Studies on neutral, cationic and biotinylated cationic microbubbles in enhancing ultrasound-mediated gene delivery in vitro and in vivo
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Ultrasound-mediated gene transfer is emerging as a practical means of facilitating targeted gene expression and is significantly enhanced in the presence of exogenously added microbubbles. This study explores the influence of microbubble surface modifications on their interaction with plasmid DNA and target cells, and the functional consequences of those interactions in terms of ultrasound-mediated gene transfer. Polyethylene glycol-stabilized, lipid-shelled microbubbles with neutral (SDM201), cationic (SDM202) and biotinylated cationic (SDM302) surfaces were compared in terms of their abilities to interact with a luciferase-encoding reporter plasmid DNA and with target cells in vitro. The results demonstrate that the biotinylated cationic microbubble > cationic microbubble > neutral microbubble, in terms of their abilities to interact with target cells and to enhance ultrasound-mediated gene transfer, particularly at low microbubble concentration. The presence of a net positive charge on both cationic microbubbles promoted the formation of microbubble-nucleic acid complexes, although preformation of the complexes prior to addition to target cells inhibited the interaction between the microbubbles and target cells in vitro. The impact of these findings on potential in vitro or ex vivo therapeutic applications of microbubble-enhanced ultrasound-mediated gene transfer is discussed. All three microbubble preparations could be used to facilitate gene transfer in vivo and the potential advantages associated with the use of the cationic microbubbles for targeted gene delivery are discussed.

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