Journal: Pharmaceutics
Article Title: Upgrading Mitochondria-Targeting Peptide-Based Nanocomplexes for Zebrafish In Vivo Compatibility Assays
doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16070961
Figure Lengend Snippet: Cellular viability of human astrocyte cells (( A ) 24 h, ( B ) 48 h) and lung smooth muscle cells (( C ) 24 h, ( D ) 48 h) after incubation with naked pND1 and the 20% PEG–MTS–WRAP1/pND1 (PEG–MTS–W1/pND1), 20% PEG–MTS–WRAP5/pND1 (PEG–MTS–W5/pND1) and MTS–(KH) 9 /pND1 nanocomplexes formulated at N/P ratio of 5 (pND1 = 1 µg). Non-transfected cells were used as a positive control (Control (+)) and cells treated with ethanol were used as a negative control (Control (−)). Data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA with Bonferroni’s multiple comparison test (ns—non-significant ( p > 0.05); * p ˂ 0,05; **** p ˂ 0.0001).
Article Snippet: Primary lung smooth muscle cells were maintained in vascular cell basal medium (ATCC, PCS-100-030) supplemented with 5% heat-inactivated FBS, 5% L-glutamine, 0.5 mL penicillin–streptomycin–amphotericin B solution (penicillin 10 units/mL, streptomycin 10 μg/mL and amphotericin B 25 ng/mL), 5 ng/mL of basic-fibroblasts growth factor (b-FGF), 5 ng/mL epidermal growth factor (EGF), 50 μg/mL of ascorbic acid, and 10 ng/mL of insulin.
Techniques: Incubation, Transfection, Positive Control, Control, Negative Control, Comparison