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Zhang L, Bellis SL, Fan Y, Wu Y. Using inositol as a biocompatible ligand for efficient transgene expression. Int J Nanomedicine 2015; 10:2871-84. [PMID: 25926732 PMCID: PMC4403686 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s77002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Transgene transfection techniques using cationic polymers such as polyethylenimines (PEIs) and PEI derivatives as gene vectors have shown efficacy, although they also have shortcomings. PEIs have decent DNA-binding capability and good cell internalization performance, but they cannot deliver gene payloads very efficiently to cell nuclei. In this study, three hyperbranched polyglycerol-polyethylenimine (PG6-PEI) polymers conjugated with myo-inositol (INO) molecules were developed. The three resulting PG6-PEI-INO polymers have an increased number of INO ligands per molecule. PG6-PEI-INO 1 had only 14 carboxymethyl INO (CMINO) units per molecule. PG6-PEI-INO 2 had approximately 130 CMINO units per molecule. PG6-PEI-INO 3 had as high as 415 CMINO units approximately. Mixing PG6-PEI-INO polymers with DNA produced compact nanocomposites. We then performed localization studies using fluorescent microscopy. As the number of conjugated inositol ligands increased in PG6-PEI-INO polymers, there was a corresponding increase in accumulation of the polymers within 293T cell nuclei. Transfection performed with spherical 293T cells yielded 82% of EGFP-positive cells when using PG6-PEI-INO 3 as the vehicle. Studies further revealed that extracellular adenosine triphosphate (eATP) can inhibit the transgene efficiency of PG6-PEI-INO polymers, as compared with PEI and PG6-PEI that were not conjugated with inositol. Our work unveiled the possibility of using inositol as an effective ligand for transgene expression.
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- Lei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymers of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, People's Republic of China
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Inositol based non-viral vectors for transgene expression in human cervical carcinoma and hepatoma cell lines. Biomaterials 2013; 35:2039-50. [PMID: 24314555 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.11.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Myo-Inositol (INO) is a biomolecule with crucial functions in many aspects. In this study, hyperbranched copolymers for gene delivery were synthesized based on inositol and low molecular weight polyethylenimine. The capacity of INO-PEIs to load plasmid DNA and their biocompatibility was demonstrated. A tumor target ligand, folic acid (FA), which was widely used for drug delivery systems, was subsequently conjugated to INO-PEIs and resulted in INO-PEI-FA copolymers. The polymers were then evaluated on their activity to mediate transgene expression in mammalian cell lines. As indicated, INO-PEIs were able to mediate efficient transgene expression, which was particularly noticeable in carcinoma cell line HeLa. INO-PEI-FA further improved the efficiency in HepG2. Distribution of INO-PEI-FA polymers in non-carcinoma NIH 3T3 and carcinoma HeLa cell lines was discussed.
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Fertilization calcium waves are introduced, and the evidence from which we can infer general mechanisms of these waves is presented. The two main classes of hypotheses put forward to explain the generation of the fertilization calcium wave are set out, and it is concluded that initiation of the fertilization calcium wave can be most generally explained in invertebrates by a mechanism in which an activating substance enters the egg from the sperm on sperm-egg fusion, activating the egg by stimulating phospholipase C activation through a src family kinase pathway and in mammals by the diffusion of a sperm-specific phospholipase C from sperm to egg on sperm-egg fusion. The fertilization calcium wave is then set into the context of cell cycle control, and the mechanism of repetitive calcium spiking in mammalian eggs is investigated. Evidence that calcium signals control cell division in early embryos is reviewed, and it is concluded that calcium signals are essential at all three stages of cell division in early embryos. Evidence that phosphoinositide signaling pathways control the resumption of meiosis during oocyte maturation is considered. It is concluded on balance that the evidence points to a need for phosphoinositide/calcium signaling during resumption of meiosis. Changes to the calcium signaling machinery occur during meiosis to enable the production of a calcium wave in the mature oocyte when it is fertilized; evidence that the shape and structure of the endoplasmic reticulum alters dynamically during maturation and after fertilization is reviewed, and the link between ER dynamics and the cytoskeleton is discussed. There is evidence that calcium signaling plays a key part in the development of patterning in early embryos. Morphogenesis in ascidian, frog, and zebrafish embryos is briefly described to provide the developmental context in which calcium signals act. Intracellular calcium waves that may play a role in axis formation in ascidian are discussed. Evidence that the Wingless/calcium signaling pathway is a strong ventralizing signal in Xenopus, mediated by phosphoinositide signaling, is adumbrated. The central role that calcium channels play in morphogenetic movements during gastrulation and in ectodermal and mesodermal gene expression during late gastrulation is demonstrated. Experiments in zebrafish provide a strong indication that calcium signals are essential for pattern formation and organogenesis.
