Endosomolytic activity of cationic liposomes enhances the delivery of human immunodeficiency virus-1 transactivator protein (tat) to mammalian cells
Endosomolytic activity of cationic liposomes enhances the delivery of human immunodeficiency virus-1 transactivator protein (tat) to mammalian cells
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DOI:
10.1006/bbrc.1995.2838
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发表时间:
1995-12-26
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Barsoum, J
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作者:
Huang, L;Farhood, H;Barsoum, J
We have explored the use of cationic liposomes to deliver the human immunodeficiency virus-1 trans-activator protein tat using a reporter gene expression assay. The human epidermoid carcinoma cell A431 stably transfected with a reporter gene under the control of human immunodeficiency virus-1 promoter was used as a target cell. Phosphatidylcholine-containing cationic liposomes had no detectable tat delivery activity. In contrast, delivery of tat was enhanced by up to 150-fold using cationic liposomes enriched with dioleoyl phosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE), a lipid which readily transforms a bilayer into a nonbilayer structure. Enhanced delivery of tat by DOPE-containing liposomes was most likely the result of the endosomolytic activity of the liposome. This phospholipid-rich formulation showed no toxicity at concentrations sufficient for maximal delivery of tat. A variety of cationic liposome formulations which contain DOPE were tested successfully for rat delivery. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.