bearing ketone functionalities, into
a 5 mL vial was added 120 μL of 2-dodecanone (Sigma-Aldrich)
(10 mg/mL in CHCl3), followed by 454 μL of POPC (Avanti
Polar Lipids) (10 mg/mL in CHCl3) followed by 10 μL
of DOTAP (Avanti Polar Lipids) (10 mg/mL in CHCl3), which
were then allowed to evaporate over 24 h. Once the CHCl3 is evaporated, 3 mL of fresh PBS (Sigma-Aldrich) is added, followed
by tip sonication. Tip sonication of the lipid suspensions was carried
out over 10 min in a 23 °C water bath and stored at 4 °C
at 30 W. To apply ketone cell surface engineering to cultured cells,
they need to be cultured with a confluency between 75 and 80%; the
cell culture medium was then aspirated, followed by the addition of
fresh serum containing medium (2 mL), and 5% v/v ketone liposome suspension
(100 μL) was added and incubated with the cells under growth
conditions for 5 min followed by three 3 mL washes of PBS and addition
of fresh growth medium to the cells awaiting transfection.