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Pickard, MR, Adams, C.F., Barraud, P and Chari, DM (2015) Using magnetic nanoparticles for gene transfer to neural stem cells: stem cell propagation method influences outcomes. Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 6 (2). pp. 259-279. ISSN 2079-4983
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Abstract
Genetically engineered neural stem cell (NSC) transplants offer a key strategy to augment neural repair by releasing therapeutic biomolecules into injury sites. Genetic modification of NSCs is heavily reliant on viral vectors but cytotoxic effects have prompted development of non-viral alternatives, such as magnetic nanoparticle (MNPs). NSCs are propagated in laboratories as either 3-D suspension “neurospheres” or 2-D adherent “monolayers”. MNPs deployed with oscillating magnetic fields (“magnetofection technology”) mediate effective gene transfer to neurospheres but the efficacy of this approach for monolayers is unknown. It is important to address this issue as oscillating magnetic fields dramatically enhance MNP-based transfection in transplant cells (e.g., astrocytes and oligodendrocyte precursors) propagated as monolayers. We report for the first time that oscillating magnetic fields enhanced MNP-based transfection with reporter and functional (basic fibroblast growth factor; FGF2) genes in monolayer cultures yielding high transfection versus neurospheres. Transfected NSCs showed high viability and could re-form neurospheres, which is important as neurospheres yield higher post-transplantation viability versus monolayer cells. Our results demonstrate that the combination of oscillating magnetic fields and a monolayer format yields the highest efficacy for MNP-mediated gene transfer to NSCs, offering a viable non-viral alternative for genetic modification of this important neural cell transplant population.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | nanoparticle, magnetofection, neural cell, stem cell, transplantation, genetic engineering |
Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine |
Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 29 Apr 2015 11:14 |
Last Modified: | 01 May 2019 09:47 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/474 |