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Safety profile of dextran-spermine gene delivery vector in mouse lungs


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Yeo, Wendy Wai Yeng and Hosseinkhani, Hossein and Abdul Rahman, Sabariah and Rosli, Rozita and Domb, Abraham J. and Abdullah, Syahrilnizam (2014) Safety profile of dextran-spermine gene delivery vector in mouse lungs. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology , 14 (5). pp. 3328-3336. ISSN 1533-4880;ESSN: 1533-4899

Abstract

A nano-sized polymer, dextran-spermine (D-SPM), was shown to have the capacity to deliver gene to the lung of mouse via intranasal route. In this study, assessments on the safety profile of D-SPM were performed to complement the gene expression results. African green monkey kidney fibroblast (COS-7) and human adenocarcinoma breast (MCF-7) cells transfected with D-SPM/pDNA showed massive reduction in the number of viable cells. As for in vivo study, elevated level of neutrophils was observed, despite the minimal level of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-12, IFN-γ detected in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of mice treated with the D-SPM/pDNA complexes. Histology profile examinations of the lungs showed mild inflammatory responses, with inflamed areas overlap with healthy areas. Although reduction of mice weight was seen at day 1 post administration, the mice did not show any sign of abnormal behavior or physical appearance. Biodistribution study was performed to determine the ability of the D-SPM/pDNA complexes to infiltrate to other non-intended organs. The result showed that the D-SPM/pDNA complexes were only localized at the lung and no gene expression was detected in other organs or blood. In short, these results indicate that the D-SPM/pDNA exhibited mild toxicity in the mouse lungs.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Institute of Bioscience
Publisher: American Scientific Publishers
Keywords: Dextran-spermine; Mouse lung; Non-viral delivery; Polymer; Safety
Depositing User: Raja Norazlinda Raja Azenam
Date Deposited: 27 Dec 2014 12:33
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2015 03:34
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29784
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