Antisense c-mycOligonucleotide Cellular Uptake and Activity
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Antisense Research and Development
- Vol. 4 (3), 155-163
- https://doi.org/10.1089/ard.1994.4.155
Abstract
Previously described cell membrane transport mechanisms are unable to account completely for oligodeoxynucleotide cellular uptake. These charged macromolecules enter cells by an incompletely defined mechanism and downregulate gene expression in either the cytoplasm or nucleus. Thus, the goal of this research was to study the mechanism of phosphodiester oligonucleotide cellular uptake in Rauscher Red 5-1.5 erythroleukemia cells. An antisense c-myc oligodeoxynucleotide (21 bases) demonstrated biological activity in these cells using two types of proliferation assays and Northern blot analysis, and was internalized as visualized by confocal laser microscopy. Oligonucleotide uptake appeared to be a complex process consisting of surface binding and internalization. Cellular internalization accounted for up to 40% of total uptake and was partially dependent on both a trypsin-sensitive component and cellular energy. Uptake in these cells was nonspecific and did not appear to be due to receptor-mediated endocytosis. Therefore, because oligonucleotide cellular uptake in other cell types apparently involves an endocytic mechanism, the primary mechanism of oligonucleotide internalization may be cell line dependent.Keywords
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