MicroRNA Delivery by Graphene-Based Complexes into Glioblastoma Cells

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Dokumenter

  • Marta Kutwin
  • Malwina Ewa Sosnowska
  • Barbara Strojny-Cieślak
  • Slawomir Jaworski
  • Maciej Trzaskowski
  • Mateusz Wierzbicki
  • Chwalibog, André
  • Ewa Sawosz
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary and aggressive tumour in brain cancer. Novel therapies, despite achievements in chemotherapy, radiation and surgical techniques, are needed to improve the treatment of GBM tumours and extend patients’ survival. Gene delivery therapy mostly uses the viral vector, which causes serious adverse events in gene therapy. Graphene-based complexes can reduce the potential side effect of viral carries, with high efficiency of microRNA (miRNA) or antisense miRNA delivery to GBM cells. The objective of this study was to use graphene-based complexes to induce deregulation of miRNA level in GBM cancer cells and to regulate the selected gene expression involved in apoptosis. The complexes were characterised by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning transmission electron microscopy and zeta potential. The efficiency of miRNA delivery to the cancer cells was analysed by flow cytometry. The effect of the anticancer activity of graphene-based complexes functionalised by the miRNA sequence was analysed using 2,3-bis-(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxyanilide salt (XTT) assays at the gene expression level. The results partly explain the mechanisms of miRNA deregulation stress, which is affected by graphene-based complexes together with the forced transport of mimic miR-124, miR-137 and antisense miR-21, -221 and -222 as an anticancer supportive therapy
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer5804
TidsskriftMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)
Vol/bind26
Udgave nummer19
Antal sider31
ISSN1420-3049
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2021

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