期刊
JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE
卷 114, 期 1, 页码 110-117出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2006.05.011
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PAMAM dendrimer; L-arginine; primary cortical culture; gene delivery
PAMAM-Arg is a cationic arginine-grafted polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer. In the previous study, we reported that PAMAM-Arg facilitates transfection in a range of mammalian cell types. In the present study, we investigated the transfection efficiency of PAMAM-Arg in primary cortical cultures, which are known to be extremely vulnerable to exogenous gene transfection. PAMAM-Arg/DNA complexes showed particularly high transfection efficiencies and low cytotoxicity in primary cortical cells, as compared to other gene carriers such as, native PAMAM, polyethylenimine (BPEI), and Lipofectamine. Efficient transfection was not limited to neurons but extended to all three glial cells, astrocytes, microglia, and oligodendrocytes, present in these primary cortical cultures. The potential use of PAMAM-Arg was demonstrated by efficient gene knock-down by transfecting HMGB1 shRNA-expressing plasmid. The numbers of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-positive and HMGB1-negative cells indicated that PAMAM-Arg/shRNA-expressing plasmid complex suppressed target gene expression in over 40% of cells, which is the highest level achieved to date in primary conical culture by any gene carrier. Here, we present evidence of the successful delivery and expression of both a reporter gene and of a shRNA-expressing plasmid in primary cortical cells, which demonstrates the potential of PAMAM-Arg for mediating gene delivery to primary neuronal cells. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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