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DOTAP/DOPE and DC-Chol/DOPE lipoplexes for gene delivery studied by circular dichroism and other biophysical techniques

Ciani, Laura, Casini, Angela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1599-9542, Gabbiani, Chiara, Ristori, Sandra, Messori, Luigi and Martini, Giacomo 2007. DOTAP/DOPE and DC-Chol/DOPE lipoplexes for gene delivery studied by circular dichroism and other biophysical techniques. Biophysical Chemistry 127 (3) , pp. 213-220. 10.1016/j.bpc.2007.02.003

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Abstract

Cationic liposomes give rise to stable complexes with DNA molecules (lipoplexes) that are of great interest for gene delivery applications. In particular, liposomes made up by a cationic lipid (DOTAP or DC-Chol) and a zwitterionic lipid (DOPE), produce stable adducts with single and double-stranded DNA oligonucleotides. Formation of these lipoplexes has been further addressed here by circular dichroism spectroscopy (CD) and by other independent biophysical methods. Titration of DNA oligonucleotides with cationic liposomes resulted into significant modifications of their circular dichroic bands. Such spectral modifications were ascribed to progressive DNA condensation and loss of native conformation, as a consequence of the electrostatic interactions taking place between the phosphate groups of DNA and the positively charged head groups of cationic lipids. In all cases, the loss of the CD feature characteristic of the native DNA conformation closely matched the inflection point of Zeta potential profiles. The resulting adducts showed peculiar and non-canonical CD spectra, while exhibiting appreciable stability at physiological pH.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Chemistry
Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
Publisher: Elsevier
Date of Acceptance: 7 February 2007
Last Modified: 31 Oct 2022 08:59
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/79373

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