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. 2019 Mar 31;26(1):443–458. doi: 10.1080/10717544.2019.1574935

Figure 5.

Figure 5.

PEIPOS efficacy against MDR ovarian cancer cells and siRNA complexation of surface-modified PEIPOS liposomal formulations. (a) P-gp characterization of the A2780 and A2780-ADR cells using fluorescently-labeled P-gp antibody. The mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) was normalized by isotype control. n = 3, mean ± SD. (b) Cytotoxicity of noncoated and coated PEIPOS formulations on A2780-ADR P-gp overexpressing human ovarian cancer cell line following 4 + 44h treatment scheme in serum-complete media. Data shown indicate triplicate mean ± SD from blinded experiment. *p < .05, ***p < .0005, ****p < .0001, two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. (c) Ethidium bromide stained agarose gel electrophoresis of free siRNA and its complexes with 0.5%PEIPOS at different N/P ratios. (d) P-gp downregulation on A2780-ADR cells after treatment with 0.5%PEIPOS formulation with an N/P 13 ratio. The downregulated protein determination was carried out at the end of 48h incubation following 4h of treatment in serum-complete media. n = 3 independent trials, mean ± SD.