Developing Aptamer-Targeted mRNA for Immunotherapy.
作者信息
Paul Alexandra R, Al-Jamal Khuloud T
机构信息
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR.
Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
出版信息
Methods Mol Biol. 2025;2965:439-454. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4742-4_22.
Selective protein expression plays a crucial role in mRNA therapeutics. In this chapter, we present a novel T-cell-targeting aptamer drug delivery platform that enables efficient mRNA delivery to immune cells for immunotherapy. We outline protocols for aptamer selection, aptamer-mRNA conjugation, characterization, and transfection into T-cells. Our results show that the OX40 mRNA-conjugated T-cell aptamer enhances mRNA transfection in murine ex vivo splenocyte T-cells, achieving a fourfold increase in CD4+ cells and a sevenfold increase in CD8+ cells compared to untargeted OX40 mRNA. This platform can be customized for other targets via aptamer selection, facilitating the development of enhanced mRNA therapies.