The effect of dendrimer surface functionalization on the interaction with model membranes

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Dendrimers are a unique class of nano-structured vehicles for drug and gene delivery into intracellular targets. Their surface chemistry influences their transport across epithelial and endothelial barriers. Dendrimer endocytocis via caveola/lipid rafts is markedly dependant on the dendrimer surface chemistry. However, the mechanisms of interactions are so far unknown. Cationic dendrimers are believed to adsorb to negatively charge surface of cell membranes and form complexes with lipids called ¿dendrisomes¿, opening channels in the cell membrane. Negative dendrimers are uptaken trough caveola endocytosis, while cationic and neutral dendrimers are taken by caveola- and clathrin-independent pathways. Neutron reflectivity will allow identifying where are dendrimers colocalized within supported lipid membranes and therefore help elucidating the mechanisms behind dendrimer uptake by cells

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24078408
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24078408
Provenance
Creator Professor Marité Cárdenas Gómez; Professor Tommy Nylander
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2012
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2009-11-19T08:28:58Z
Temporal Coverage End 2009-11-22T11:16:23Z