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Alternative Title:
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201504902
Personal Author:
Patel, Sahishnu ; Chueng, Sy-Tsong Dean ; Yin, Perry T. ; Dardir, Kholud ; Song, Zhichao ; ... More +
Patel, Sahishnu ; Chueng, Sy-Tsong Dean ; Yin, Perry T. ; Dardir, Kholud ; Song, Zhichao ; Pasquale, Nicholas ; Kwan, Kelvin ; Sugiyama, Hiroshi ; Lee, Ki-Bum Less -
Description:
Even though gene repression is a powerful approach to exogenously regulate cellular behavior, developing a platform to effectively repress targeted genes, especially for stem-cell applications, remains elusive. Herein, we introduce a nanomaterial-based platform that is capable of mimicking the function of transcription repressor proteins to downregulate gene expression at the transcriptional level for enhancing stem-cell differentiation. We developed the "NanoScript" platform by integrating multiple gene repression molecules with a nanoparticle. First, we show a proof-of-concept demonstration using a GFP-specific NanoScript to knockdown GFP expression in neural stem cells (NSCs-GFP). Then, we show that a Sox9-specific NanoScript can repress Sox9 expression to initiate enhanced differentiation of NSCs into functional neurons. Overall, the tunable properties and gene-knockdown capabilities of NanoScript enables its utilization for gene-repression applications in stem cell biology.
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Biomimetic Materials
Biomimetics
Gene Expression
Gene Knockdown
Gene Knockdown Techniques
Gene Regulation
Green Fluorescent Proteins
Humans
Nanoparticles
Neural Stem Cells
Neurogenesis
Neuronal Differentiation
Neurons
Nylons
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Repressor Proteins
SOX9 Transcription Factor
Transcription Repressor Proteins
Nanoparticles

Source:
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 54(41):11983-11988.
Pubmed ID:
26292201
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5568028
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
R01 DC015000/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/United States ; R21 NS085569/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States ; 1DP20D006462-01/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; 1R21NS085569-01/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States
R01 DC015000/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/United States ; R21 NS085569/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States ; 1DP20D006462-01/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; 1R21NS085569-01/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States Less -
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CDC Public Access
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