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ArticlePharmaceutics2023

Improving NonViral Gene Delivery Using MHz Bursts of Nanosecond Pulses and Gold Nanoparticles for Electric Field Amplification.

Eivina Radzevičiūtė-Valčiukė, Jovita Gečaitė, Augustinas Želvys, Auksė Zinkevičienė, Rokas Žalnėravičius, Veronika Malyško-Ptašinskė, Aušra Nemeikaitė-Čenienė, Vytautas Kašėta, Natalija German, Jurij Novickij and 3 more

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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13 authors.

Eivina Radzevičiūtė-ValčiukėDepartment of Immunology, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, 08406 Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0003-4588-7576
Jovita GečaitėDepartment of Immunology, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, 08406 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Augustinas ŽelvysDepartment of Immunology, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, 08406 Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0002-1952-0431
Auksė ZinkevičienėDepartment of Immunology, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, 08406 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Rokas ŽalnėravičiusState Research Institute Center for Physical Science and Technology, 02300 Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0001-6571-5881
Veronika Malyško-PtašinskėFaculty of Electronics, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 10223 Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0002-2438-5713
Aušra Nemeikaitė-ČenienėDepartment of Immunology, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, 08406 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Vytautas KašėtaDepartment of Biomodels, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, 08406 Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0001-9702-3062
Natalija GermanDepartment of Immunology, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, 08406 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Jurij NovickijFaculty of Electronics, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 10223 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Almira RamanavičienėDepartment of Immunology, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, 08406 Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0001-5864-0359
Julita KulbackaDepartment of Immunology, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, 08406 Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0001-8272-5440
Vitalij NovickijDepartment of Immunology, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, 08406 Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0001-6147-956X

Funding

Lietuvos Mokslo Taryba S-LL-21-4, PI: VNNational Science Center 2020/38/L/NZ7/00342; PI: JK
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene delivery by the pulsed electric field is a promising alternative technology for nonviral transfection; however, the application of short pulses (i.e., nanosecond) is extremely limited. In this work, we aimed to show the capability to improve gene delivery using MHz frequency bursts of nanosecond pulses and characterize the potential use of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs: 9, 13, 14, and 22 nm) in this context. We have used bursts of MHz pulses 3/5/7 kV/cm × 300 ns × 100 and compared the efficacy of the parametric protocols to conventional microsecond protocols (100 µs × 8, 1 Hz) separately and in combination with nanoparticles. Furthermore, the effects of pulses and AuNPs on the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were analyzed. It was shown that gene delivery using microsecond protocols could be significantly improved with AuNPs; however, the efficacy is strongly dependent on the surface charge of AuNPs and their size. The capability of local field amplification using AuNPs was also confirmed by finite element method simulation. Finally, it was shown that AuNPs are not effective with nanosecond protocols. However, MHz protocols are still competitive in the context of gene delivery, resulting in low ROS generation, preserved viability, and easier procedure to trigger comparable efficacy.

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CHO-K1electroporationGFPplasmid DNAtransfection

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PMID37111663
PMCPMC10146442

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