J3-9580 — Final report
1.
Electrotransfer of therapeutic molecules into tissues.

The paper is a review of the literauture and major findings in the field of electrotransfer of molecules in tissues. Electrotransfer of plasmid DNA and doublestranded RNA into tissues is covered, for the last two years.

COBISS.SI-ID: 537211
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The effect of the histological properties of tumors on transfection efficiency of electrically assisted gene delivery to solid tumors in mice.

The paper describes vhich tumor characteristics influence efficacy of electrotransfection. The study was performed in vitro and in vivo on solid tumors in mice.

COBISS.SI-ID: 514939
3.
The use of inducible promoters in radiotherapy

The review paper describes the combined treatment of gene therapy and radiotherapy. The emphasisi is put into the description of inducible poromoters that can be used for different puposes and that are activated either by different chemical stressors or radiation.

COBISS.SI-ID: 655483
4.
Silencing of target gene by electrotransfer of shRNA molecules

The results of our study showed that electroporation is feasible and effective method for delivering of plasmid DNA expressing shRNA into tumor cells in vitro, which was shown through efficient silencing of targeted reporter gene for GFP. Imaging and measurements of GFP expression levels over time in vitro showed that electroporation in combination with plasmid DNA as gene delivery vector can induce prolonged gene silencing effect in rapidly dividing LPBGFP cells.

COBISS.SI-ID: 24489689
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Development of human cell biosensor system for genotoxicity detection based on DNA damage-induced gene expression.

The paper describes the development of stably transformed HepG2 cell line. Gen encoding green fluorescent protein (GFP) under the control of promoter of p21 gene was introduced into the cell by means of electroporation. Exposure of the prepared cell line to different genetoxins leads to activation of p21 promoter and consequently increased GFP expression, that can be easly measured by fluorometer. In the paper the development and validation of cell biosensor system with 4 genotoxin with known mechanisms of action was presented.

COBISS.SI-ID: 898427