%0 Journal Article %T Protein kinase C¦Á downregulation via siRNA-PKC¦Á released from foldable capsular vitreous body in cultured human retinal pigment epithelium cells %A Chen X %A Liu Y %A Jiang Z %A Zhou L %A Ge J %A Gao Q %J International Journal of Nanomedicine %D 2011 %I %R http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S19405 %X otein kinase C¦Á downregulation via siRNA-PKC¦Á released from foldable capsular vitreous body in cultured human retinal pigment epithelium cells Original Research (3049) Total Article Views Authors: Chen X, Liu Y, Jiang Z, Zhou L, Ge J, Gao Q Published Date June 2011 Volume 2011:6 Pages 1303 - 1311 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S19405 Xiaoqing Chen, Yaqin Liu, Zhaoxin Jiang, Lian Zhou, Jian Ge, Qianying Gao State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People¡¯s Republic of China Abstract: We previously found that downregulation of protein kinase C¦Á (PKC¦Á) can inhibit retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cell proliferation involved in the development of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). In this study, we tested whether PKC¦Á could be downregulated via small interfering RNA (siRNA)-PKC¦Á released from foldable capsular vitreous body (FCVB) in cultured human RPE cells. SiRNA-PKC¦Á content, determined by ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometer, was released from FCVB containing 200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 nm siRNA-PKC¦Á in a time-dependent manner from 1 to 96 hours and a dose-dependent manner at five concentrations. The content (y) had a good linear relationship with time (x), especially in the 600 nm siRNA-PKC¦Á group (y = 16.214x, R2 = 0.9809). After treatment with siRNA-PKC¦Á released from FCVBs, the PKC¦Á was significantly decreased by RT-PCR, Western blot, and immunofluorescence analysis in RPE cells. These results indicate that PKC¦Á was significantly downregulated by siRNA-PKC¦Á released from FCVB in human RPE cells and provide us with a new avenue to prevent PVR. %K small interfering RNA¨Cprotein kinase C¦Á %K foldable capsular vitreous body %K drug delivery system %K retinal pigment epithelium %K protein kinase C¦Á %U https://www.dovepress.com/protein-kinase-calpha-downregulation-via-sirna-pkcalpha-released-from--peer-reviewed-article-IJN