Hydrogel nanoparticle encapsulated plasmid as a suitable gene delivery system

Autor: A, Rafieei, F, Riazi-Rad, M H, Alimohammadian, T, Gazori, S M R, Fatemi, M, Havaskary
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: TSitologiia i genetika. 49(2)
ISSN: 0564-3783
Popis: To facilitate the delivery of genetic material, the use of appropriate carriers such as polymers is necessary. Nanoparticles comprising of chitosan-alginate polymers were formed through pregel preparation method. Chi/Alg nanoparticles had a mean Z-Average diameter of 161.8 nm and mean zeta 29.3 mV, respectively. The ability of plasmidcomplex in preventing DNA migration showed Chi/Alg nanoparticles have great capacity to maintain plasmid. The efficiency of nanoparticles for transfection of pEGFP-N1 plasmid in the cultured HEK 293 cells was measured by flow cytometry. Cell viability assays indicated that nanoparticles had no toxic effect on HEK 293 cells after 4 or 24 h. Our suitable candidate for gene delivery would be Alg/Chi nanoparticles.
Databáze: OpenAIRE