A novel temperature-responsive polymer as a gene vector
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Evaluation of Polymeric Gene Delivery Nanoparticles by Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis and High-throughput Flow Cytometry
Published on: March 1, 2013
Yongzheng Ma1, Sen Hou, Bin Ji
1The Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Abstract:
A temperature-responsive polymer poly{2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate-co-[cis-butenedioic anhydride-poly[(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-(butyl methacrylate)]]} (PDMNIB) was synthesized by free radical polymerization. The polymer had a significant temperature-responsive behavior with a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) at 20 degrees C. Gel retardation assay showed that PDMNIB could efficiently interact with DNA. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) and zeta potential measurement indicated that the average sizes and the surface electric charges of the PDMNIB/DNA complexes could be changed by temperature. Due to the thermosensitive interaction between PDMNIB and DNA, the gene transfection efficiency of PDMNIB could be improved by temperature.
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