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ArticleNature communications2025

Structure-guided design of endosomolytic chloroquine-like lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery and genome editing.

Zhen Liu, Jiacai Wu, Ning Wang, Yongqi Lin, Ruiteng Song, Min Zhang, Bin Li

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Zhen Liu *Department of Infectious Disease, Shenzhen People's Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, Shenzhen, China.
Jiacai Wu *School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Ning WangSchool of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Yongqi LinSchool of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Ruiteng SongDepartment of Infectious Disease, Shenzhen People's Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, Shenzhen, China.
Min ZhangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, Shenzhen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8950-5966
Bin LiDepartment of Infectious Disease, Shenzhen People's Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, Shenzhen, China. libin@mail.sustech.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2387-8305

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82072053
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite remarkable progress in designing RNA delivery systems, endosomal escape remains a recognized challenge for efficient RNA delivery. In this study, we develop a robust mRNA delivery platform termed endosomolytic chloroquine-like optimized lipid nanoparticles (ecoLNPs) for versatile mRNA delivery in vitro and in vivo via integrating the signature scaffold extracted from endosomolytic chloroquine into ionizable lipids. RNase-resistant ecoLNPs are capable of delivering a broad variety of mRNA payloads to diverse cell types, even hard-to-transfect 3D cells, with an efficiency of up to 18.9-fold higher than that of commercial transfection reagents. The pH-responsive endosomolytic activity of ecoLNPs can be largely attributed to the proton sponge effect and saposin B-promoted membrane disruption. In vivo, ecoLNPs enable potent local and systemic mRNA delivery and exhibit comparable potency to the clinically approved mRNA vaccine carrier, but strong tropism for lymph nodes following intramuscular injection. Furthermore, ecoLNPs are able to retain in vivo delivery potency for at least one week under non-frozen conditions and induce efficient genome editing in transgenic mice. Overall, the structure-guided integration strategy provides a pathway for de novo design of endosomolytic mRNA delivery systems.

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ChloroquineGene EditingGene Transfer TechniquesLipidsNanoparticlesRNA, MessengerAnimalsEndosomesHumansLiposomesMiceMice, TransgenicTransfectionChloroquineLipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesRNA, Messenger

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PMID40335474
PMCPMC12058976

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