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Structure and structure-function studies of lipid/plasmid DNA complexes.
- Source :
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Journal of drug targeting [J Drug Target] 2000; Vol. 8 (1), pp. 13-27. - Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- Recent synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction studies have enabled us to comprehensively solve the self-assembled structures in mixtures of cationic liposomes (CLs) complexed with linear lambda-DNA. In one case the CL-DNA complexes were found to consist of a higher ordered multilamellar structure (labeled L(alpha)C with DNA sandwiched between cationic bilayer membranes. The membrane charge density is found to control the DNA interaxial spacing with high densities leading to high DNA compaction between lipid bilayers. A second self-assembled structure (labeled H(II)C) consists of linear DNA strands coated by cationic lipid monolayers and arranged on a 2D hexagonal lattice. In this paper we report on a combined X-ray diffraction and optical microscopy study of CLs complexed with functional supercoiled plasmid DNA. We describe the self-assembled structures in cell culture medium for both a high transfectant complex (DOTAP/DOPE, phiDOPE = 0.72) and a low transfectant complex (DOTAP/DOPC, (phiDOPC = 0.72). Fluorescence optica microscopy shows two distinct interactions between these two types of complexes and mouse fibroblast L-cells, demonstrating the existence of a correlation between structure and transfection efficiency.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1061-186X
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of drug targeting
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10761642
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10611860009009206