucleotides in anionic liposomes was comparable with that by glutamate receptor antagonists and a chemical inhibitor of p53. Anionic liposomes were also capable of delivering plasmids and inducing transgene expression in neurons. Anionic liposome-mediated internalization of Cy3-labeled oligonucleotides by neurons and several other cell lines demonstrated the universal applicability of this vector.
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