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EXP001238

Paper

Delivery and tracking of quantum dot peptide bioconjugates in an intact developing avian brain (2015)

Peptide

JB577 (QD-PEG-JB577 peptide–QD bioconjugate (DHLA-PEG coat; His6-ZnS coordination))

Sequence: WGDap(Palmitoyl)VKIKKP9GGH6

RNA

All experiment fields

Experiment Id EXP001238
Paper Delivery and tracking of quantum dot peptide bioconjugates in an intact developing avian brain
Peptide JB577 (QD-PEG-JB577 peptide–QD bioconjugate (DHLA-PEG coat; His6-ZnS coordination))
Delivery Success Class no
In Vivo Flag yes
Uptake Confirmed yes
Label Confidence high
In Vitro Functional Effect
Endosomal Escape Evidence
Peptide Concentration ~1.25–2.5 µM (25 peptides/QD; QD 50–100 nM)
Rna Concentration
Mixing Ratio 25:1 peptide:QD
Formulation Format QD-PEG-JB577 peptide–QD bioconjugate (DHLA-PEG coat; His6-ZnS coordination)
Formulation Components CdSe/ZnS core-shell QD (625 nm emission) with DHLA-PEG ligand; JB577 palmitoylated lipopeptide attached via His6; prepared in 5% DMSO/PBS then diluted into complete growth medium
Size Nm 6.00
Zeta Mv
Model Scope in_vivo
Model Type in vivo
Cell Lines Or Primary Cells
Animal Model Chicken (Gallus gallus) embryos; microinjection at embryonic day 4 (E4; stage 21)
Administration Route In ovo microinjection into embryonic spinal cord canal (E4)
Output Type uptake / biodistribution
Output Value E6 spinal cord sections after E4 injection: QD signal present but less uniformly dispersed; PEG-coated QDs show more clustering vs CL4.
Output Units
Output Notes Figure 2 shows more uniform dispersion for CL4 vs PEG; clusters appeared more frequently with PEG-coated QDs.
Toxicity Notes No difference in mortality vs dye-only controls; no gross physical differences; normal expression patterns of neuronal/glial markers; chicks hatched on schedule with normal behavior.
Curation Notes