Reyes-Esteves Sahily, Majumder Aparajeeta, Marzolini Nicolas, Zamora Marco, Wang Yufei, Espy Carolann, Papp Tyler Ellis, Akyianu Awurama, Nong Jia, Messe Lawson, Omo-Lamai Serena, Parhiz Hamideh, Myerson Jacob, Marcos-Contreras Oscar, Brenner Jacob
Res Sq. 2025 Apr 8:rs.3.rs-6347773. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6347773/v1.
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a lethal and highly morbid form of stroke for which there is no disease-specific therapy. Inflammation after ICH is an important mechanism of secondary damage, and the inflamed endothelium in ICH is a promising therapeutic target as it is the gateway for inflammation in the brain. Systemic therapies that target inflammation have been unsuccessful in stroke, in part due to side effects or poor brain delivery. We hypothesized that targeting mRNA encoding IL-10, a potent anti-inflammatory cytokine, to the brain vasculature would improve outcomes in an experimental mouse model of ICH. We manufactured lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) using microfluidics, packaged them with IL-10 mRNA, and decorated them with antibodies against vascular cellular adhesion molecule (VCAM), which can bind the inflamed brain endothelium after ICH. VCAM LNPs distributed to the brain ~4x more than nonspecific LNPs and expressed their cargo in the brain at 10x higher levels. Treatment with VCAM-LNPs containing IL-10 mRNA led to ~69% reduction in hematoma size at 72 hours after ICH and ~65% improvement in motor behavior in our model, with no improvement in vascular leakage. Finally, we observed that VCAM-LNPs primarily target infiltrated macrophages and neutrophils. VCAM-IL10-LNPs significantly increased plasma and brain levels of IL10. Our data provide preliminary data for a promising therapeutic and delivery strategy for ICH, and shed light on the relationship between inflammation and vascular leakage. Future experiments will seek to understand how serial dosing affects LNP expression in our model and whether treatment at later time points after ICH can still confer therapeutic effects.
脑出血(ICH)是一种致死率高且致残率高的中风类型,目前尚无针对该疾病的特异性治疗方法。脑出血后的炎症是继发性损伤的重要机制,脑出血中发炎的内皮细胞是一个有前景的治疗靶点,因为它是脑部炎症的入口。针对炎症的全身治疗在中风治疗中未取得成功,部分原因是副作用或脑部递送效果不佳。我们假设将编码白细胞介素-10(一种强效抗炎细胞因子)的信使核糖核酸靶向脑血管系统,将改善脑出血实验小鼠模型的预后。我们使用微流控技术制造了脂质纳米颗粒(LNP),用白细胞介素-10信使核糖核酸对其进行包装,并用抗血管细胞黏附分子(VCAM)的抗体对其进行修饰,脑出血后VCAM可与发炎的脑内皮细胞结合。与非特异性LNP相比,VCAM LNP在脑中的分布量约高4倍,且其携带的物质在脑中的表达水平高10倍。在我们的模型中,用含有白细胞介素-10信使核糖核酸的VCAM-LNP进行治疗,在脑出血后72小时血肿大小减少了约69%,运动行为改善了约65%,血管渗漏情况未得到改善。最后,我们观察到VCAM-LNP主要靶向浸润的巨噬细胞和中性粒细胞。VCAM-IL10-LNP显著提高了血浆和脑中白细胞介素-10的水平。我们的数据为一种有前景的脑出血治疗和递送策略提供了初步数据,并揭示了炎症与血管渗漏之间的关系。未来的实验将试图了解在我们的模型中连续给药如何影响LNP的表达,以及脑出血后较晚时间点进行治疗是否仍能产生治疗效果。
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