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JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE
卷 107, 期 1, 页码 174-182出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2005.08.002
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gene transfer; cationic steroids; facial amphiphiles; antibacterial activity
Recently, cationic steroids have been developed that display broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. These compounds, characterized by the presence of several amino groups, present a facially amphiphilic morphology. Formulations containing such steroids were tested for their ability to facilitate the uptake of a reporter plasmid into various cell lines. The results show that, when associated with the naturally occurring zwitterionic lipid dioleoyl-phosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE), cationic steroid antibiotics allow for transfection levels comparable to those obtained with DOTAP. The activity of the amphiphilic mixture was nearly unaffected by bafilomycin A I and chloroquine treatment, suggesting a mechanism that is independent of the acidification process associated with endocytosis. Collectively, our results show that DNA delivery agents possessing strong antibacterial properties can be obtained by conjugating amino groups to a steroid nucleus. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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