Interaction between a cationic bolaamphiphile and DNA:The route towards nanovectors for oligonucleotide antimicrobials

Mamusa, Marianna, Resta, Claudio, Barbero, Francesco, Carta, Davide, Codoni, Doroty, Hatzixanthis, Kostas, McArthur, Michael and Berti, Debora (2016) Interaction between a cationic bolaamphiphile and DNA:The route towards nanovectors for oligonucleotide antimicrobials. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 143 (1). pp. 139-147. ISSN 0927-7765

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Abstract

Bacterial resistance to antimicrobials is a global threat that requires development of innovative therapeutics that circumvent its onset. The use of Transcription Factor Decoys (TFDs), DNA fragments that act by blocking essential transcription factors in microbes, represents a very promising approach. TFDs require appropriate carriers to protect them from degradation in biological fluids and transfect them through the bacterial cell wall into the cytoplasm, their site of action. Here we report on a bolaform cationic surfactant, [12-bis-THA]Cl2, with proven transfection activity in vivo. By studying the physical-chemical properties of its aqueous solutions with light scattering, cryo-TEM, ζ-potential, absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies, we prove that the bolaamphiphiles associate into transient vesicles which convert into one-dimensional elongated structures over time. These surfactant assemblies complex TFDs with extremely high efficiency, if compared to common cationic amphiphiles. At Z+/- = 11, the nanoplexes are stable and have a size of 120 nm, and they form independently of the original morphology of the [12-bis-THA]Cl2 aggregate. DNA is compacted in the nanoplexes, as shown through CD spectroscopy and fluorescence, but is readily released in its native form if sodium taurocholate is added.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	bacterial resistance,bolaamphiphile,circular dichroism,dna delivery,light scattering,transcription factor decoy
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Gastroenterology and Gut Biology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Metabolic Health
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Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	24 May 2016 08:32
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 01:40
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59024
DOI:	10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.03.031

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