PMID- 18573563 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20081103 LR - 20080812 IS - 1873-4995 (Electronic) IS - 0168-3659 (Linking) VI - 130 IP - 1 DP - 2008 Aug 25 TI - Gene delivery to dendritic cells mediated by complexes of lipoplexes and pH-sensitive fusogenic polymer-modified liposomes. PG - 77-83 LID - 10.1016/j.jconrel.2008.05.007 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are potent professional antigen presenting cells that are useful for cancer immunotherapy. We previously reported the preparation and characterization of complexes of lipoplexes with pH-sensitive fusogenic liposomes, which comprise polymers based on poly(glycidol) with carboxyl groups, to transfect various malignant cell lines. The present study applied this kind of vectors to transfection of a murine DC line DC2.4. We first optimized the ratios of their components for efficient transfection. We subsequently investigated the effects of ligands and pH-sensitive polymers to improve transfection activities. Our results indicate that the anionic surface derived from pH-sensitive polymers might be recognized by scavenger receptors on DC2.4 cells. In addition, no effects on transfection or cell association were observed by attaching ligands such as transferrin and mannan. We found that more sensitive pH-responding polymers led to higher transfection activities into DC2.4 cells, which suggest that endosomal escape is important for transfection into DC2.4 cells. These complexes with pH-sensitive fusogenic polymers exhibited higher transfection activity toward DC2.4 cells than some commercial reagents and hence may be useful as a gene vector for DCs. FAU - Yuba, Eiji AU - Yuba E AD - Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Nakaku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan. FAU - Kojima, Chie AU - Kojima C FAU - Sakaguchi, Naoki AU - Sakaguchi N FAU - Harada, Atsushi AU - Harada A FAU - Koiwai, Kazunori AU - Koiwai K FAU - Kono, Kenji AU - Kono K LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20080516 PL - Netherlands TA - J Control Release JT - Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society JID - 8607908 RN - 0 (3,5-dipentadecyloxybenzamidine hydrochloride) RN - 0 (Antigens, Neoplasm) RN - 0 (Benzamidines) RN - 0 (Fatty Acids) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Liposomes) RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - 0 (Propylene Glycols) RN - 0 (polyglycidol) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) RN - EC 1.13.12.- (Luciferases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigens, Neoplasm/administration & dosage/genetics MH - Benzamidines/chemistry MH - Cell Line MH - Dendritic Cells/*metabolism MH - Fatty Acids/chemistry MH - *Gene Transfer Techniques MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/genetics MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Liposomes MH - Luciferases/genetics MH - Mice MH - Molecular Structure MH - Polymers/*chemistry MH - Propylene Glycols/chemistry MH - Transfection EDAT- 2008/06/25 09:00 MHDA- 2008/11/04 09:00 CRDT- 2008/06/25 09:00 PHST- 2007/09/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/05/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2008/05/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/06/25 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/11/04 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/06/25 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0168-3659(08)00249-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jconrel.2008.05.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Control Release. 2008 Aug 25;130(1):77-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2008.05.007. Epub 2008 May 16.