PMID- 14624526 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20040803 LR - 20181130 IS - 1549-3296 (Print) IS - 1549-3296 (Linking) VI - 67 IP - 4 DP - 2003 Dec 15 TI - Fabrication and in vitro testing of polymeric delivery system for condensed DNA. PG - 1384-92 AB - Polyethylenimine (PEI) was combined with plasmid DNA and freeze dried following the addition of sucrose as a lyoprotectant and pore-forming agent. Freeze-dried PEI DNA condensates were dry mixed with granular polylactideglycolic acid (PLGA) then compression molded and sponged to encapsulated PEI DNA. A measurement of the elastic modulus indicated that 91 wt% sucrose substituted for 95 wt% sodium chloride as a porogen, resulting in PLGA sponges with a mechanical modulus of 100 kPa. The PEI DNA was retained (80%) within PLGA sponges prepared with sucrose during the leaching and subsequent 2-week release studies, whereas sodium chloride PLGA sponges caused the premature release (100%) of PEI DNA within 2 days. In vitro gene transfer studies with PEI DNA PLGA sponges established that adherent and infiltrating fibroblasts expressed reporter gene for 15 days compared with the short, 3-day expression mediated by direct gene of PEI DNA on cells in culture. The results demonstrate an approach to encapsulate condensed DNA in a PLGA sponge for the purpose of retaining DNA within the matrices and creating efficient gene transfer during tissue engineering. CI - Copyright 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res 67A: 1384-1392, 2003 FAU - Huang, Yen-Chen AU - Huang YC AD - College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1065, USA. FAU - Connell, Maureen AU - Connell M FAU - Park, Youmie AU - Park Y FAU - Mooney, David J AU - Mooney DJ FAU - Rice, Kevin G AU - Rice KG LA - eng GR - DE13004/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Biomed Mater Res A JT - Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A JID - 101234237 RN - 0 (DNA, Circular) RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - 1SIA8062RS (Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer) RN - 26009-03-0 (Polyglycolic Acid) RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) RN - 57-50-1 (Sucrose) RN - 9002-98-6 (Polyethyleneimine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - DNA, Circular/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Elasticity MH - Fibroblasts/cytology/physiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - *Gene Transfer Techniques MH - Genes, Reporter MH - Lactic Acid/*chemistry MH - Materials Testing MH - Mice MH - NIH 3T3 Cells MH - Particle Size MH - Plasmids/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Polyethyleneimine/*chemistry MH - Polyglycolic Acid/*chemistry MH - Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer MH - Polymers/*chemistry MH - Sucrose/chemistry MH - Surface Properties EDAT- 2003/11/19 05:00 MHDA- 2004/08/04 05:00 CRDT- 2003/11/19 05:00 PHST- 2003/11/19 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/08/04 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/11/19 05:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jbm.a.20036 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biomed Mater Res A. 2003 Dec 15;67(4):1384-92. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.20036.