Abstract
We investigated whether repeated cationic multilamellar liposome-mediated gene transfers enhanced the transduction efficiency against murine melanoma cell lines and experimental subcutaneous melanoma. In the former, the murine melanoma cell line, B16F10, was transfected by our original cationic multilamellar liposomes containing pVLacZ, which express β-galactosidase in eukaryotic cells. Cells were exposed to the liposomes in a single, double, or triple procedure during the cell logarithmic proliferative period. We then evaluated the transduction efficiency by X-gal staining and β-galactosidase assay. The number of positive cells and level of β-galactosidase activity were significantly increased by repeated exposures compared with a single one. Cells transfected by the fluorescently labeled cationic liposome containing pEGFP-C1 showed both an increased uptake of liposomes and an increased number of EGFP expression cells following repeated exposures. In the latter, murine subcutaneous melanomas, which were made by transplantation of B16F10 in C57BL6 mice, were transfected by same liposomes. Subcutaneous melanomas were exposed to the liposomes in a single, double, or triple procedure. We then evaluated the transduction efficiency by the β-galactosidase assay. The level of β-galactosidase activity was significantly increased by repeated exposures compared with a single one. The results indicate that repeated exposures to the liposomes enhanced the transduction efficiency toward murine melanoma cells and experimental subcutaneous melanoma, and may provide a basis for the repeated-exposure protocol for human trials.
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