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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
The control of gene transfection in the body is a core issue in gene therapy. Photochemical internalization is a technology that allows light-induced delivery of DNA, drugs or other biological factors directly inside cells. Usually it requires that a photosensitizer be added to the drug-delivery system to photochemically destabilize the endosomal membrane. Here we present a system for in vivo DNA delivery in which these two components are assembled into one structure. This is a ternary complex composed of a core containing DNA packaged with cationic peptides and enveloped in the anionic dendrimer phthalocyanine, which provides the photosensitizing action. The ternary complex showed more than 100-fold photochemical enhancement of transgene expression in vitro with reduced photocytotoxicity. In an animal experiment, subconjuctival injection of the ternary complex followed by laser irradiation resulted in transgene expression only in the laser-irradiated site. This work demonstrates a new biomedical application for dendrimers, and the first success in the photochemical-internalization-mediated gene delivery in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1476-1122
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
934-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Conjunctiva, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Dendrimers, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Endocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Fluoresceins, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Fluorescent Dyes, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Indoles, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Light, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Microscopy, Atomic Force, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Octanols, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Photosensitizing Agents, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Scattering, Radiation, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Static Electricity, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Transgenes, pubmed-meshheading:16299510-Water
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Light-induced gene transfer from packaged DNA enveloped in a dendrimeric photosensitizer.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't