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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2023

The Effect of Cryoprotectants and Storage Conditions on the Transfection Efficiency, Stability, and Safety of Lipid-Based Nanoparticles for mRNA and DNA Delivery.

Konstantinos N Kafetzis, Natalia Papalamprou, Elisha McNulty, Kai X Thong, Yusuke Sato, Aleksandr Mironov, Atul Purohit, Philip J Welsby, Hideyoshi Harashima, Cynthia Yu-Wai-Man and 1 more

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Konstantinos N KafetzisDepartment of Biology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, L39 4QP, UK.
Natalia PapalamprouDepartment of Biology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, L39 4QP, UK.
Elisha McNultyDepartment of Biology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, L39 4QP, UK.
Kai X ThongFaculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK.
Yusuke SatoFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan.
Aleksandr MironovElectron Microscopy Core Facility (RRID: SCR_021147), Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
Atul PurohitOncology Drug Discovery & Women's Health Group, Department of Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, W12 0HS, UK.
Philip J WelsbyMedical School, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, L39 4QP, UK.
Hideyoshi HarashimaFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan.
Cynthia Yu-Wai-ManFaculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, SE1 7EH, UK.
Aristides D TagalakisDepartment of Biology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, L39 4QP, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4610-0803
Edge Hill University · GBHokkaido University · JPKing's College London · GBImperial College London · GBUniversity of Manchester · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/T027932/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipid-based nanoparticles have recently shown great promise, establishing themselves as the gold standard in delivering novel RNA therapeutics. However, research on the effects of storage on their efficacy, safety, and stability is still lacking. Herein, the impact of storage temperature on two types of lipid-based nanocarriers, lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) and receptor-targeted nanoparticles (RTNs), loaded with either DNA or messenger RNA (mRNA), is explored and the effects of different cryoprotectants on the stability and efficacy of the formulations are investigated. The medium-term stability of the nanoparticles was evaluated by monitoring their physicochemical characteristics, entrapment and transfection efficiency, every two weeks over one month. It is demonstrated, that the use of cryoprotectants protects nanoparticles against loss of function and degradation in all storage conditions. Moreover, it is shown that the addition of sucrose enables all nanoparticles to remain stable and maintain their efficacy for up to a month when stored at -80 °C, regardless of cargo or type of nanoparticle. DNA-loaded nanoparticles also remain stable in a wider variety of storage conditions than mRNA-loaded ones. Importantly, these novel LNPs show increased GFP expression that can signify their future use in gene therapies, beyond the established role of LNPs in RNA therapeutics.

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LiposomesNanoparticlesDNALipidsRNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingTransfectionDNALipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesRNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingcryoprotectantsDNAlipid nanoparticlesmRNAstability

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PMID36906918
PMCPMC11468535
OpenAlexW4323971817

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