H. Kojima et al., CATIONIC MULTILAMELLAR LIPOSOME-MEDIATED GENE-TRANSFER INTO PRIMARY MYOBLASTS, Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 207(1), 1995, pp. 8-12
To transfer foreign genes into myoblasts in primary culture, we found
cationic multilamellar liposomes to be a useful mediator. When the cel
ls were transfected with 2 mu g of the plasmid pRSV-luc encapsulated i
nto 50 nmol of our cationic multilamellar liposomes that had been prep
ared from lpha-trimethylammonioacetyl)-didodecyl-D-glutamate chloride,
dilauroyl phosphatidylcholine, and dioleoyl phosphatidylethanolamine
in a molar ratio of 1:2:2, luciferase was expressed with high efficien
cy without cytotoxicity. When the cells were transfected with the plas
mid pRSV-lacZ encapsulated into the same liposomes, 0.7% of the cultur
ed myoblasts expressed beta-galactosidase without cytotoxicity. This i
s the first successful instance of introducing foreign genes into prim
ary cultures of myoblasts by means of liposomes. (C) 1995 Academic Pre
ss, Inc.