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250 Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Processes and Applications<br />

TABLE 11.1<br />

Estimated Minimal Toxic Concentrations of CPPs In Vitro<br />

Cell penetrating peptide<br />

Minimal toxic concentration, µM<br />

TPE a<br />

DGP b<br />

Others Cell lines<br />

KLALKLALKALKAALKLA-NH2 (MAP) 4 8<br />

1 14<br />

4 (FDAc ) 8<br />

AEC, BMC<br />

KLALKALKAALKLA-NH2 Not toxic<br />

at 50 20<br />

N/A N/A AEC<br />

KLGLKLGLKGLKGGLKLG-NH2 Not toxic<br />

at 50 20<br />

N/A N/A AEC<br />

GRKKRRQRRRPPQ-NH2 (Tat (48–60)) N/A Not toxic<br />

at 20 14<br />

N/A BMC<br />

RQIKIWFQNRRMKWKK (penetratin) N/A 20 14<br />

50 (MCd ) 36<br />

U2OS, BMC<br />

GWTLNSAGYLLGKINLKALAALAKK<br />

IL-NH2 (transportan)<br />

N/A 5 14<br />

N/A BMC<br />

a Trypane blue exclusion.<br />

b 2-deoxyglucose-6-phosphate leakage.<br />

c Fluorescein diacetate assay.<br />

d Morphological changes.<br />

cells with 14 C-thymidine, 35 S-methionine, 32 P, 3 H-uridine, 14 C-nicotineamide, etc. 24<br />

However, these leakage assays do not allow proper detection of pores or temporal<br />

disturbances in the plasma membrane, since marker molecules of remarkable size<br />

like proteins and DNA cannot leak out through the small or short-living openings.<br />

Detection of pores and temporal changes in the plasma membrane can be<br />

achieved by a more sensitive leakage assay in which the radioactive chromium ( 51 Cr)<br />

isotope is used. Living cells easily take up the reduced form of the isotope 51 Cr 3+ in<br />

the form of Na 251 CrO 4 salt. 25 Viable cells oxidize 51 Cr 3+ to the membrane-impermeable<br />

51 Cr 2+ and its liberation enables quantitative estimation of membrane damage or cell<br />

death. The retention of 51 Cr 2+ also shows that cells are viable since no radioactivity<br />

has been released from the cells.<br />

A similar assay to estimate membrane intactness and cell viability by using<br />

tritiated 2-deoxyglucose was developed by Walum and Peterson. 22 The glucose<br />

analogue 2-deoxyglucose is taken up into cells via glucose carriers and then phosphorylated<br />

by hexokinase (Figure 11.1.c). The product, 2-deoxyglucose-6-phosphate<br />

(DGP), has been shown not to leave the cell via the plasma membrane when it is<br />

intact. 26 The efflux of radioactivity from cells preloaded with tritiated 2-deoxyglucose<br />

can be measured according to the method described previously, 22 which is<br />

quick, objective, easy to quantify, and does not use as detrimental ion 51 Cr 3+ . However,<br />

uptake of glucose (and 51 Cr 3+ as well) varies between different cell lines and<br />

could in some cases be too low for detecting subtle changes in plasma membrane<br />

permeability. On the other hand, fast changes in membrane permeability induced by<br />

CPPs can be detected by the DGP assay. 14

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