In vitro gene transfection by magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and magnetic field increases transfection efficiency / 中华肿瘤杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the feasibility of using iron oxide nanoparticles as gene vector and the effect of magnetic field on efficiency of transfection.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Iron oxide nanoparticles were prepared by alkaline precipitation of divalent and trivalent iron chloride. The surface of iron oxide nanoparticles was modified by self-assembled poly-L-lysine to form particle complexes (IONP-PLL). Transfection was determined by delivering reporter gene, PGL2-control encoding luciferase, to different cell lines using IONP-PLL as vector. The effect of magnetic field on efficiency of transfection was determined using Nd-Fe-B permanent magnet.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Foreign gene could be delivered to various cell lines by IONP-PLL and expressed with high efficiency, but the transfection efficiency and time course varied in the different cell lines studied. Magnetic field could enhance the efficiency of transfection by 5 - 10 fold.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>IONP-PLL can be used as a novel non-viral gene vector in vitro, which offers a basis for gene delivery in vivo.</p>

Polymorphism of two novel SNPs, which locate on chromosome 9p21-22, in Han Chinese of Hunan / 中华医学遗传学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To search novel SNPs in exons and regulatory regions of CDKN2A and two novel putative tumor suppressor genes NGX6 and UBAP1, which all reside on chromosome 9p21-22.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The exons and regulatory regions of those genes were amplified and sequenced in 96 subjects.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Two novel SNPs were found, one resides on the sixth exon of UBAP1 gene and the other on the fourth exon of CDKN2A gene. Two novel SNPs were submitted to the dbSNP database, and their access ID are rs3135929 and rs3088440. The polymorphic information contents of them are 0.102 and 0.213 respectively. There is linkage equilibrium between them, and the polymorphic information content of their haplotype is 0.302, higher than any of them individually.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The polymorphic information content can be improved by using haplotype analysis of several SNPs.</p>