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ArticleJournal of extracellular vesicles2025

Hybrid Extracellular Vesicles for Efficient Loading and Functional Delivery of mRNA.

Xiaoqin Wang, Michael J Munson, Kristina Friis, Anna Marzeda, Andreia M Silva, Franziska Kohl, Leif Hultin, Raymond M Schiffelers, Niek Dekker

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Article in Journal of extracellular vesicles, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Xiaoqin WangDiscovery Biology, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9779-5089
Michael J MunsonAdvanced Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Kristina FriisAdvanced Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Anna MarzedaDiscovery Bioanalysis, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Andreia M SilvaDiscovery Biology, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Franziska KohlGenomic Research, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Leif HultinImaging Sciences, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Raymond M SchiffelersCDL Research, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Niek DekkerDiscovery Biology, Discovery Sciences, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Funding

AstraZeneca R&D Postdoc ProgramEuropean Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme 825828
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are an attractive delivery vehicle with biological activity, intrinsic homing, low immunogenicity, and engineerability; however, challenges remain regarding loading and functional delivery of mRNA. Here, we developed a novel approach to load mRNA through low pH-induced fusion of EVs with lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to generate hybrid EVs (HEVs). Conventional characterization showed that HEVs preserved classical features of EVs. Single particle analysis revealed successful loading of mRNA and incorporation of LNP components into HEVs. The combined properties from EV and LNP contributed to the excellent cell tolerability of HEV, overcoming dose-limit toxicity, and functional delivery of mRNA by HEV. We further elucidated the mechanism of HEV-mediated intracellular delivery of mRNA. Our results showed that in contrast to source EVs, HEVs were capable of inducing endosomal escape, facilitating intracellular delivery of mRNA. Furthermore, HEVs functionally delivered mRNA in vivo and displayed extrahepatic delivery capacity with predominant functional distribution in spleen. Our results suggest HEVs as a promising EV-based delivery platform for mRNA delivery.

Indexed as

Extracellular VesiclesGene Transfer TechniquesRNA, MessengerAnimalsHumansLiposomesMiceNanoparticlesLipid NanoparticlesLiposomesRNA, Messengercell tolerabilityendosomal escapefunctional biodistributionfunctional deliveryhybrid extracellular vesiclemRNA loading

Identifiers

PMID41392576
PMCPMC12703132

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