Combinatorial design of nanoparticles for pulmonary mRNA delivery and genome editing

Bowen Li; Rajith Singh Manan; Shun-Qing Liang; Akiva Gordon; Allen Jiang; Andrew Varley; Guangping Gao; Robert Langer; Wen Xue; Daniel Anderson

doi:10.1038/s41587-023-01679-x

Combinatorial design of nanoparticles for pulmonary mRNA delivery and genome editing

Nat Biotechnol. 2023 Oct;41(10):1410-1415. doi: 10.1038/s41587-023-01679-x. Epub 2023 Mar 30.

Authors

Bowen Li^#^{1

2

3

4}, Rajith Singh Manan^#^{1

2}, Shun-Qing Liang^#⁵, Akiva Gordon^{1

2}, Allen Jiang^{1

2}, Andrew Varley³, Guangping Gao^{5

6}, Robert Langer^{1

2

7

8

9}, Wen Xue^{10

11}, Daniel Anderson^{12

13

14

15

16}

Affiliations

¹ David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
² Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
³ Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
⁶ Horae Gene Therapy Center and Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁸ Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
⁹ Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
¹⁰ RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. wen.xue@umassmed.edu.
¹¹ Li Weibo Institute for Rare Diseases Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. wen.xue@umassmed.edu.
¹² David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. dgander@mit.edu.
¹³ Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. dgander@mit.edu.
¹⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. dgander@mit.edu.
¹⁵ Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. dgander@mit.edu.
¹⁶ Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. dgander@mit.edu.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

The expanding applications of nonviral genomic medicines in the lung remain restricted by delivery challenges. Here, leveraging a high-throughput platform, we synthesize and screen a combinatorial library of biodegradable ionizable lipids to build inhalable delivery vehicles for messenger RNA and CRISPR-Cas9 gene editors. Lead lipid nanoparticles are amenable for repeated intratracheal dosing and could achieve efficient gene editing in lung epithelium, providing avenues for gene therapy of congenital lung diseases.

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