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ArticleNature communications2025

Organ-specific delivery of an mRNA-encoded bispecific T cell engager targeting glypican-3 in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Yan Huang, Shaoli Liu, Xiaoju Zhang, Bingxu Zhang, Feng Shi, Jia Zhang, Shuaibo Shao, Hongya Han, Xiaoyun Ma, Jing Xie and 14 more

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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 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Yan Huang *METiS TechBio, Beijing, China.
Shaoli Liu *METiS TechBio, Beijing, China.
Xiaoju ZhangMETiS TechBio, Hangzhou, China.
Bingxu ZhangMETiS TechBio, Hangzhou, China.
Feng ShiMETiS TechBio, Beijing, China.
Jia ZhangMETiS TechBio, Beijing, China.
Shuaibo ShaoMETiS TechBio, Beijing, China.
Hongya HanMETiS TechBio, Hangzhou, China.
Xiaoyun MaMETiS TechBio, Beijing, China.
Jing XieMETiS TechBio, Beijing, China.
Jianqi ZhangMETiS TechBio, Beijing, China.
Hongxiaoying YuMETiS TechBio, Beijing, China.
Yongchao ZhaoMETiS TechBio, Beijing, China.
Jiazheng JinMETiS TechBio, Beijing, China.
Dong XuMETiS TechBio, Beijing, China.
Liang LiuMETiS TechBio, Hangzhou, China.
Jianing WangMETiS TechBio, Hangzhou, China.
Yu TanMETiS TechBio, Hangzhou, China.
Kelu XuMETiS TechBio, Hangzhou, China.
Lushuai JinMETiS TechBio, Hangzhou, China.
Quanjun DuMETiS TechBio, Beijing, China.
Yifeng GengMETiS TechBio, Beijing, China.
Andong LiuMETiS TechBio, Beijing, China. adliu@metispharma.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-4816-4336
Wei XuMETiS TechBio, Beijing, China. wei.xu@metispharma.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5404-7523

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T-cell engager (TCE)-based immunotherapy is clinically validated in hematological cancers. However, application in solid tumors faces hurdles including T cell penetration, the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, and toxicity. We develop an mRNA-encoded TCE (MTS105) targeting Glypican-3, the hepatocellular carcinoma antigen, delivered via lipid nanoparticles directly to liver tissue. In mice, rats, and cynomolgus monkeys, MTS105 exhibits higher liver exposure versus plasma. Liver-orthotopic tumor-bearing mice achieve complete, dose-dependent regression, with fast intratumoral T cell activation owing to sustained higher liver and tumor functional TCE exposure versus conventional antibody-based TCE. In vivo, MTS105 induces intratumoral CD8 cell precursor and terminally differentiated memory subsets with high activation scores. In cynomolgus monkeys, MTS105 displays favorable, linear plasma pharmacokinetics including mRNA, ionizable lipid, and translated TCE following single and repeated-four-weekly dosing (up to 45 μg/kg). No severe adverse effects or gross pathology were observed. Our results thus support the advancement of MTS105 into clinical trials, with a first-in-human study currently underway.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularGlypicansLiver NeoplasmsRNA, MessengerAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansImmunotherapyLiverMacaca fascicularisMaleMiceNanoparticlesRatsT-LymphocytesGlypicansGPC3 protein, humanRNA, Messenger

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PMID41397962
PMCPMC12705655

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