バブルリポソームと超音波を用いた薬物・遺伝子送達システム(誌上シンポジウム)

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Gene therapy has a potentiality for treatment of cancer and diseases from genomic defects. It is important to select a vector which has good potency in terms of gene transduction efficiency, and is safe and easy to apply. Many researchers have attempted to develop an effective gene delivery carrier. Recently, it was reported that microbubbles, which are ultrasound (US) contrast agents, improved the transfection efficiency by cavitation with US exposure. However, microbubbles had problems with stability and targeting ability. To solve these problems, we focused on liposomes that had many advantages such as being stable and safe in vivo and easily modifying targeting ligand. We succeeded in preparing the liposomes ("Bubble liposomes" (BLs)) entrapping perfluoropropane gas which was utilized for contrast enhancement in ultrasonography. In this study, we assessed the feasibility of BLs as gene delivery carrier utilized cavitation by US exposure. BLs could deliver plasmid DNA to various cell types in vitro by combining with US without cytotoxicity. To evaluate the ability of BLs to in vivo gene delivery, we attempted to deliver plasmid DNA into the femoral artery. The gene expression at this artery treated with BLs and US combination was higher than with US only, BLs without US or Lipofectamine 2000. This result suggested that Bubble liposomes could quickly deliver plasmid DNA into the artery even under conditions of short contact time between BLs and the endothelial cells and the existence of the bloodstream and serum. These results suggested that BLs might be a non-invasive and effective carrier for gene delivery.
社団法人日本薬学会の論文
2007-05-01

バブルリポソームと超音波を用いた薬物・遺伝子送達システム(誌上シンポジウム)

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