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Ying Sun1, Xiaoyu Li, Xiaofei Liang
1Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200032, PR China.
Abstract:
Calcium phosphate (CaP) has been widely used as the vector for gene transfection in the past three decades. However, clinical application is still not popular due to the poor-controlling of DNA/CaP complexes preparation, cytotoxicity and its low transfection efficiency. In this study, a novel amphipathic octadecyl-quatemized carboxymethyl chitosan (OQCMC) derivative from chitosan was combined with calcium phosphate to synthesize CaP/OQCMC nanoparticles (CaP/OQCMC NPs). The nanoparticles were 122-177 nm in diameter exhibited neutral zeta potential (from -0.115 mV to 0.216 mV), and they were applied as DNA vectors for DNA loading and in vitro transfection. The results showed that CaP/OQCMC NPs displayed high DNA loading capacity and enhanced transfection efficiency with extremely low cytotoxicity. In addition, both CaP and OQCMC are biocompatible and biodegradable, thus the as-prepared CaP/OQCMC NPs are promising in gene delivery.
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