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Enhanced gene transfer with fusogenic liposomes containing vesicular stomatitis virus G glycoprotein
A Abe1, A Miyanohara, T Friedmann
1Department of Pediatrics, Center for Molecular Genetics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0634, USA.
Abstract:
Exposure of Lipofectin-DNA complexes to the partially purified G glycoprotein of the vesicular stomatitis virus envelope (VSV-G) results in loss of serum-mediated inhibition and in enhanced efficiency of gene transfer. Sucrose density gradient sedimentation analysis indicated that the VSV-G associates physically with the DNA-lipid complex to produce a VSV-G liposome. The ability to incorporate surrogate viral or cellular envelope components such as VSV-G into liposomes may allow more-efficient and possibly targeted gene delivery by lipofection, both in vitro and in vivo.