title: Covalent grafting of common trihydroxymethylaminomethane in the headgroup region imparts high serum compatibility and mouse lung transfection property to cationic amphiphile.
abstract: Clinical success of cationic transfection lipids in nonviral gene therapy continues to remain critically dependent on the use of serum compatible cationic amphiphiles efficient in delivering genes into our body cells. To this end, we demonstrate that covalent grafting of simple Tris-base component of the widely used biological Tris buffer in the headgroup region is capable of imparting high serum compatibility and intravenous mouse lung transfection properties to cationic amphiphile.
authors.affiliation: Division of Lipid Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Koushik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Jayanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: Joyeeta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Ramakrishna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sistla
authors.forename: Arabinda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002412:Cations / Q000737:chemistry; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000235:genetics; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D008055:Lipids / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D008168:Lung / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D014162:Transfection / Q000379:methods; D014325:Tromethamine / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D008055:Lipids; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D014325:Tromethamine; D004247:DNA