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ArticleACS pharmacology & translational science2025

Nanoparticle-Mediated mRNA Delivery to Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) Patient-Derived Xenograft (PDX) Tumors.

Sara El-Sahli, Shireesha Manturthi, Emma Durocher, Yuxia Bo, Alexandra Akman, Christina Sannan, Melanie Kirkby, Chiamaka Divine Iroakazi, Hannah Deyell, Shelby Kaczmarek and 5 more

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Article in ACS pharmacology & translational science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Sara El-SahliDepartment of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1H 8M5, Canada.
Shireesha ManturthiDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1H 8M5, Canada.
Emma DurocherDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1H 8M5, Canada.
Yuxia BoDepartment of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1H 8M5, Canada.
Alexandra AkmanDepartment of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1H 8M5, Canada.
Christina SannanDepartment of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1H 8M5, Canada.
Melanie KirkbyDepartment of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1H 8M5, Canada.
Chiamaka Divine IroakaziDepartment of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1H 8M5, Canada.
Hannah DeyellDepartment of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1H 8M5, Canada.
Shelby KaczmarekDepartment of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1H 8M5, Canada.
Seung-Hwan LeeDepartment of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1H 8M5, Canada.
Umar IqbalHuman Health Therapeutics Research Centre, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa K1A 0R6, Canada.
Marceline CôtéDepartment of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1H 8M5, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4664-4325
Lisheng WangDepartment of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1H 8M5, Canada.
Suresh GaddeDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1H 8M5, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9102-3029

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

mRNA-based therapies can overcome several challenges faced by traditional therapies in treating a variety of diseases by selectively modulating genes and proteins without genomic integration. However, due to mRNA's poor stability and inherent limitations, nanoparticle (NP) platforms have been developed to deliver functional mRNA into cells. In cancer treatment, mRNA technology has multiple applications, such as restoration of tumor suppressors and activating antitumor immunity. Most of these applications have been evaluated using simple cell-line-based tumor models, which failed to represent the complexity, heterogeneity, and 3D architecture of patient tumors. This discrepancy has led to inconsistencies and failures in clinical translation. Compared to cell line models, patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models more accurately represent patient tumors and are better suitable for modeling. Therefore, for the first time, this study employed two different TNBC PDX tumors to examine the effects of the mRNA-NPs. mRNA-NPs are developed using EGFP-mRNA as a model and studied in TNBC cell lines, ex vivo TNBC PDX organotypic slice cultures, and in vivo TNBC PDX tumors. Our findings show that NPs can effectively accumulate in tumors after intravenous administration, protecting and delivering mRNA to PDX tumors with different genetic and chemosensitivity backgrounds. These studies offer more clinically relevant modeling systems for mRNA nanotherapies in cancer applications.

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