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- Michael Whitaker
- Institute of Cell & Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK.
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Avazeri N, Courtot AM, Pesty A, Duquenne C, Lefèvre B. Cytoplasmic and nuclear phospholipase C-beta 1 relocation: role in resumption of meiosis in the mouse oocyte. Mol Biol Cell 2000; 11:4369-80. [PMID: 11102530 PMCID: PMC15079 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.12.4369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The location of the phospholipase C beta 1-isoform (PLC-beta 1) in the mouse oocyte and its role in the resumption of meiosis were examined. We used specific monoclonal antibodies to monitor the in vitro dynamics of the subcellular distribution of the enzyme from the release of the oocyte from the follicle until breakdown of the germinal vesicle (GVBD) by Western blotting, electron microscope immunohistochemistry, and confocal microscope immunofluorescence. PLC-beta 1 became relocated to the oocyte cortex and the nucleoplasm during the G2/M transition, mainly in the hour preceding GVBD. The enzyme was a 150-kDa protein, corresponding to PLC-beta 1a. Its synthesis in the cytoplasm increased during this period, and it accumulated in the nucleoplasm. GVBD was dramatically inhibited by the microinjection of anti-PLC-beta1 monoclonal antibody into the germinal vesicle (GV) only when this accumulation was at its maximum. In contrast, PLC-gamma 1 was absent from the GV from the time of release from the follicle until 1 h later, and microinjection of anti-PLC-gamma 1 into the GV did not affect GVBD. Our results demonstrate a relationship between the relocation of PLC-beta 1 and its role in the first step of meiosis.
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- N Avazeri
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 355, 92140 Clamart, France
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Calcium signals often accompany mitosis. The most obvious example of calcium as a mitotic signal is at fertilization in vertebrate eggs, where the calcium transient induces anaphase onset. New imaging methods have demonstrated smaller calcium signals that control mitosis entry and mitosis exit in sea urchin embryos. Other experiments in mouse and frog embryos indicate that similar signals with similar function may play a part in these embryos, too. The links between these calcium control signals and mitotic kinase activation are adumbrated. It appears that calcium oscillations are a property of the mitotic state. A case is made that calcium may be a universal mitotic signal, with the possible exception of early meiotic events in oocytes.
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- M Whitaker
- Department of Physiological Sciences, Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Whitaker M. Regulation of the cell division cycle by inositol trisphosphate and the calcium signaling pathway. ADVANCES IN SECOND MESSENGER AND PHOSPHOPROTEIN RESEARCH 1995; 30:299-310. [PMID: 7695995 DOI: 10.1016/s1040-7952(05)80012-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- M Whitaker
- Department of Physiology, University College London, UK
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Carroll J, Swann K, Whittingham D, Whitaker M. Spatiotemporal dynamics of intracellular [Ca2+]i oscillations during the growth and meiotic maturation of mouse oocytes. Development 1994; 120:3507-17. [PMID: 7821218 DOI: 10.1242/dev.120.12.3507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Calcium oscillations occur during meiotic maturation of mouse oocytes. They also trigger activation at fertilization. We have monitored [Ca2+]i in oocytes at different stages of growth and maturation to examine how the calcium release mechanisms alter during oogenesis. Spontaneous calcium oscillations occur every 2–3 minutes in the majority of fully grown (but immature) mouse oocytes released from antral follicles and resuming meiosis. The oscillations last for 2–4 hours after release from the follicle and take the form of global synchronous [Ca2+]i increases throughout the cell. Rapid image acquisition or cooling the bath temperature from 28 degrees C to 16 degrees C did not reveal any wave-like spatial heterogeneity in the [Ca2+]i signal. Calcium appears to reach highest levels in the germinal vesicle but this apparent difference of [Ca2+] in nucleus and cytoplasm is an artifact of dye loading. Smaller, growing immature oocytes are less competent: about 40% are able to resume meiosis and a similar proportion of these oocytes show spontaneous calcium oscillations. [Ca2+]i transients are not seen in oocytes that do not resume meiosis spontaneously in vitro. Nonetheless, these oocytes are capable of [Ca2+]i oscillations since they show them in response to the addition of carbachol or thimerosal. To examine how the properties of calcium release change during meiotic maturation, a calcium-releasing factor from sperm was microinjected into fully grown immature and mature oocytes. The sperm-factor-induced oscillations were about two-fold larger and longer in mature oocytes compared to immature oocytes. Calcium waves travelling at 40–60 microns/second were generated in mature oocytes, but not in immature oocytes. In some mature oocytes, successive calcium waves had different sites of origin. The modifications in the size and spatial organization of calcium transients during oocyte maturation may be a necessary prerequisite for normal fertilization.
