No information was reported to date about the uptake process of repeated cationic arginine or lysine followed by
leucine or alanine with lipid bilayer based DNA nanocargoes. Here we orchestrated the concept of repeated lysala-leu-ala (KALA) peptide modified DNA-lipid nanoparticle, proclaimed a promising transfection activity in
dendritic cell, following GPCR mediated endocytosis. Chemical inhibitors studies of chlorpromazine, Fillipin, and
Amiloride did not support the concept of macropinocytosis, clathrin mediated endocytosis and cavaeola
mediated endocytosis. Cetirizine hydrochloride, a GPCR blocker shut down the KALA mediated transgene
expression. Confocal studies showed no liposomal uptake in KALA modification rather than R8 modification,
which implies to receptor mediated endocytosis. Low concentration of KALA pretreatment allowed a R8 MEND
(usually non-expressed) to that of the same expression of KALA MEND and vice versa of high concentration KALA
pretreatment. A PKA inhibitor, rottlerin and PKA terminator (p-300/CREB inhibitor), curcumin halted the gene
expression of KALA modified MEND, where octa-arginine modified MEND did not respond to the inhibitory effect
by curcumin. Collectively, our data suggest that a repeated lys-ala-leu-ala (KALA) modification in lipid embedded
DNA nanoparticle approached a GPCR induction both in endocytosis and activation, which might be a potential
reason of boom transgene expression in dendritic cell