2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Remote Control of Insulin Concentration in blood by Zinc pDNA Quaternary Complexes for New Diabetes Therapy
| Project/Area Number |
16K12899
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Biomedical engineering/Biomaterial science and engineering
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 薬物送達システム / 亜鉛イオン / 核酸 / 糖尿病治療 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
From a chemical structure perspective, ethylated PVIm (PVIm-Et) chelated the most Zn2+ ions compared to methylated PVIm (PVIm-Me) and butylated PVIm (PVIm-Bu). The resulting Zn2+-chelated PVIm-Et formed more stable complexes with plasmid DNA (pDNA) complex than non-chelated PVIm-Et. The Zn2+-chelated PVIm-Et delivered the highest amount of Zn2+ ions inside the cell, corresponding to the highest gene transfection, resulting in the remains of insulin in the conditioned medium. Therefore, the pDNA complex with Zn2+-chelated PVIm-Et has succeeded in the suppression of the insulin degradation by human hepatoma HepG2 cells. These results are expected to establish the new concept of the remote control of insulin concentration in blood for new diabetes therapy.
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| Free Research Field |
生体材料学
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