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- J Carroll
- MRC Experimental Embryology and Teratology Unit, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
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Jacob G, Allende CC, Allende JE. Characteristics of phospholipase C present in membranes of Xenopus laevis oocytes. Stimulation by phosphatidic acid. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 106:895-900. [PMID: 8299352 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(93)90047-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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1. Phospholipase C activity present in the membranes of Xenopus laevis oocytes has been studied. 2. These membranes contain an activity capable of hydrolyzing phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. 3. Hydrolysis of PtdIns 4,5-P2 is absolutely dependent on the presence of Ca2+, however, the hydrolysis of PtdIns occurs in the absence of Ca2+ but addition of the cation stimulates the reaction. 4. Spermine, spermidine and polylysine cause significant stimulation of the phospholipase C activity. 5. Phosphatidic acid causes approximately a 2-fold stimulation of the hydrolysis of both PtdIns and PtdIns 4,5-P2. With PtdIns as substrate, this stimulatory effect of phosphatidic acid is specific and reaches a maximum at a 400 microM concentration.
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- G Jacob
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago
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Bement WM. Signal transduction by calcium and protein kinase C during egg activation. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 1992; 263:382-97. [PMID: 1402737 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402630406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- W M Bement
- Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-8112
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Stith BJ, Jaynes C, Goalstone M, Silva S. Insulin and progesterone increase 32PO4-labeling of phospholipids and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate mass in Xenopus oocytes. Cell Calcium 1992; 13:341-52. [PMID: 1320459 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4160(92)90069-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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After a 4-6 h induction period, insulin or progesterone induces Xenopus oocytes to enter prophase of meiosis. During the period of induction, both insulin and progesterone induced an increase in 32PO4 labeling of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylinositol. Through a mass assay, we found that insulin and progesterone increase inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) at about 15-30 s, 15 min and at about 2-3 h (0.5 GVBD50) after hormone addition. Since IP3 increases were small (from a basal of 66 to 104 nM), the results agree with prior conclusions that progesterone does not induce a large, cytosolic calcium elevation. Insulin is probably acting through the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor as insulin concentrations greater than about 50 nM are required to increase IP3.
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- B J Stith
- Department of Biology, University of Colorado, Denver
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Borg B, De Renzis G, Payan P, Ciapa B. Activation of polyphosphoinositide metabolism at artificial maturation of Patella vulgata oocytes. Dev Biol 1992; 149:206-12. [PMID: 1309456 DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(92)90277-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The metabolism of polyphosphoinositides (PPI) has been investigated during the meiosis reinitiation of the oocytes of a prosobranch mollusk, the limpet Patella vulgata. Meiosis reinitiation which leads to germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) and metaphase-1 spindle formation was artificially induced by treating the prophase-blocked oocytes with 10 mM NH4Cl, pH 8.2. This treatment, which results in a rise in intracellular pH, triggered a general increase in polyphosphoinositide synthesis. Determinations of phosphorus content showed that maturation induced a 30 to 50% increase in both phosphatidylinositol (PI) and phosphatidylinositol-1 monophosphate (PIP) concentrations. Incorporations of 32PO4 and [3H]inositol have been measured in three classes of polyphosphoinositides: PI, PIP, and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2). By comparing incorporation rates of the radiolabeled precursors into PPI before and after meiosis reinitiation, we found that artificial maturation by ammonia induced a 50-fold increase in the turnover of these lipids. No significant burst of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) was observed after maturation. We suggest that modifications in PPI metabolism occurring at maturation of Patella oocytes might ensure the formation of an important stock of PPI that would be available for the profuse production of IP3, the messenger responsible for the Ca2+ signal at fertilization.
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- B Borg
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Comparée, CNRS URA 651, Université de Nice, France
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Jacob G, Allende CC, Allende JE. The hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate in membranes of Xenopus laevis oocytes: characteristics of a phosphomonoesterase. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1991; 100:809-16. [PMID: 1664308 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(91)90295-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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1. Phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PtdIns4P) is degraded by isolated membranes from Xenopus laevis oocytes. 2. Incubation of [4-32P]PtdIns4P with membranes yields only radioactive inorganic phosphate, indicating the presence of a phosphomonoesterase. 3. Membranes hydrolyze Ptd[2-3H]Ins4P to produce mainly Ptd[2-3H]Ins in the lipid phase. In this incubation [3H]inositol and inositol monophosphate appear in the water phase. 4. Membrane incubations of Ptd[2-3H]Ins4P carried out in the presence of excess non-radioactive Ins(1,4)P2 allows the trapping of small amounts of [3H]Ins(1,4)P2. These results demonstrate the presence of a phospholipase C. 5. Testing several phosphorylated analogs, it is determined that fructose 1,6-bisphosphate and alpha-glycerophosphate are potent inhibitors of the oocyte PtdIns4P phosphomonoesterase.
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- G Jacob
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago
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