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Multiply clustered gold-based nanoparticles complexed with exogenous pDNA achieve prolonged gene expression in stem cells

Se Won Yi1, Ji Sun Park1, Hye Jin Kim1, Jung Sun Lee1, Dae Gyun Woo2, Keun-Hong Park1✉

1. Department of Biomedical Science, College of Life Science, CHA University, 6F, CHA Biocomplex, Sampyeong-Dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, 13488, Republic of Korea.
2. CHA Advanced Research Institute, 7F, CHA Biocomplex, Sampyeong-Dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, 13488, Republic of Korea.

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Yi SW, Park JS, Kim HJ, Lee JS, Woo DG, Park KH. Multiply clustered gold-based nanoparticles complexed with exogenous pDNA achieve prolonged gene expression in stem cells. Theranostics 2019; 9(17):5009-5019. doi:10.7150/thno.34487. https://www.thno.org/v09p5009.htm
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Development of a stable and prolonged gene delivery system is a key goal in the gene therapy field. To this end, we designed and fabricated a gene delivery system based on multiply-clustered gold particles that could achieve prolonged gene delivery in stem cells, leading to improved induction of differentiation.

Methods: Inorganic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) underwent three rounds of complexation with catechol-functionalized polyethyleneimine (CPEI) and plasmid DNAs (pDNAs), in that order, with addition of heparin (HP) between rounds, yielding multiply-clustered gold-based nanoparticles (mCGNPs). Via metal-catechol group interactions, the AuNP surface was easily coordinated with positively charged CPEIs, which in turn allowed binding of pDNAs.

Results: Negatively charged HP was encapsulated with the positive charge of CPEIs via electrostatic interactions, making the NPs more compact. Repeating the complexation process yielded mCGNPs with improved transfection efficiency in human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs); moreover, these particles exhibited lower cytotoxicity and longer expression of pDNAs than conventional NPs. This design was applied to induction of chondrogenesis in hMSCs using pDNA harboring SOX9, an important chondrogenic transcription factor. Prolonged expression of SOX9 induced by mCGNPs triggered expression of chondrocyte extracellular matrix (ECM) protein after 14 days, leading to more efficient chondrogenic differentiation in vitro and in vivo.

Keywords: multiple cluster, prolonged gene delivery, gold nanoparticle, heparin, electrostatic interaction, hMSCs, chondrogenic differentiation


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Yi, S.W., Park, J.S., Kim, H.J., Lee, J.S., Woo, D.G., Park, K.H. (2019). Multiply clustered gold-based nanoparticles complexed with exogenous pDNA achieve prolonged gene expression in stem cells. Theranostics, 9(17), 5009-5019. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.34487.

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Yi, S.W.; Park, J.S.; Kim, H.J.; Lee, J.S.; Woo, D.G.; Park, K.H. Multiply clustered gold-based nanoparticles complexed with exogenous pDNA achieve prolonged gene expression in stem cells. Theranostics 2019, 9 (17), 5009-5019. DOI: 10.7150/thno.34487.

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Yi SW, Park JS, Kim HJ, Lee JS, Woo DG, Park KH. Multiply clustered gold-based nanoparticles complexed with exogenous pDNA achieve prolonged gene expression in stem cells. Theranostics 2019; 9(17):5009-5019. doi:10.7150/thno.34487. https://www.thno.org/v09p5009.htm

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Yi SW, Park JS, Kim HJ, Lee JS, Woo DG, Park KH. 2019. Multiply clustered gold-based nanoparticles complexed with exogenous pDNA achieve prolonged gene expression in stem cells. Theranostics. 9(17):5009-5019.

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