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ArticleACS nano2024

Single-Particle Spectroscopic Chromatography Reveals Heterogeneous RNA Loading and Size Correlations in Lipid Nanoparticles.

Sixuan Li, Yizong Hu, Jinghan Lin, Zachary Schneiderman, Fangchi Shao, Lai Wei, Andrew Li, Kuangwen Hsieh, Efrosini Kokkoli, Tine Curk and 2 more

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Article in ACS nano, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Messenger RNA and guide RNA distributions in lipid nanoparticles impact gene-editing efficiency in vivo.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  15. Drug Product Development of Lipid Nanoparticle-Based mRNA Therapeutics and Vaccines.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology
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  16. Engineering Nanoscale Drug Delivery Systems for Pain.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Sixuan LiInstitute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0116-8812
Yizong HuInstitute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3983-5104
Jinghan LinInstitute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.
Zachary SchneidermanInstitute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.
Fangchi ShaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2080-3567
Lai WeiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.
Andrew LiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.
Kuangwen HsiehDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3730-4406
Efrosini KokkoliInstitute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7783-0158
Tine CurkDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2167-5336
Hai-Quan MaoInstitute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4262-9988
Tza-Huei WangInstitute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3540-9354

Funding

Development of an oral liver-targeted prime-and-trap malaria vaccineU01AI155313 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MURPHY, SEAN C · 2021 to 2025
$4.1M
A "Culture" Shift: Integrated Bacterial Screening and Antibacterial Susceptibility Test on Microfluidic Digital Array for Bloodstream InfectionsR01AI137272 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, TZA-HUEI JEFF, YANG, SAMUEL · 2018 to 2022
$3.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI137272NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI155313
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipid nanoparticles (LNP) have emerged as pivotal delivery vehicles for RNA therapeutics. Previous research and development usually assumed that LNPs are homogeneous in population, loading density, and composition. Such perspectives are difficult to examine due to the lack of suitable tools to characterize these physicochemical properties at the single-nanoparticle level. Here, we report an integrated spectroscopy-chromatography approach as a generalizable strategy to dissect the complexities of multicomponent LNP assembly. Our platform couples cylindrical illumination confocal spectroscopy (CICS) with single-nanoparticle free solution hydrodynamic separation (SN-FSHS) to simultaneously profile population identity, hydrodynamic size, RNA loading levels, and distributions of helper lipid and PEGylated lipid of LNPs at the single-particle level and in a high-throughput manner. Using a benchmark siRNA LNP formulation, we demonstrate the capability of this platform by distinguishing seven distinct LNP populations, quantitatively characterizing size distribution and RNA loading level in wide ranges, and more importantly, resolving composition-size correlations. This SN-FSHS-CICS analysis provides critical insights into a substantial degree of heterogeneity in the packing density of RNA in LNPs and size-dependent loading-size correlations, explained by kinetics-driven assembly mechanisms of RNA LNPs.

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LipidsNanoparticlesParticle SizeChromatographyLiposomesRNARNA, Small InterferingSpectrum AnalysisLipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesRNARNA, Small Interferingcompositional heterogeneitylipid nanoparticlesmultiparametric characterizationnanoparticle chromatographynanoparticle payloadsingle-particle spectroscopy

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PMID38839059
PMCPMC11191693

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