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CAS Engineering Laboratory for Nanozyme, Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecules (CAS), CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Sci Adv. 2025 Feb 21;11(8):eadr9266. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adr9266. Epub 2025 Feb 19.
RNA interference (RNAi) represents a promising gene-specific therapy against tumors. However, its clinical translation is impeded by poor performance of lysosomal escape and tumor targeting. This challenge is especially prominent in glioblastoma (GBM) therapy, necessitating the penetration of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Leveraging the intrinsic tumor-targeting and BBB traversing capability of human H-ferritin, we designed a series of ferritin variants with positively charged cavity and truncated carboxyl terminus, termed tHFn(+). These nanocarriers respond to weak acid and disassemble in endosomal compartments, exposing the internal positive charges to facilitate the lysosomal escape of loaded small interfering RNA (siRNA). Functioning as universal siRNA nanocarriers, tHFn(+) significantly enhanced the uptake of different siRNAs and suppressed gene expressions associated with GBM progression. Furthermore, tHFn(+) traversed the BBB and targeted glioma in vivo by binding to its receptors (e.g., transferrin receptor 1). tHFn(+)-delivered siRNAs exhibited exceptional therapeutic effects against glioma in vivo, advancing RNAi therapeutics beyond GBM for the treatment of various diseases.
RNA干扰(RNAi)是一种很有前景的针对肿瘤的基因特异性疗法。然而,其临床转化受到溶酶体逃逸和肿瘤靶向性不佳的阻碍。这一挑战在胶质母细胞瘤(GBM)治疗中尤为突出,因为需要穿透血脑屏障(BBB)。利用人H-铁蛋白固有的肿瘤靶向和穿越血脑屏障的能力,我们设计了一系列具有带正电荷腔和截短羧基末端的铁蛋白变体,称为tHFn(+)。这些纳米载体对弱酸有反应,并在内体区室中解体,暴露出内部正电荷,以促进负载的小干扰RNA(siRNA)从溶酶体中逃逸。作为通用的siRNA纳米载体,tHFn(+)显著增强了不同siRNA的摄取,并抑制了与GBM进展相关的基因表达。此外,tHFn(+)通过与其受体(如转铁蛋白受体1)结合,在体内穿越血脑屏障并靶向胶质瘤。tHFn(+)递送的siRNAs在体内对胶质瘤表现出卓越的治疗效果,将RNAi疗法从GBM扩展到用于治疗各种疾病。
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