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ArticleACS nano2012

In vitro-in vivo translation of lipid nanoparticles for hepatocellular siRNA delivery.

Kathryn A Whitehead, Jonathan Matthews, Philip H Chang, Farnaz Niroui, J Robert Dorkin, Mariano Severgnini, Daniel G Anderson

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Article in ACS nano, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Dual pKa Lipid Nanoparticles for Lung-tropic mRNA Delivery and pH-Programmed Endosomal Escape.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  14. Oxidized mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles forAdvanced functional materials · 2024
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  16. Plasmid DNA ionisable lipid nanoparticles as non-inert carriers and potent immune activators for cancer immunotherapy.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2024
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  20. The mixing method used to formulate lipid nanoparticles affects mRNA delivery efficacy and organ tropism.European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Kathryn A WhiteheadDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Jonathan Matthews
Philip H Chang
Farnaz Niroui
J Robert Dorkin
Mariano Severgnini
Daniel G Anderson

Funding

Identification and Analysis of Lipid-Like Materials for Nucleic Acid DeliveryF32EB009623 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI WHITEHEAD, KATHRYN A. · 2010 to 2011
$104k
NIBIB NIH HHS F32 EB009623NIBIB NIH HHS F32EB009623
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A significant challenge in the development of clinically viable siRNA delivery systems is a lack of in vitro-in vivo translatability: many delivery vehicles that are initially promising in cell culture do not retain efficacy in animals. Despite its importance, little information exists on the predictive nature of in vitro methodologies, most likely due to the cost and time associated with generating in vitro-in vivo data sets. Recently, high-throughput techniques have been developed that have allowed the examination of hundreds of lipid nanoparticle formulations for transfection efficiency in multiple experimental systems. The large resulting data set has allowed the development of correlations between in vitro and characterization data and in vivo efficacy for hepatocellular delivery vehicles. Consistency of formulation technique and the type of cell used for in vitro experiments was found to significantly affect correlations, with primary hepatocytes and HeLa cells yielding the most predictive data. Interestingly, in vitro data acquired using HeLa cells were more predictive of in vivo performance than mouse hepatoma Hepa1-6 cells. Of the characterization parameters, only siRNA entrapment efficiency was partially predictive of in vivo silencing potential, while zeta-potential and, surprisingly, nanoparticle size (when <300 nm) as measured by dynamic light scattering were not. These data provide guiding principles in the development of clinically viable siRNA delivery materials and have the potential to reduce experimental costs while improving the translation of materials into animals.

Indexed as

AnimalsCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell Line, TumorGene SilencingHeLa CellsHumansLipidsMiceNanocapsulesParticle SizeRNA, Small InterferingSurface PropertiesTransfectionLipidsNanocapsulesRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID22770391
PMCPMC3429655

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