Santhosh Maddila

Santhosh Maddila


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Academic Career Length

11Years (2016-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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30 July 2021 in Molecules
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SMSanthosh Maddila
Santhosh Maddila
CVCHANDRA SHEKHAR VOSHAVAR
CHANDRA SHEKHAR VOSHAVAR
PAPorkizhi Arjunan
Porkizhi Arjunan
RCRashmi Prakash Chowath
Rashmi Prakash Chowath
HRHari Krishnareddy Rachamala
Hari Krishnareddy Rachamala
SMSrujan Marepally
Srujan Marepally
Delivering nucleic acids into the endothelium has great potential in treating vascular diseases. However, endothelial cells, which line the vasculature, are considered as sensitive in nature and hard to transfect. Low transfection efficacies in endothelial cells limit their potential therapeutic applications. Towards improving the transfection efficiency, we made an effort to understand the internalization of lipoplexes into the cells, which is the first and most critical step in nucleic acid transfections. In this study, we demonstrated that the transient modulation of caveolae/lipid rafts mediated endocytosis with the cholesterol-sequestrating agents, nystatin, filipin III, and siRNA against Cav-1, which significantly increased the transfection properties of cationic lipid-(2-hydroxy-N-methyl-N,N-bis(2-tetradecanamidoethyl)ethanaminium chloride), namely, amide liposomes in combination with 1,2-Dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DOPE) (AD Liposomes) in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (SK-Hep1). In particular, nystatin was found to be highly effective with 2–3-fold enhanced transfection efficacy when compared with amide liposomes in combination with Cholesterol (AC), by switching lipoplex internalization predominantly through clathrin-mediated endocytosis and macropinocytosis.

11 November 2016 in Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology
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SMSanthosh Maddila
Santhosh Maddila
MBMelanie Busch-Dienstfertig
Melanie Busch-Dienstfertig
CSChristoph Stein
Christoph Stein