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ArticleScience advances2026

Helper lipid-engineered extracellular vesicles enable PET imaging-guided pulmonary siRNA delivery to treat lung metastasis.

Rong Guo, Shaowen Yang, Yu Gao, Li Wen, Hao Wang, Yuan Feng, Sixuan Cheng, Wenzhu Hu, Wenbo Li, Jian Rong and 5 more

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Rong GuoDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430022, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0000-2543
Shaowen YangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430022, China.ORCID 0009-0008-8694-7495
Yu GaoDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430022, China.
Li WenDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430022, China.
Hao WangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430022, China.
Yuan FengDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430022, China.ORCID 0009-0002-2796-5761
Sixuan ChengDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430022, China.
Wenzhu HuDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430022, China.
Wenbo LiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430022, China.
Jian RongDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430022, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3960-1669
Hyung-Jun ImDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4368-6685
Jianfeng LiuState Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Institutes of Health Science, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300192, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0541-5072
Xiaoli LanDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430022, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7263-7399
Rui AnDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430022, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6609-7317
Dawei JiangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430022, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4072-0075

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary diseases, including malignancies and chronic airway diseases, pose substantial global health challenges requiring advanced therapies. While extracellular vesicles (EVs) show promise as natural delivery vectors, their clinical application is limited by hepatic tropism. To date, no rational design for selectively lung-targeted EVs has been developed. Here, we modulate tumor cell-derived medium vesicles (TMVs) with cationic DOTAP lipids to alter their internal charges and tissue tropism. We accurately tracked the biodistribution of TMVs-DOTAP in vivo via highly sensitive positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, which clearly indicates their enhanced lung-targeting specificity. Furthermore, we engineered an EV-based siRNA delivery system (TMVs-DOTAP/siPD-L1), which effectively targets and silences PD-L1 in melanoma lung metastasis, leading to enhanced tumor immune responses. Mechanistic studies revealed the role of the protein corona in determining lung/liver tropism. This study provides a promising strategy for nucleic acid delivery and immunotherapy in pulmonary diseases.

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Extracellular VesiclesLipidsLung NeoplasmsPositron-Emission TomographyRNA, Small InterferingAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMiceLipidsRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID42139331
PMCPMC13178567

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