Mannan-Modified PLGA Nanoparticles for Targeted Gene Delivery
Open Access
- 25 August 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in International Journal of Photoenergy
- Vol. 2012, 1-7
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/926754
Abstract
The studies of targeted gene delivery nanocarriers have gained increasing attention during the past decades. In this study, mannan modified DNA loaded bioadhesive PLGA nanoparticles (MAN-DNA-NPs) were investigated for targeted gene delivery to the Kupffer cells (KCs). Bioadhesive PLGA nanoparticles were prepared and subsequently bound withpEGFP. Following the coupling of the mannan-based PE-grafted ligands (MAN-PE) with the DNA-NPs, the MAN-DNA-NPs were delivered intravenously to rats. The transfection efficiency was determined from the isolated KCs and flow cytometry was applied for the quantitation of gene expression after 48 h post transfection. The size of the MAN-DNA-NPs was found to be around 190 nm and the Zeta potential was determined to be −15.46mV. ThepEGFPbinding capacity of MAN-DNA-NPs was ()% and thein vitrorelease profiles of the MAN-DNA-NPs follow the Higuchi model. When compared with non-modified DNA-NPs and Lipofectamine 2000-DNA, MAN-DNA-NPs produced the highest gene expressions, especiallyin vivo. Thein vivodata from flow cytometry analysis showed that MAN-DNA-NPs displayed a remarkably higher transfection efficiency (39%) than non-modified DNA-NPs (25%) and Lipofectamine 2000-DNA (23%) in KCs. The results illustrate that MAN-DNA-NPs have the ability to target liver KCs and could function as promising active targeting drug delivery vectors.Keywords
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