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ArticleNature materials2025

High-density brush-shaped polymer lipids reduce anti-PEG antibody binding for repeated administration of mRNA therapeutics.

Yufen Xiao, Xizhen Lian, Yehui Sun, Yun-Chieh Sung, Amogh Vaidya, Zexiang Chen, Ankit Gupta, Sumanta Chatterjee, Lining Zheng, Erick Guerrero and 7 more

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Article in Nature materials, 2025. 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 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Yufen XiaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5604-7479
Xizhen LianDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Yehui SunDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0215-6095
Yun-Chieh SungDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Amogh VaidyaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0712-659X
Zexiang ChenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1584-2417
Ankit GuptaCenter for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5295-180X
Sumanta ChatterjeeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Lining ZhengDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7607-1225
Erick GuerreroDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2076-3537
Xu WangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8925-5645
Lukas FarbiakDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4107-1676
Yangyang YangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Marc I DiamondCenter for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8085-7770
Cecilia LealDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5972-508X
Jeffrey G McDonaldCenter for Human Nutrition, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Daniel J SiegwartDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. Daniel.Siegwart@UTSouthwestern.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3823-1931

Funding

UT Southwestern Medical Center Simmons Comprehensive Cancer CenterP30CA142543 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Kathryn Ann O'Donnell · 2010 to 2026
$53.7M
UT Southwestern Center for Translational MedicineUL1TR003163 · NCATS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI TOTO, ROBERT DANIEL · 2021 to 2025
$39.3M
Tissue Culture & Antibody Production CoreP01HL160487 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Helen Haskell Hobbs · 2022 to 2026
$14.9M
UT Southwestern NORCP30DK127984 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jeffrey M Zigman · 2022 to 2026
$7.4M
Defining the molecular interactions within nanoparticles that enable delivery of long nucleic acidsR01EB025192 · NIBIB · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI SIEGWART, DANIEL JOHN · 2018 to 2025
$3.1M
Multiplexed nanoparticle delivery to increase CRISPR/Cas gene editing for enhanced cancer therapyR01CA269787 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Daniel John Siegwart · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
Endosomal escape of lipid-based nanoparticles comprising Gaussian curvature lipidsR01GM143723 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI LEAL, CECILIA MARIA · 2022 to 2025
$1.7M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR003163NCI NIH HHS P30 CA142543NCI NIH HHS R01 CA269787NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL160487NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB025192NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK127984NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM143723
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Messenger RNA lipid-nanoparticle-based therapies represent an emerging class of medicines for a variety of applications. However, anti-poly(ethylene glycol) (anti-PEG) antibodies generated by widely used PEGylated medicines and lipid nanoparticles hinder therapeutic efficacy upon repeated dosing. Here we report the chemical design, synthesis and optimization of high-density brush-shaped polymer lipids that reduce anti-PEG antibody binding to improve protein production consistency in repeated dosing. Brush-shaped polymer lipid parameters, including side chain length, degree of polymerization, anchor alkyl length and surface regimes on lipid nanoparticles modulate anti-PEG antibody binding affinity and control their blood circulation pharmacokinetics. Compared to widely used 1,2-dimyristoyl-rac-glycero-3-methoxypolyethylene glycol-2000, lipid nanoparticles containing brush-shaped polymer lipids generate superior therapeutic outcomes in protein replacement therapy and genome editing models, reformulating structure-activity guidelines for the design of PEG lipid substitutes. Overall, these findings contribute to the general effort in the development of lipid nanoparticles with low immunogenicity to overcome current roadblocks to nucleic acid medicines.

Indexed as

AntibodiesLipidsPolyethylene GlycolsPolymersRNA, MessengerAnimalsHumansMiceNanoparticlesAntibodiesLipidsPolyethylene GlycolsPolymersRNA, Messenger

Identifiers

PMID40021827
PMCPMC12977982

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