Successful transfection of hepatoma cells after encapsulation of plasmid DNA into negatively charged liposomes
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Abstract
The application of conventional cationic liposomes/DNA complexes in gene transfer was hampered due to their large size, instability, and limited transfection site in vivo. In this report, we described a dialysis-based method and produced small, stable, and negatively charged DNA-containing liposomes composed of low content of cationic lipid and high content of fusogenic lipid. The liposomes were relatively spherical with a condensed core inside, and exhibited small size with narrow particle size distribution. The encapsulation efficiency of the liposomes was 42.53 +/- 2.29%. They were stable and showed enough protective ability to plasmid DNA from degradation after incubation with different amounts of DNase. Twenty-fold higher transfection efficiency for the liposomes was achieved when compared with that of naked plasmid DNA and no toxicities to hepatocellular carcinoma cells were observed. Our results indicate that the negatively charged DNA-containing liposomes can facilitate gene transfer in cultured cells, and may alleviate the drawbacks of the conventional cationic liposomes/DNA complexes for gene delivery in vivo.
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