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Fabrication of Positively Charged Fluorescent Polymer Nanoparticles for Cell Imaging and Gene Delivery.


ABSTRACT: Development of efficient non-viral gene delivery vector has aroused great attention in the past few decades. In this study, we reported a new gene delivery vector, positively charged fluorescent conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNPs), for efficient gene transfection and in-situ intracellular fluorescence imaging. The microscopic and spectroscopic characterizations demonstrated that these CPNPs possess decent fluorescence performance (e.g. with fluorescence quantum yield of 70.7±0.3%) and small size dimension of ~3.6±0.3 nm (DLS result). Fast and efficient cellular translocation capability was observed according to the time-dependent living cell imaging experiments. Nearly all of the cells were loaded with CPNPs after co-incubation for 2 h regardless of the cell type. In comparison with the commonly used gene delivery vector, lipofectamine 2000 (with gene transfection efficiency of 55±5% for pEGFP), the gene expression efficiency with the positively charged CPNPs (70±3% for pEGFP) was improved significantly. Intracellular fluorescence imaging results demonstrated that the CPNPs could actively assemble close to the periphery of nuclei. Disassembly was not observed even 36 h later, which greatly facilitates releasing of pDNA close to the periphery of nuclei and thus promotes the gene transfection efficiency.

SUBMITTER: Wei L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5865269 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Fabrication of Positively Charged Fluorescent Polymer Nanoparticles for Cell Imaging and Gene Delivery.

Wei Lin L   Zhang Di D   Zheng Xuanfang X   Zeng Xuyao X   Zeng Youlin Y   Shi Xinbo X   Su Xin X   Xiao Lehui L  

Nanotheranostics 20180215 2


Development of efficient non-viral gene delivery vector has aroused great attention in the past few decades. In this study, we reported a new gene delivery vector, positively charged fluorescent conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNPs), for efficient gene transfection and in-situ intracellular fluorescence imaging. The microscopic and spectroscopic characterizations demonstrated that these CPNPs possess decent fluorescence performance (e.g. with fluorescence quantum yield of 70.7±0.3%) and small  ...[more]

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