Cationic lipid/DNA complexes induce TNF-α secretion in splenic macrophages
European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics(2008)
摘要
Cationic lipids are widely used as vectors to deliver DNA into mammalian cells in vitro and in vivo. However, cationic lipid/DNA lipoplexes induce an inflammatory response, characterized by pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion, which severely limits their use. The main goal of this work is to identify the organs and the cell type involved in TNF-α secretion after lipoplex injection. We determined the kinetics of distribution of the cationic lipid/DNA complex in blood, lung, liver and spleen and quantified the TNF-α amount in organ homogenates and in the serum at different points of times. Increase in TNF-α production was only observed in the spleen and no significant increase of TNF-α production could be observed in the other organs. Fractionation of spleen cells revealed that macrophages were mainly responsible for TNF-α secretion. This observation was verified in vivo by using macrophage-removing agents. In conclusion, we show here that the TNF-α secreted in the serum after intravenous injection of lipoplexes comes mainly from the splenic macrophages.
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Cationic liposomes,Lipoplexes,Macrophage,DiC14-amidine,Spleen,Transfection
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