Intracellular delivery of proteins with a new lipid-mediated delivery system - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2001 Sep 14;276(37):35103-10.

doi: 10.1074/jbc.M104920200. Epub 2001 Jul 10.

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Intracellular delivery of proteins with a new lipid-mediated delivery system

O Zelphati et al. J Biol Chem. 2001.

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Abstract

There are many very effective methods to introduce transcriptionally active DNA into viable cells but approaches to deliver functional proteins are limited. We have developed a lipid-mediated delivery system that can deliver functional proteins or other bioactive molecules into living cells. This delivery system is composed of a new trifluoroacetylated lipopolyamine (TFA-DODAPL) and dioleoyl phosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE). This cationic formulation successfully delivered antibodies, dextran sulfates, phycobiliproteins, albumin, and enzymes (beta-galactosidase and proteases) into the cytoplasm of numerous adherent and suspension cells. Two systems were used to demonstrate that the proteins were delivered in a functionally active form. First, intracellular beta-galactosidase activity was clearly demonstrated within X-gal-stained cells after TFA-DODAPL:DOPE-mediated delivery of the enzyme. Second, the delivery system mediated delivery of several caspases (caspase 3, caspase 8, and granzyme B) into cultured cell lines and primary cells triggering apoptosis. Mechanistic studies showed that up to 100% of the protein mixed with the lipid formulation was captured into a lipid-protein complex, and up to 50% of the input protein associated with cells. This lipid-mediated transport system makes protein delivery into cultured cells as convenient, effective, and reliable as DNA transfection.

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