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ArticleACS biomaterials science & engineering2025

Reducing Complexity in Lipid Nanoparticles: Three-Component Zwitterionic Amino Lipids for Targeted Extrahepatic mRNA Delivery.

Joshua J Robinson, Di Zhang, Pratima Basak, Amogh Vaidya, Sumanta Chatterjee, Xiaoyan Bian, Minjeong Kim, Xizhen Lian, Yehui Sun, Erick Guerrero and 9 more

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Article in ACS biomaterials science & engineering, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Joshua J RobinsonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.
Di ZhangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.
Pratima BasakDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.
Amogh VaidyaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.
Sumanta ChatterjeeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.
Xiaoyan BianDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.
Minjeong KimDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.
Xizhen LianDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.
Yehui SunDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0215-6095
Erick GuerreroDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.
Xu WangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8925-5645
Sang M LeeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7658-6229
Shuai LiuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8405-6743
Junyu GongDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.
Mayank TiwariDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, United States.
Godwin K BabanyinahDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, United States.
Mihaela C StefanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75080, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2475-4635
Lukas FarbiakDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4107-1676
Daniel J SiegwartDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Program in Genetic Drug Engineering, Department of Biochemistry, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, United States.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 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
Chemistry-Biology Interface T32T32GM127216 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI KOHLER, JENNIFER J, PHILLIPS, MARGARET A. · 2019 to 2023
$754k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA142543NCI NIH HHS R01 CA269787NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB025192NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK127984NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM127216
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Simplicity and chemical expansion of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) offer the potential for increased therapeutic benefit of mRNA vaccines and medicines. 3-Component Zwitterionic Amino Lipid (ZAL) LNPs offer simplicity and varied organ target scope, though there is a lack of chemical and formulation exploration with this class of lipids. Herein, we report the synthesis and evaluation of ZALs with improved biocompatibility, enhanced mRNA delivery efficacy, and extrahepatic organ-specific delivery through derivation at the secondary hydroxyl position with opivalate, chloride, bromide, and acetate. Evaluation of these novel ZAL molecules revealed organ-specific delivery trends, changes in delivery efficacy, and an engineering framework for chemically modifying lipid components that correlate with each specific chemical modification. Furthermore, the most efficacious ZAL derivative, which contains an acetate modification, displayed enhanced immune cell transfection in an organ-specific manner. This study provides a roadmap for reducing the complexity of LNPs by decreasing the number of lipid components in an LNP from the canonical 4 lipids to 3 lipids and expands the chemical scope of LNPs capable of mediating extrahepatic delivery.

Indexed as

LipidsNanoparticlesRNA, MessengerAnimalsHumansLiposomesMiceTransfectionLipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesRNA, Messengerdrug deliverylipid nanoparticleslipid synthesismRNA

Identifiers

PMID40631444
PMCPMC12895399

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