Abstract
We previously demonstrated in vitro that the simultaneous application of cellular heating and a laser-induced stress wave (LISW) enhanced the uptake of porfimer sodium (Photofrin) by cells. In this study, we attempted to apply this technique to gene transfer to cultured cells. LISW and/or a transient mild (∼43°C) heating been applied to deliver plasmid coding for green fluorescent protein (EGFP) to NIH-3T3 cells. It was found that simultaneous application of an LISW and the heating significantly increased the transfection efficiency by a factor of 2.5 when compared with that for the cells treated with an LISW alone.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 136-139 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
Volume | 5322 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2004 Oct 27 |
Event | Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues II - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: 2004 Jan 27 → 2004 Jan 28 |
Keywords
- Gene therapy
- Heat
- Laser
- Membrane fluidity
- Stress wave
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering