Abstract

PARDO, Joaquín et al. Magnetic field-assisted gene transfer: Studies in glial cells. Acta bioquím. clín. latinoam. [online]. 2013, vol.47, n.2, pp.399-406. ISSN 0325-2957.

It is known that certain types of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) complexed to gene vectors can, in the presence of an external magnetic field, greatly enhance gene transfer into cells. This technique, called magnetofection, is of great relevance to gene therapy. In the present study the ability of MNP/adenovector complexes to enhance gene transfer to B92 glial cells was assessed. Two complexes were assessed, namely PEI-Mag2/RAd-GFP and PEI-Mag2/RAd-DsRed, which are constituted by the MNP PEI-Mag2 complexed to the adenovector RAd-GFP (expressing the green fluorescent protein GFP) and RAd-DsRed (expressing the red fluorescent protein DsRed2), respectively. It was shown that for both vectors, an increase in the ratio MNP/PVP (physical viral particle) is paralleled by an increase in transduction efficiency, up to a certain threshold value at which an efficiency plateau is reached. This threshold value was 0.5 fg Fe/PVP for the RAd-GFP complex and about 71 fg Fe/PVP for the RAd-DsRed complex. It can be concluded that both magnetic complexes assessed in this study represent promising tools for enhancing the efficiency of gene therapy in brain cells.

Keywords : Nanotechnology; Magnetic nanoparticles; Adenovectors; Gene therapy; Magnetofection; Nervous system; Glia; Green fluorescent protein; Red fluorescent protein.

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