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  • Organic Chemistry
  • Biotechnology
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Development of efficient gene delivery vectors is crucial for gene therapy.
  • Emissive materials offer potential for real-time monitoring of transfection processes.
  • Deoxyestrone derivatives provide a versatile scaffold for designing functional molecules.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize novel deoxyestrone-based emissive lipofection agents.
  • To evaluate the gene transfection capabilities of these agents in human cell lines.
  • To investigate the structure-property relationships of these solution and solid-state emitters (SSSEs).

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of three deoxyestrone-based ligands incorporating a terephthalonitrile core.
  • Characterization of the photophysical properties of the synthesized ligands.
  • Preparation of lipoplexes by conjugating tobramycin to the amphiphilic structures.
  • Assessment of gene transfection efficiency in HeLa and HEK 293T cells.

Main Results:

  • Successfully synthesized three novel deoxyestrone-based emissive ligands.
  • Confirmed the solution and solid-state emissive properties (SSSEs) due to the terephthalonitrile motif.
  • Demonstrated the ability of the tobramycin-conjugated structures to form lipoplexes.
  • Achieved successful gene transfection in both HeLa and HEK 293T cell lines.

Conclusions:

  • The developed deoxyestrone-based compounds function as effective emissive lipofection agents.
  • These agents show potential for applications in gene delivery and cellular imaging.
  • The incorporation of the terephthalonitrile motif is key to their emissive properties and transfection capabilities.