TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhancement of transfection efficiency by protamine in DDAB lipid vesicle-mediated gene transfer
AU - You, Jun
AU - Kamihira, Masamichi
AU - Iijima, Shinji
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - We have previously developed a simple gene transfection procedure mediated by cationic lipid vesicles for animal cells, in which a commercially available cationic surfactant, dimethyldioctadecyl ammonium bromide (DDAB), was used for making lipid vesicles. In the present study, we examined enhancement of transfection efficiency for this method by adding protamine to plasmid DNA solution before the formation of DNA/lipid vesicle complexes. Both free-base protamine and protamine sulfate provided enhanced transfection efficiency and expression level, but the optimal amount of the two protamines was different. The enhancement in transfection efficiency and expression level by protamines was observed in all the cell lines (COS-7, Hela, NIH3T3, MDCK, and BHK-21C13) and all the plasmids (pCMVβ, pmiwZ, and pCH110) tested. The enhancement in both transfection efficiency and expression level was at most 20-fold compared with that using only DDAB lipid vesicles. Protamines seemed to protect DNA from degradation by DNase and promote DNA delivery into a nucleus.
AB - We have previously developed a simple gene transfection procedure mediated by cationic lipid vesicles for animal cells, in which a commercially available cationic surfactant, dimethyldioctadecyl ammonium bromide (DDAB), was used for making lipid vesicles. In the present study, we examined enhancement of transfection efficiency for this method by adding protamine to plasmid DNA solution before the formation of DNA/lipid vesicle complexes. Both free-base protamine and protamine sulfate provided enhanced transfection efficiency and expression level, but the optimal amount of the two protamines was different. The enhancement in transfection efficiency and expression level by protamines was observed in all the cell lines (COS-7, Hela, NIH3T3, MDCK, and BHK-21C13) and all the plasmids (pCMVβ, pmiwZ, and pCH110) tested. The enhancement in both transfection efficiency and expression level was at most 20-fold compared with that using only DDAB lipid vesicles. Protamines seemed to protect DNA from degradation by DNase and promote DNA delivery into a nucleus.
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U2 - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022399
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022399
M3 - Article
C2 - 10348920
AN - SCOPUS:0032815438
VL - 125
SP - 1160
EP - 1167
JO - Journal of Biochemistry
JF - Journal of Biochemistry
SN - 0021-924X
IS - 6
ER -