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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Toward understanding lipid reorganization in RNA lipid nanoparticles in acidic environments.

Adiran Garaizar, David Díaz-Oviedo, Nina Zablowsky, Sami Rissanen, Johannes Köbberling, Jiawei Sun, Christoph Steiger, Patrick Steigemann, Florian A Mann, Katharina Meier

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Decoding pH-Driven Phase Transition of Lipid Nanoparticles.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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  16. Reply to Trollmann et al.: Perspective on LNP structure and simulation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  17. Revisiting lipid nanoparticle composition and structure: A critical take on simulation approaches.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Adiran GaraizarDrug Discovery Sciences, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Wuppertal 42113, Germany.
David Díaz-OviedoDrug Discovery Sciences, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Wuppertal 42113, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0499-2863
Nina ZablowskyLead Discovery, Nuvisan Innovation Campus Berlin, Berlin 13353, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-1289-3925
Sami RissanenChemical and Pharmaceutical Development, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Turku 20210, Finland.
Johannes KöbberlingDrug Discovery Sciences, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Wuppertal 42113, Germany.
Jiawei SunChemical and Pharmaceutical Development, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Berlin 13353, Germany.
Christoph SteigerChemical and Pharmaceutical Development, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Berlin 13353, Germany.
Patrick SteigemannLead Discovery, Nuvisan Innovation Campus Berlin, Berlin 13353, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4748-3989
Florian A MannChemical and Pharmaceutical Development, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Berlin 13353, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2348-1663
Katharina MeierDrug Discovery Sciences, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Wuppertal 42113, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2474-8278

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for therapeutic RNA delivery has gained significant interest, particularly highlighted by recent milestones such as the approval of Onpattro and two mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. However, despite substantial advancements in this field, our understanding of the structure and internal organization of RNA-LNPs -and their relationship to efficacy, both in vitro and in vivo- remains limited. In this study, we present a coarse-grained molecular dynamics (MD) approach that allows for the simulations of full-size LNPs. By analyzing MD-derived structural characteristics in conjunction with cellular experiments, we investigate the effect of critical parameters, such as pH and composition, on LNP structure and potency. Additionally, we examine the mobility and chemical environment within LNPs at a molecular level. Our findings highlight the significant impact that LNP composition and internal molecular mobility can have on key stages of LNP-based intracellular RNA delivery.

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LipidsMolecular Dynamics SimulationNanoparticlesSARS-CoV-2COVID-19HumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationLiposomesRNALipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesRNAendosomal escapelipid nanoparticlesMD simulationsmRNA therapeuticsRNA delivery

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PMID39475644
PMCPMC11551392

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