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ArticleInternational journal of nanomedicine2022

Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticle-Mediated Delivery of Plasmid DNA in Cardiomyocytes.

Sérgio Scalzo, Anderson K Santos, Heloísa A S Ferreira, Pedro A Costa, Pedro H D M Prazeres, Natália J A da Silva, Lays C Guimarães, Mário de Morais E Silva, Marco T R Rodrigues Alves, Celso T R Viana and 8 more

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Article in International journal of nanomedicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sérgio ScalzoDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Anderson K SantosDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6185-3491
Heloísa A S FerreiraDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-5849-3245
Pedro A CostaDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Pedro H D M PrazeresDepartment of General Pathology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1933-3230
Natália J A da SilvaDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0032-7084
Lays C GuimarãesDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Mário de Morais E SilvaDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Marco T R Rodrigues AlvesDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Celso T R VianaDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Itamar C G JesusDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Alice P RodriguesDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3673-8616
Alexander BirbrairDepartment of General Pathology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Anderson O LoboDepartment of Materials Engineering, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-2544-0438
Frederic FrezardDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Michael J MitchellDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Silvia GuatimosimDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Pedro Pires Goulart GuimaraesDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BRUniversidade Federal do Piauí · BRUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Gene therapy is a promising approach to be applied in cardiac regeneration after myocardial infarction and gene correction for inherited cardiomyopathies. However, cardiomyocytes are crucial cell types that are considered hard-to-transfect. The entrapment of nucleic acids in non-viral vectors, such as lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), is an attractive approach for safe and effective delivery. Methods: Here, a mini-library of engineered LNPs was developed for pDNA delivery in cardiomyocytes. LNPs were characterized and screened for pDNA delivery in cardiomyocytes and identified a lead LNP formulation with enhanced transfection efficiency. Results: By varying lipid molar ratios, the LNP formulation was optimized to deliver pDNA in cardiomyocytes with enhanced gene expression in vitro and in vivo, with negligible toxicity. In vitro, our lead LNP was able to reach a gene expression greater than 80%. The in vivo treatment with lead LNPs induced a twofold increase in GFP expression in heart tissue compared to control. In addition, levels of circulating myeloid cells and inflammatory cytokines remained without significant changes in the heart after LNP treatment. It was also demonstrated that cardiac cell function was not affected after LNP treatment. Conclusion: Collectively, our results highlight the potential of LNPs as an efficient delivery vector for pDNA to cardiomyocytes. This study suggests that LNPs hold promise to improve gene therapy for treatment of cardiovascular disease.

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LipidsMyocytes, CardiacDNALiposomesNanoparticlesPlasmidsDNALipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomescardiomyocytesheartionizable lipidslipid nanoparticlespDNA delivery

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PMID35795081
PMCPMC9252585
OpenAlexW4285744993

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