Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, 453 Mellon Hall, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15282, USA.
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
AAPS J. 2021 Dec 6;24(1):8. doi: 10.1208/s12248-021-00653-2.
Lipidoid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the delivery platform in Onpattro, the first FDA-approved siRNA drug. LNPs are also the carriers in the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. While these applications have demonstrated that LNPs effectively deliver nucleic acids to hepatic and muscle cells, it is unclear if LNPs could be used for delivery of siRNA to neural cells, which are notoriously challenging delivery targets. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine if LNPs could efficiently deliver siRNA to neurons. Because of their potential delivery utility in either applications for the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system, we used both cortical neurons and sensory neurons. We prepared siRNA-LNPs using C12-200, a benchmark ionizable cationic lipidoid along with helper lipids. We demonstrated using dynamic light scattering that the inclusion of both siRNA and PEG-lipid provided a stabilizing effect to the LNP particle diameters and polydispersity indices by minimizing aggregation. We found that siRNA-LNPs were safely tolerated by primary dorsal root ganglion neurons. Flow cytometry analysis revealed that Cy5 siRNA delivered via LNPs into rat primary cortical neurons showed uptake levels similar to Lipofectamine RNAiMAX-the gold standard commercial transfection agent. However, LNPs demonstrated a superior safety profile, whereas the Lipofectamine-mediated uptake was concomitant with significant toxicity. Fluorescence microscopy demonstrated a time-dependent increase in the uptake of LNP-delivered Cy5 siRNA in a human cortical neuron cell line. Overall, our results suggest that LNPs are a viable platform that can be optimized for delivery of therapeutic siRNAs to neural cells.
脂质纳米颗粒 (LNPs) 是 Onpattro 的递送平台,这是首个获得 FDA 批准的 siRNA 药物。LNPs 也是辉瑞-生物技术公司和 Moderna COVID-19 mRNA 疫苗的载体。虽然这些应用已经表明 LNPs 可以有效地将核酸递送到肝和肌肉细胞中,但尚不清楚 LNPs 是否可用于将 siRNA 递送到神经细胞,而神经细胞是众所周知的具有挑战性的递药靶标。因此,本研究的目的是确定 LNPs 是否可以有效地将 siRNA 递送到神经元。由于它们在中枢神经系统和周围神经系统中的潜在应用,我们使用了皮质神经元和感觉神经元。我们使用 C12-200(一种基准可离子化阳离子脂质体)和辅助脂质制备了 siRNA-LNPs。我们通过动态光散射证明,通过最小化聚集,将 siRNA 和 PEG-脂质包含在内对 LNP 粒径和多分散指数具有稳定作用。我们发现,siRNA-LNPs 被原代背根神经节神经元安全耐受。流式细胞术分析显示,通过 LNPs 递送至大鼠原代皮质神经元的 Cy5 siRNA 的摄取水平与 Lipofectamine RNAiMAX(金标准商业转染试剂)相似。然而,LNPs 表现出更好的安全性,而 Lipofectamine 介导的摄取伴随着显著的毒性。荧光显微镜显示,在人皮质神经元细胞系中,LNP 递送的 Cy5 siRNA 的摄取水平随时间呈依赖性增加。总的来说,我们的结果表明,LNPs 是一种可行的平台,可以针对将治疗性 siRNA 递送到神经细胞进行优化。
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