Figure 5.
(A) Confocal image of HEK293 cells after incubation with RITC labeled CSO-SA/pDNA and CA-CSO-SA/pDNA nanocomplexes (red) for 4 and 24 hours at 37°C, cell nucleus (blue) was stained by Hoechst33342. (B) The quantitative analysis of cellular uptake of RITC labeled CSO-SA/pDNA and CA-CSO-SA/pDNA nanocomplexes, intracellular fluorescence intensities was determined by flow cytometry.
Abbreviations: CA, cis-aconitate; SA, stearic acid; CSO, chitosan oligosaccharide; pDNA, plasmid DNA; RITC, Rhodamine B isothiocyanate.