N-Isopropylacrylamide (NIPAm),
NIPMAm, rhodamine B,
N-(3-aminopropyl)methacrylamide
hydrochloride (APMA), 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide
hydrochloride (EDC),
N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS),
Amicon Ultra 0.5 mL centrifugal filters (MWCO 100 kDa),
Triton X-100,
negative control siRNA, and Human Kinase PLK1 siRNA were obtained
from Sigma-Aldrich.
Sodium dodecyl sulfate,
dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO),
and
acrylic acid were procured from Merck. Ammonium persulfate (APS)
and
N,
N′-methylenebis(acrylamide)
(BIS) were obtained from Loba Chemie. HeLa cells were obtained from
the National Center for Cell Sciences, Pune, India. Dulbecco’s
modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM, high glucose), Dulbecco’s
phosphate-buffered saline,
calcein,
Lysotracker blue DND-22, trypsin,
fetal bovine serum (FBS), MTT and SYBR Green II, and
Tris buffer were
procured from Thermo Fisher Scientific. PεL (average
Mw = 20 000) was obtained from CMS Chemicals
Ltd. (UK) and the
FITC Annexin V apoptosis detection kit from BD Biosciences.
Molecular biology-grade agarose (low EEO), glycerol,
boric acid, and
disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (Na
2 EDTA) were
procured from Sisco Research Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. (SRL). iScript
cDNA synthesis kit and SsoFast EvaGreen Supermix were procured from
BIORAD. Fluorescein-tagged negative-control siRNA was procured from
Santa Cruz Biotechnology.
Deshpande S., Patil S, & Singh N. (2018). Enhancing Gene-Knockdown Efficiency of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Nanogels. ACS Omega, 3(7), 8042-8049.