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ArticleNano letters2021

Size-Controlled and Shelf-Stable DNA Particles for Production of Lentiviral Vectors.

Yizong Hu, Yining Zhu, Nolan D Sutherland, David R Wilson, Marion Pang, Ester Liu, Jacob R Staub, Cynthia A Berlinicke, Donald J Zack, Jordan J Green and 2 more

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Article in Nano letters, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Yizong HuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3983-5104
Yining ZhuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7178-0097
Nolan D Sutherlandbluebird bio, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States.
David R WilsonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States.
Marion PangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0158-2976
Ester LiuInstitute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, United States.
Jacob R StaubInstitute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, United States.
Cynthia A BerlinickeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States.
Donald J ZackDepartment of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States.
Jordan J GreenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4176-3808
Sashank K ReddyDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States.
Hai-Quan MaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4262-9988

Funding

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007057 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KANOLD, PATRICK O, KARCHIN, RACHEL · 1985 to 2023
$10.4M
Shape Control and Transport Properties of DNA-Copolymer MicellesR01EB018358 · NIBIB · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LUIJTEN, ERIK, MAO, HAI-QUAN · 2015 to 2018
$2.1M
NIBIB NIH HHS NIBIB EB018358NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB018358NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007057
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyelectrolyte complex particles assembled from plasmid DNA (pDNA) and poly(ethylenimine) (PEI) have been widely used to produce lentiviral vectors (LVVs) for gene therapy. The current batch-mode preparation for pDNA/PEI particles presents limited reproducibility in large-scale LVV manufacturing processes, leading to challenges in tightly controlling particle stability, transfection outcomes, and LVV production yield. Here we identified the size of pDNA/PEI particles as a key determinant for a high transfection efficiency with an optimal size of 400-500 nm, due to a cellular-uptake-related mechanism. We developed a kinetics-based approach to assemble size-controlled and shelf-stable particles using preassembled nanoparticles as building blocks and demonstrated production scalability on a scale of at least 100 mL. The preservation of colloidal stability and transfection efficiency was benchmarked against particles generated using an industry standard protocol. This particle manufacturing method effectively streamlines the viral manufacturing process and improves the production quality and consistency.

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DNAPolyethyleneimineParticle SizePlasmidsReproducibility of ResultsTransfectionDNAPolyethyleneiminekinetic growthlentiviral vector productionparticle sizeplasmid DNApoly(ethylenimine)transfection

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PMID34228937
PMCPMC8283758

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