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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2020

Extracellular Nanovesicle Enhanced Gene Transfection Using Polyethyleneimine in HEK293T Cells and Zebrafish Embryos.

Zhenzhen Zhang, Kai Wen, Chao Zhang, Fabrice Laroche, Zhenglong Wang, Qiang Zhou, Zunfeng Liu, Jan Pieter Abrahams, Xiang Zhou

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Zhenzhen ZhangDepartment of Science, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Kai WenDepartment of Science, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Chao ZhangSchool of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Fabrice LarocheCentre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Zhenglong WangDepartment of Science, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Qiang ZhouDepartment of Orthopaedics, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Zunfeng LiuState Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
Jan Pieter AbrahamsC-CINA, Biozentrum, Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Xiang ZhouDepartment of Science, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is a hot topic to improve efficiency and decrease toxicity of gene transfection reagents. The extracellular nanovesicles (EVs) that are released by cells play an important role in intercellular communication and are naturally designed for genetic exchange between cells. Here, we show that the EVs have a large beneficial effect in polyethyleneimine (PEI)-mediated transfection of a GFP-encoding plasmid into HEK293T cells. An improvement of transfection efficiency of ~500% and a decrease in toxicity were observed in a specific concentration range of PEI. The EVs also greatly improved the transfection of the same plasmid into zebrafish embryos. To verify the generality of this gene transfection approach, we also tested the cell viability and gene transfection efficiency using two other plasmids (EpTEN and ELuc) and in another cell line (A549). The measured increase in transfection efficiency makes EV a promising candidate for enhancement of the quality of current PEI-based transfection technique.

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efficiencyextracellular nanovesiclesgene transfectionpolyethyleneiminezebra fish

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PMCPMC7300290

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