| Literature DB >> 18068258 |
Kevin Buyens1, Bart Lucas, Koen Raemdonck, Kevin Braeckmans, Jo Vercammen, Jelle Hendrix, Yves Engelborghs, Stefaan C De Smedt, Niek N Sanders.
Abstract
SiRNA based therapeutics are currently under investigation for treatment of cancer and viral infections. Upon intravenous administration, the nanoscopic delivery systems which carry the siRNA need to be stable in serum, an aspect which is often overlooked in numerous publications on siRNA delivery systems. Techniques currently available for studying the dissociation of siRNA-liposome complexes are time consuming and incompatible with full serum. We therefore developed a fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy (FFS) based method which allows to monitor the integrity of siRNA-carrier complexes. The method can very rapidly provide quantitative information on the complex integrity in biological media, like full human serum, and at very low siRNA concentrations (approximately 20 nM siRNA). Information on the integrity of intravenously injected siRNA nanoparticles in serum is crucial. Consequently, the FFS method reported in this work may find broad applicability in the field of siRNA-carrier design.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 18068258 DOI： 10.1016/j.jconrel.2007.10.024
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Control Release ISSN： 0168-3659 Impact factor: 9.776