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Ocular Nanoparticle Toxicity and Transfection of the Retina and Retinal Pigment Epithelium

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Prow, Tarl W., Bhutto, Imran, Kim, Sahng Y., Grebe, Rhonda, Merges, Carol, McLeod, D. Scott, Uno, Koichi, Mennon, Mohamed +3 more·2008·Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine

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Chitosan, PCEP (poly{[(cholesteryl oxocarbonylamido ethyl) methyl bis(ethylene) ammonium iodide] ethyl phosphate}), and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) were evaluated for the safe delivery of genes in the eye. Rabbits were injected with nanoparticles either intravitreally (IV) or subretinally (SR) and sacrificed 7 days later. Eyes were grossly evaluated for retinal pigment epithelium abnormalities, retinal degeneration, and inflammation. All eyes were cryopreserved and sectioned for analysis of toxicity and expression of either enhanced green or red fluorescent proteins. All of the nanoparticles were able to transfect cells in vitro and in vivo. IV chitosan showed inflammation in 12/13 eyes, whereas IV PCEP and IV MNPs were not inflammatory and did not induce retinal pathology. SR PCEP was nontoxic in the majority of cases but yielded poor transfection, whereas SR MNPs were nontoxic and yielded good transfection. Therefore, we conclude that the best nanoparticle evaluated in vivo was the least toxic nanoparticle tested, the MNP.

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Prow, T. W., Bhutto, I., Kim, S. Y., Grebe, R., Merges, C., McLeod, D. S., Uno, K., Mennon, M., Rodriguez, L., Leong, K., & Lutty, G. A.
Affiliations
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • United States Food and Drug Administration (US)
  • Duke University (US)
Corresponding author
Lutty, Gerard A.
Venue
Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-12
Volume
4
Issue
4
Pages
340-349
ISSN
1549-9634 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1967087156
Cited by
111
References
17
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4.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32HL007525)
  • National Eye Institute (R01EY016151, R01-EY09357, L40 EY016943, #EY01765, R03EY013744, P30EY001765, R01EY009357)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmaceutical Science › Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
Keywords
retinal pigment epithelium, chitosan, PCEP, magnetic nanoparticles, intravitreal injection, subretinal injection, retinal inflammation, retinal degeneration, fluorescent protein expression
MeSH terms
Animals, Eye, Immunohistochemistry, Polymers, Rabbits, Retina, Transfection, Microscopy, Immunoelectron, Microscopy, Confocal, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, Chitosan, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Nanoparticles, Retinal Pigment Epithelium

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