Octaarginine-modified multifunctional envelope-type nanoparticles for gene delivery
Octaarginine-modified multifunctional envelope-type nanoparticles for gene delivery
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DOI:
10.1038/sj.gt.3302910
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发表时间:
2007-04-01
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影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
Harashima, H.
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作者:
Khalil, I. A.;Kogure, K.;Harashima, H.
This study describes a multifunctional envelope-type nano device (MEND) that mimics an envelope-type virus based on a novel packaging strategy. MEND particles contain a DNA core packaged into a lipid envelope modified with an octaarginine peptide. The peptide mediates internalization via macropinocytosis, which avoids lysosomal degradation. MEND-mediated transfection of a luciferase expression plasmid achieved comparable efficiency to adenovirus-mediated transfection, with lower associated cytotoxicity. Furthermore, topical application of MEND particles containing constitutively active bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) type IA receptor (caBmpr1a) gene had a significant impact on hair growth in vivo. These data demonstrate that MEND is a promising non-viral gene delivery system that may provide superior results to existing non-viral gene delivery technologies.