期刊
JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE BIOLOGY
卷 236, 期 1, 页码 81-85出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-010-9270-5
关键词
Gene transfer; DNA electrotransfer; DNA electrophoresis; Gene expression; Electroporation; Electropermeabilization
资金
- Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation [S14]
- Research Council of Lithuania [MOS-7]
DNA electrotransfer in vivo for gene therapy is a promising method. For further clinical developments, the efficiency of the method should be increased. It has been shown previously that high efficiency of gene electrotransfer in vivo can be achieved using high-voltage (HV) and low-voltage (LV) pulses. In this study we evaluated whether HV and LV pulses could be optimized in vitro for efficient DNA electrotransfer. Experiments were performed using Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. To evaluate the efficiency of DNA electrotransfer, two different plasmids coding for GFP and luciferase were used. For DNA electrotransfer experiments 50 mu l of CHO cell suspension containing 100, 10 or 1 mu g/ml of the plasmid were placed between plate electrodes and subjected to various combinations of HV and LV pulses. The results showed that at 100 mu g/ml plasmid concentration LV pulse delivered after HV pulse increased neither the percentage of transfected cells nor the total transfection efficiency (luciferase activity). The contribution of the LV pulse was evident only at reduced concentration (10 and 1 mu g/ml) of the plasmid. In comparison to HV (1,200 V/cm, 100 mu s) pulse, addition of LV (100 V/cm, 100 ms) pulse increased transfection efficiency severalfold at 10 mu g/ml and fivefold at 1 mu g/ml. At 10 mu g/ml concentration of plasmid, application of four LV pulses after HV pulse increased transfection efficiency by almost 10-fold. Thus, these results show that contribution of electrophoretic forces to DNA electrotransfer can be investigated in vitro using HV and LV pulses.
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