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dc.contributor.author | Sabín Fernández, Juan Daniel |
dc.contributor.author | Alatorre Meda, Manuel |
dc.contributor.author | Miñones Conde, José |
dc.contributor.author | Domínguez Arca, Vicente |
dc.contributor.author | Prieto, Gerardo |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-21T09:55:26Z |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-21T09:55:26Z |
dc.date.issued | 2022 |
dc.identifier.citation | Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 210 (2022) 112219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.112219 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10347/27689 |
dc.description.abstract | Polyethylenimine (PEI) has been demonstrated as an efficient DNA delivery vehicle both in vitro and in vivo. There is a consensus that PEI-DNA complexes enter the cells by endocytosis and escape from endosomes by the so-called “proton sponge” effect. However, little is known on how and where the polyplexes are de-complexed for DNA transcription and replication to occur inside the cell nucleus. To better understand this issue, we (i) tracked the cell internalization of PEI upon transfection to human epithelial cells and (ii) studied the interaction of PEI with phospholipidic layers mimicking nuclear membranes. Both the biological and physicochemical experiments provided evidence of a strong binding affinity between PEI and the lipidic bilayer. Firstly, confocal microscopy revealed that PEI alone could not penetrate the cell nucleus; instead, it arranged throughout the cytoplasm and formed a sort of aureole surrounding the nuclei periphery. Secondly, surface tension measurements, fluorescence dye leakage assays, and differential scanning calorimetry demonstrated that a combination of hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions between PEI and the phospholipidic monolayers/bilayers led to the formation of stable defects along the model membranes, allowing the intercalation of PEI through the monolayer/bilayer structure. Results are also supported by molecular dynamics simulation of the pore formation in PEI-lipidic bilayers. As discussed throughout the text, these results might shed light on a the mechanism in which the interaction between PEI and the nucleus membrane might play an active role on the DNA release: on the one hand, the PEI-membrane interaction is anticipated to facilitate the DNA disassembly from the polyplex by establishing a competition with DNA for the PEI binding and on the other hand, the forming defects are expected to serve as channels for the entrance of de-complexed DNA into the cell nucleus. A better understanding of the mechanism of transfection of cationic polymers opens paths to development of more efficiency vectors to improve gene therapy treatment and the new generation of DNA vaccines |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the Spanish "Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades" (Project PID2019–109517RB-I00) |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | Elsevier |
dc.rights | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
dc.subject | Polyethylenimine |
dc.subject | Pore formation |
dc.subject | Mimicking nuclear membranes |
dc.subject | DNA vectors |
dc.subject | Molecular dynamics simulations |
dc.title | New insights on the mechanism of polyethylenimine transfection and their implications on gene therapy and DNA vaccines |
dc.type | journal article |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.112219 |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.112219 |
dc.type.hasVersion | VoR |
dc.identifier.essn | 0927-7765 |
dc.rights.accessRights | open access |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Física Aplicada |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Química Física |
dc.description.peerreviewed | SI |
dc.relation.projectID | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2019-109517RB-I00/ES/NUEVOS NANOTRANSPORTADORES BIOMIMETICOS YPLATAFORMAS IN VITRO PARA LA VALIDACION EXITOSA DE LA TERAGNOSTICA PARA LA ATEROSCLEROSIS |
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