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Insights into the mechanism of magnetic particle assisted gene delivery.
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PMID:  20920614     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In magnetic particle assisted gene delivery DNA is complexed with polymer-coated aggregated magnetic nanoparticles (AMNPs) to effect transfection. In vitro studies based on COS-7 cells were carried out using pEGFP-N1 and pMIR-REPORT-complexed, polyethylenimine (PEI)-coated iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). PEI-coated AMNPs (PEI-AMNPs) with average individual particle diameters of 8, 16 and 30nm were synthesized. Normal, reverse and retention magnetic transfection experiments and cell wounding assays were performed. Our results show that the optimum magnetic field yields maximum transfection efficiency with good viability. The results of the normal, reverse and retention magnetic transfection experiments show that the highest transfection efficiency was achieved in normal magnetic transfection mode due to clustering of the PEI-AMNPs on the cells. Cell wounding assay results suggest that the mechanism of magnetic transfection is endocytosis rather than cell wounding.
Authors:
D Ang; Q V Nguyen; S Kayal; P R Preiser; R S Rawat; R V Ramanujan
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2011-01-22
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta biomaterialia     Volume:  7     ISSN:  1878-7568     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Biomater     Publication Date:  2011 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-01-31     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101233144     Medline TA:  Acta Biomater     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1319-26     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2010 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
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