TY - JOUR
T1 - Improved intracellular delivery of oligonucleotides by square wave electroporation
AU - Liu, Y.
AU - Bergan, R.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Prior studies have shown that electroporation is a simple and effective method for the introduction of oligonucleotides (ODN) into cells. In ex vivo bone marrow purging models, electroporation of ODN into cells has been associated with selective killing of human neoplastic cells while sparing hematopoietic stem cells. Prior studies used conventional electroporation methods (i.e., exponential decay) to introduce ODN into cells. Square wave electroporation allows the delivery of a more defined and regulated electrical pulse and is associated with high transfection efficiencies in a variety of systems. The current study was undertaken to determine whether square wave electroporation was more effective than exponential decay electroporation for the delivery of ODN into hematopoietic cells. Using fluorescein-tagged ODN and K562, chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) cells, higher transfection rates were observed after square wave electroporation. In addition, c-myc antisense ODN were more effective in reducing c-myc protein when introduced by square wave electroporation, as compared with introduction by exponential decay electroporation. Square wave electroporation is thus identified as the optimal method for delivering ODN into hematopoietic cells.
AB - Prior studies have shown that electroporation is a simple and effective method for the introduction of oligonucleotides (ODN) into cells. In ex vivo bone marrow purging models, electroporation of ODN into cells has been associated with selective killing of human neoplastic cells while sparing hematopoietic stem cells. Prior studies used conventional electroporation methods (i.e., exponential decay) to introduce ODN into cells. Square wave electroporation allows the delivery of a more defined and regulated electrical pulse and is associated with high transfection efficiencies in a variety of systems. The current study was undertaken to determine whether square wave electroporation was more effective than exponential decay electroporation for the delivery of ODN into hematopoietic cells. Using fluorescein-tagged ODN and K562, chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) cells, higher transfection rates were observed after square wave electroporation. In addition, c-myc antisense ODN were more effective in reducing c-myc protein when introduced by square wave electroporation, as compared with introduction by exponential decay electroporation. Square wave electroporation is thus identified as the optimal method for delivering ODN into hematopoietic cells.
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U2 - 10.1089/108729001750072083
DO - 10.1089/108729001750072083
M3 - Article
C2 - 11258623
AN - SCOPUS:0035090622
SN - 1087-2906
VL - 11
SP - 7
EP - 14
JO - Antisense and Nucleic Acid Drug Development
JF - Antisense and Nucleic Acid Drug Development
IS - 1
ER -