Structure and internal organization of overcharged cationic-lipid/peptide/DNA self-assembly complexes |
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Authors: | Yan Jiang Berezhnoy Nikolay V Korolev Nikolay Su Chun-Jen Nordenskiöld Lars |
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Institution: | School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551, Singapore. |
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Abstract: | The combination of cationic lipids with cationic peptides and DNA vectors can produce synergistic effects in gene delivery to eukaryotic cells. Binary complexes of cationic lipids with DNA are well-studied whereas little information is available about the structure of the ternary lipid/peptide/DNA (LPD) complexes and mechanisms defining DNA protection and delivery. Here we use synchrotron small angle X-ray scattering and dynamic light scattering zeta-potential measurements to determine structure and the net charge of supramolecular aggregates of complexes in mixtures of plasmid DNA, cationic liposomes formed from DOTAP, plus a linear cationic ε-oligolysine with the pendant α-amino acids Leu-Tyr-Arg (LYR), ε-(LYR)K10. These ternary complexes display multilamellar structures with relatively constant separation between DOTAP bilayers, accommodating a hydrated monolayer of parallel DNA rods. The DNA-DNA distance in the complexes varies as a function of the net positive to negative (lipid+peptide)/DNA charge ratio. An explanation for the observed dependence of DNA-DNA distance on charge ratio was proposed based on general polyelectrolyte properties of non-stoichiometric polycation-DNA mixtures. |
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