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トラオ, タスク
ミムラ, ミユキ
オオシマ, ヤスフミ
フジカワ, コウキ
Hasan, Mahadi
シモカワ, タツハル
山﨑, 尚志
安藤, 英紀
石田, 竜弘
福田, 達也
WEKO
867
e-Rad_Researcher
90805160
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福田, 達也
福田, 達也
ISNI
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フクタ, タツヤ
フクタ, タツヤ
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| en |
Fukuta, Tatsuya
Fukuta, Tatsuya
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Search repository
田中, 保
小暮, 健太朗
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内容記述 |
We previously reported that 20 a weak current (WC, 0.3-0.5mA/cm2) applied to cells can induce endocytosis to promote cytoplasmic delivery of hydrophilic macromolecules (MW: < 70,000), such as dextran and siRNA, which leak from WC-induced endosomes into the cytoplasm (Hasan et al., 2016). In this study, we evaluated the characteristics of WC-mediated endocytosis for application of the technology to cytoplasmic delivery of macromolecular medicines. WC induced significantly higher cellular uptake of exogenous DNA fragments compared to untreated cells; the amount increased in a time-dependent manner, indicating that endocytosis was induced after WC. Moreover, following WC treatment of cells in the presence of an antibody (MW: 150,000) with the lysosomotropic agent chloroquine, the antibody was able to bind to its intracellular target. Thus, high molecular weight protein medicines delivered by WC-mediated endocytosis were functional in the cytoplasm. Transmission electron microscopy of cells treated by WC in the presence of gold nanoparticles covered with polyethylene glycol showed that the WC-induced endosomes exhibited an elliptical shape. In the WC-induced endosomes, ceramide, which makes pore structures in the membrane, was localized. Together, these results suggest that WC can induce unique endocytosis and that macromolecular medicines leak from endosomes through a ceramide pore. |