Using magnetic nanoparticles to enhance site-specific gene transfection on magneto-electroporation microchips

Ming Kai Liu, Hung Yi Chen, Yi Lung Wang, Shen Shing Tsai, Min Li, Yu Cheng Lin

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Abstract

This study demonstrated that DNA associated with magnetic nanoparticles can be attracted to specific areas of cell surfaces under magnetic fields, which highly increased the DNA concentration at specific areas and further enhanced the gene transfection in an electroporation (EP) method. The superparamagnetic nanoparticle's distribution could be operated by magnetic field, where the gravity effect could be neglected. Compared with the electroporation with and without electrostatic attracting force, the magneto-electroporation with magnetic attracting force showed higher delivery rate (63.05%) in the electroporation processes. Simulating an asymmetric magnetic field helps to create experiment environment with different intensities of magnetic flux density. The resultant difference can be identified by the profile of fluorescence. This report focused on enhancement and targeting of gene transfection using 6 nm γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles and electroporation microchips.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON
Pages3023-3026
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event33rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON - Taipei, Taiwan
Duration: 2007 Nov 52007 Nov 8

Publication series

NameIECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Other

Other33rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityTaipei
Period07-11-0507-11-08

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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