Background: The length of spacer of gemini surfactants affects the DNA packing in DNA-neutral phospholipid-gemini surfactant complexes.
Methods: The microstructure of complexes DNA-egg yolk phosphatidylcholine (EYPC)-alkane-α,ω-diyl-bis(dodecyl\xaddimethylammonium bromides) (CnGS, spacer n=2-12, n is even) was studied using small angle X-ray diffraction.
Results: At EYPC:CnGS=1:1 mol/mol, the condensed lamellar phase was identified in complexes with CnGS, n=2-4, whereas longer spacer (n≥6) induced a hexagonal phase. The condensed lamellar phase Lαc was observed in the range 2\≤ EYPC:GnGS≤10 (mol/mol) in all complexes. The distance between adjacent DNA strands increases linearly with decreasing surface charge density of EYPC-CnGS vesicles. We determined the increase in dDNA 0.40±0.03 nm/1 mol of EYPC from the slope of dDNA=f (molEYPC/molCnGS) in the range of molar ratios 2≤EYPC:CnGS≤5. At lower surface charge density, EYPC:CnGS>5 mol/mol, the length of CnGS spacer (n=6-10) modulates the DNA-DNA distance.
Conclusions: Both the short spacer of CnGS and the low molar ratio EYPC:CnGS result in the closest DNA-DNA packing. A high surface charge density of membrane was reported as a key parameter for transfection efficiency of Lαc phase-forming complexes.
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