siRNA serum stability. Lane 1, intact siRNA; lane 2, siRNA; lane 3, naked LPD; lane 4, TLPD-FPM; lane 5, NTLPD-FPM; lane 6, TLPD-FPC; and lane 7, NTLPD-FPC. Samples of siRNA solution or liposomes incubated with 50% fetal bovine serum. After the liposomes were destroyed by 5% Triton-X100, these samples containing 0.3 μg siRNA were applied to agarose gel electrophoresis.
Abbreviations: LPD, liposome-polycation-DNA; TLPD, targeted liposome-polycation-DNA; TLPD-FPM, targeted LPD when linker PEG was DSPE-PEG-MAL; TLPD-FPC, targeted LPD when linker PEG was DSPE-PEG-COOH; NTLPD-FPM, nontargeted control LPD when linker PEG was DSPE-PEG-MAL; NTLPD-FPC, nontargeted control LPD when linker PEG was DSPE-PEG-COOH; DSPE-PEG-MAL, 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[maleimide(polyethylene glycol)-2000] (ammonium salt); DSPE-PEG-COOH, distearoyl-N-(3-carboxypropionoyl poly(ethylene glycol) succinyl)phosphatidylethanolamine.