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Galactosylated chitosan (GC)-graft-poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) as hepatocyte-targeting DNA carrier:in vitro transfection

  • In Kyu Park*
  • , Hu Lin Jiang*
  • , Seung Eun Cook*
  • , Myung Haing Cho*
  • , Su ll Kim*
  • , Hwan Jeong Jeong*
  • , Toshihiro Akaike*
  • , Chong Su Cho*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Seoul National University
  • Wonkwang University
  • Institute of Science Tokyo

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Abstract

Galactosylated chitosan-graft-poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (GCPVP) was synthesized and characterized for hepatocyte-targeting gene carrier. GCPVP itself as well as GCPVP/DNA complex had negligible cytotoxicity regardless of the concentration of GCPVP and the charge ratio, but GCPVP/DNA complex had slightly cytotoxic effect on HepG2 cells only in the case of the higher charge ratio and 20 mM of Ca2+ concentration used. Through the confocal laser scanning microscopy, it is shown that the endocytosis by interaction between galactose ligands of GCPVP and ASGPR of the hepatocytes was the major route of transfection of GCPVP/F-plasmid complexes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1284-1289
Number of pages6
JournalArchives of Pharmacal Research
Volume27
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004.12

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Galactosylated chitosan
  • Gene delivery
  • Hepatocyte
  • Poly(vinyl pyrrolidone)

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