PepFect14 Peptide Vector for Efficient Gene Delivery in Cell Cultures
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- 作者：Kadi-Liis Veiman ; Imre M盲ger ; Kariem Ezzat ; Helerin Margus ; T玫nis Lehto ; Kent Langel ; Kaido Kurrikoff ; Piret Arukuusk ; Julia Suhorut拧enko ; K盲rt Padari ; Margus Pooga ; Taavi Lehto ; 脺lo Langel
- 刊名：Molecular Pharmaceutics
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：January 7, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：10
- 期：1
- 页码：199-210
- 全文大小：551K
- 年卷期：v.10,no.1(January 7, 2013)
- ISSN：1543-8392
文摘
The successful applicability of gene therapy approaches will heavily rely on the development of efficient and safe nonviral gene delivery vectors, for example, cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs). CPPs can condense oligonucleotides and plasmid DNA (pDNA) into nanoparticles, thus allowing the transfection of genetic material into cells. However, despite few promising attempts, CPP-mediated pDNA delivery has been relatively inefficient due to the unfavorable nanoparticle characteristics or the nanoparticle entrapment to endocytic compartments. In many cases, both of these drawbacks could be alleviated by modifying CPPs with a stearic acid residue, as demonstrated in the delivery of both the pDNA and the short oligonucleotides. In this study, PepFect14 (PF14) peptide, previously used for the transport of shorter oligonucleotides, is demonstrated to be suited also for the delivery of pDNA. It is shown that PF14 forms stable nanoparticles with pDNA with a negative surface charge and size of around 130鈥?70 nm. These nanoparticles facilitate efficient gene delivery and expression in a variety of regular adherent cell lines and also in difficult-to-transfect primary cells. Uptake studies indicate that PF14/pDNA nanoparticles are utilizing class A scavenger receptors (SCARA) and caveolae-mediated endocytosis as the main route for cellular internalization. Conclusively, PF14 is an efficient nonviral vector for gene delivery.