What is it about?
This article compares the capacity of poly-L-lysine cationic dendrons attached to various cell penetrating peptides (CPPs) to deliver plasmid DNA into cells. Three CPPs are assessed: TAT(48-60), NRTN(132-161) and the shorter NRTN(145-161).
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Why is it important?
"delivery, delivery, delivery" is the major problem facing the development of non-viral gene delivery systems. The combination of different components to get around the many barriers to gene delivery represents a promising means to produce efficient non-viral gene delivery systems. In this article we assess a family of promising cell-penetrating peptides (NRTN peptides) and compare them with the gold standard TAT(48-60) peptide. This paper provides important information relating to the effects of different CPPs on the successful delivery of plasmid DNA into cells.
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This is one of the first publications to compare NRTN cell penetrating peptides (CPPs) to the gold standard CPP TAT(48-60) for the delivery of plasmid DNA into cells.
Dr Peter Michael Moyle
University of Queensland
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This page is a summary of: Peptide based DNA nanocarriers incorporating a cell-penetrating peptide derived from neurturin protein and poly-l-lysine dendrons, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, May 2015, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.03.058.
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