Representative confocal laser scanning microscopy fluorescence images of subcellular localization of various complexes.
Notes: Fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled PEI is shown in green, rhodamine-labeled lipids are shown in purple, TOTO-labeled DNA is shown in red, and Hoechst-stained nuclei are shown in blue. Bone marrow stem cells were treated for 4 hours with the various complexes formed at the indicated PEI/DNA and lipid/DNA ratios in medium containing 10% fetal bovine serum and observed under confocal laser scanning microscopy (white arrows, free DNA; scale bar 25 μm).
Abbreviations: LC, lysinylated cholesterol; HC, histidylated cholesterol; AC, arginylated cholesterol; L, lipid; P, polyethylenimine; D, DNA.