Mechanistic studies on the uptake and intracellular trafficking of novel cyclodextrin transfection complexes by intestinal epithelial cells
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2011-07
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O'Neill, Martin J.
Guo, Jianfeng
Byrne, Colin
Darcy, Raphael
O'Driscoll, Caitríona M.
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Elsevier
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Oral delivery of gene therapeutics would facilitate treatment of local intestinal disease, including colon cancer and inflammatory bowel disease, thus avoiding invasive surgery. The aims of this study were to investigate; if the orientation of the lipid tail on the cyclodextrin (CD) influenced the efficacy of a novel poly-6-cationic amphiphilic CD to transfect intestinal enterocytes; the endocytotic uptake pathway(s), and, the intracellular trafficking of the CD.DNA complexes. Inhibitors of clathrin- and caveolae- mediated endocytosis and macropinocytosis were used to determine the mechanism(s) of CD.DNA uptake by both undifferentiated and differentiated Caco-2 cells. Cell surface heparan sulphate proteoglycans were involved in the association of CD.DNA complexes with undifferentiated Caco-2 cells. Complexation of pDNA with CD facilitated significant levels of pDNA uptake and gene expression (comparable to PEI) in both undifferentiated and differentiated Caco-2 cells. Disruption of intracellular vesicular trafficking reduced transfection activity. CD was also capable of transfecting the more physiologically relevant differentiated Caco-2 model. Macropinocytosis was responsible for the uptake of CD.DNA transfection complexes by both undifferentiated and differentiated Caco-2 cells. The ability of this novel CD to transfect differentiated intestinal cells indicates the potential of this vector for oral gene delivery.
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Non-viral gene therapy , Cyclodextrins , Intestinal delivery , Uptake pathways , Intracellular trafficking
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Martin J. O'Neill, Jianfeng Guo, Colin Byrne, Raphael Darcy and Caitriona M. O'Driscoll. (2011) 'Mechanistic studies on the uptake and intracellular trafficking of novel cyclodextrin transfection complexes by intestinal epithelial cells'. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 413 (1-2):174-183.
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Copyright © 2011, Elsevier. NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International Journal of Pharmaceutics . Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Journal of Pharmaceutics [413, 1-2, 15 July 2011] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2011.04.021