Delivery of DNA or RNA via gap junctions from host cells to target cells and a cell-based delivery system for antisense or siRNA
AssigneeThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
InventorsPeter R. Brink, Michael R Rosen, Richard B Robinson, Ira S. Cohen, Arthur Grollman
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Abstract
A method of delivering an oligonucleotide or a plasmid expressing an oligonucleotide into a target cell comprises introducing an oligonucleotide into a donor cell, particularly a stem cell, and contacting the target cell with the donor cell under conditions permitting the donor cell to form a gap junction with the target cell, whereby the oligonucleotide or a product of the oligonucleotide is delivered into the target cell from the donor cell.
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A method of delivering an oligonucleotide into a target cell comprising:
- a) introducing the oligonucleotide or a plasmid expressing the oligonucleotide into a donor cell in vitro;
- and b) contacting the target cell with the donor cell under conditions permitting the donor cell to form a gap junction channel composed of connexin 43 with the target cell, whereby the oligonucleotide is delivered into the target cell from the donor cell by traversing the gap junction and wherein the oligonucleotide is 12-24 nucleotides in length.
A method of delivering an oligonucleotide into a target cell comprising:
- a) introducing the oligonucleotide into a human mesenchymal stem cell or other donor cell in vitro;
- and b) contacting the target cell with the human mesenchymal stem cell or other donor cell under conditions permitting the donor cell to form a gap junction channel composed of connexin 43 with the target cell, whereby the oligonucleotide is delivered into the target cell from the donor cell by traversing the gap junction and wherein the oligonucleotide is 12-24 nucleotides in length.
A method of delivering an oligonucleotide into a syncytial target cell comprising:
- a) introducing the oligonucleotide into a donor cell in vitro;
- and b) contacting the syncytial target cell with the donor cell under conditions permitting the donor cell to form a gap junction channel with the syncytial target cell, whereby the oligonucleotide is delivered into the syncytial target cell from the donor cell by traversing the gap junction wherein the gap junction is composed of connexin 43 and wherein the oligonucleotide is 12-24 nucleotides in length.
A method of delivering RNA into a target cell comprising:
- a) introducing RNA or a plasmid transcribable into RNA into a donor cell in vitro;
- and b) contacting the target cell with the donor cell under conditions permitting the donor cell to form a gap junction channel composed of connexin 43 with the target cell, whereby the RNA is delivered into the target cell from the donor cell by traversing the gap junction and wherein the RNA is 12-24 nucleotides in length.
A method of delivering DNA into a target cell comprising:
- a) introducing a DNA or a plasmid coding for the DNA into a donor cell in vitro;
- and b) contacting the target cell with the donor cell under conditions permitting the donor cell to form a gap junction channel composed of connexin 43 with the target cell, whereby the DNA is delivered into the target cell from the donor cell by traversing the gap junction and wherein the DNA is 12-24 nucleotides in length.
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