1. Inhaled Nanoformulated mRNA Polyplexes for Protein Production in Lung Epithelium.
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Patel AK, Kaczmarek JC, Bose S, Kauffman KJ, Mir F, Heartlein MW, DeRosa F, Langer R, and Anderson DG
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- Administration, Inhalation, Animals, Drug Compounding methods, Drug Liberation, Epithelial Cells cytology, Female, Gene Transfer Techniques, Genetic Therapy methods, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Lung drug effects, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Models, Animal, RNA, Messenger administration & dosage, RNA, Messenger adverse effects, RNA, Messenger metabolism, Tissue Distribution, Transfection methods, Epithelial Cells metabolism, Luciferases genetics, Nanoparticles chemistry, Polymers chemistry, RNA, Messenger chemistry
- Abstract
Noninvasive aerosol inhalation is an established method of drug delivery to the lung, and remains a desirable route for nucleic-acid-based therapeutics. In vitro transcribed (IVT) mRNA has broad therapeutic applicability as it permits temporal and dose-dependent control of encoded protein expression. Inhaled delivery of IVT-mRNA has not yet been demonstrated and requires development of safe and effective materials. To meet this need, hyperbranched poly(beta amino esters) (hPBAEs) are synthesized to enable nanoformulation of stable and concentrated polyplexes suitable for inhalation. This strategy achieves uniform distribution of luciferase mRNA throughout all five lobes of the lung and produces 101.2 ng g
-1 of luciferase protein 24 h after inhalation of hPBAE polyplexes. Importantly, delivery is localized to the lung, and no luminescence is observed in other tissues. Furthermore, using an Ai14 reporter mouse model it is identified that 24.6% of the total lung epithelial cell population is transfected after a single dose. Repeat dosing of inhaled hPBAE-mRNA generates consistent protein production in the lung, without local or systemic toxicity. The results indicate that nebulized delivery of IVT-mRNA facilitated by hPBAE vectors may provide a clinically relevant delivery system to lung epithelium., (© 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)- Published
- 2019
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