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Effect of hydrophobic interactions on properties and stability of DNA-polyelectrolyte complexes
- 1.0341720 - ÚMCH 2011 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Filippov, Sergey K. - Koňák, Čestmír - Kopečková, P. - Starovoytova, Larisa - Špírková, Milena - Štěpánek, Petr
Effect of hydrophobic interactions on properties and stability of DNA-polyelectrolyte complexes.
Langmuir. Roč. 26, č. 7 (2010), s. 4999-5006. ISSN 0743-7463
Grant CEP: GA ČR GA202/09/2078
GRANT EU: European Commission(XE) 512087 - GIANT
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z40500505
Klíčová slova: DNA * polyplex * cholesterol
Kód oboru RIV: BO - Biofyzika
Impakt faktor: 4.269, rok: 2010
Polyplexes are polyelectrolyte complexes of DNA and polycations, designed for potential gene delivery. We investigated the properties of new polyplexes formed from cholesterol-modified polycations and DNA. Three complexes were tested; their cholesterol contents were 1.4, 6.3, and 8.7 mol %. UV spectroscopy and fluorescence assay using ethidium bromide proved the formation of polyplexes. The kinetics of turbidity of polyplexes solutions in physiological solution showed that the colloid stability of polyplexes increases with increasing content of cholesterol in polycations. DLS, SLS, electrophoretic light scattering, SAXS, and atomic force microscopy were used for characterization of polyplexes. The observed hydrodynamic radii of polyplexes were in the range of 30-60 nm. The properties of polyplex particles depend, in addition to polycation structure, on the rate of polycation addition to DNA solutions.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0005836
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