title: Proteolistics: a biolistic method for intracellular delivery of proteins.
abstract: In this work, an intracellular protein delivery methodology termed "proteolistics" is described. This method utilizes a biolistic gun apparatus and involves a simple protein/projectile preparation step. The protein to be delivered is mixed with a gold particle microprojectile suspension and is placed onto a gene gun cartridge, where it is dehydrated using either lyophilization or room-temperature air-drying. Subsequent intracellular protein delivery is achieved in plant and mammalian tissues upon bombardment. Because the method does not require modification of delivery agents or cargo biomolecules and involves a simple physical deposition of the protein onto the microprojectiles, there is no restriction on protein type in terms of molecular weight, isoelectric point or tertiary structure. Because the method delivers protein through the widely used gene gun system, it can be readily applied to any tissue or organism amenable to biolistics. A variety of proteins with molecular weight ranging from 24 to 68 kDa and isoelectric point from 4.8 to 10.1 were tested in this work. It is anticipated that this simple and versatile technique will offer biologists a powerful tool for basic research in areas such as understanding of cell and gene functions and for biotechnological applications such as genome editing.
authors.affiliation: Center for Plant Transformation, Plant Sciences Institute and Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA, susana.martin.ortigosa@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martin-Ortigosa
authors.forename: Kan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D019470:Biolistics / Q000379:methods*; D006046:Gold; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D019697:Onions / Q000166:cytology; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000166:cytology; D003313:Zea mays / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D006046:Gold
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