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ArticleMolecular oncology2026

Reprogramming tumor cells with LCOR mRNA nanotherapy to enhance immunotherapy.

Gabriel Serra-Mir, Elena Haro-Martínez, Sandra Blasco-Benito, Chiara Cannatà, José Ángel Palomeque, Anna López-Plana, Maria Sanz-Flores, Marc Sabartés, Cristina Fornaguera, Toni Celià-Terrassa

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Gabriel Serra-MirCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRI), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1140-8063
Elena Haro-MartínezInstitut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull (URL), Barcelona, Spain.
Sandra Blasco-BenitoCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRI), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-2340
Chiara CannatàCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRI), Barcelona, Spain.
José Ángel PalomequeCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRI), Barcelona, Spain.
Anna López-PlanaCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRI), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1080-7663
Maria Sanz-FloresCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRI), Barcelona, Spain.
Marc SabartésInstitut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull (URL), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8410-2361
Cristina FornagueraInstitut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull (URL), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7014-3213
Toni Celià-TerrassaCancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRI), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0615-8744

Funding

Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 100005ID4Fundación Científica Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer AECC INNOVA (INNOV223495CELI)Fundación Científica Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer ERA-NETTRANSCAN-3(TRNSC213882FORN)Instituto de Salud Carlos III AC22/00042Instituto de Salud Carlos III DTS23/00007'la Caixa' Foundation CaixaImpulse Innovation (CI23-30316)'la Caixa' Foundation the CaixaResearch Validate (CI22-00266)Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (AEI) PID2021-125910OB-I00Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (AEI) PID2023-147310OB-I00Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (AEI) PID2024-159704OB-I00
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Abstract

Transcription factors (TFs) are often considered undruggable due to their structural complexity. mRNA technologies can overcome this therapeutic limitation by enabling dynamic protein replacement therapies. Here, we explore the TF activity of LCOR (Ligand-dependent corepressor), which suppresses tumor growth, at least in part by inducing the antigen presentation machinery (APM) in tumor cells and constraining cellular plasticity. These effects facilitate tumor immune recognition and immune-mediated tumor eradication. We used poly β-(amino esters) (pBAE) nanoparticles (NPs) for local delivery of Lcor mRNA in multiple breast cancer models. pBAE-NPs efficiently encapsulate mRNA and facilitate cellular uptake, achieving optimal endosomal escape, resulting in high transfection efficiency in vitro and in vivo, restoring LCOR function in tumor cells and engaging their APM. In preclinical models, intratumoral delivery of Lcor mRNA reduced tumor growth. Importantly, the combination of Lcor mRNA-loaded RH-pBAE-NPs with anti-PDL1 or anti-CTLA4 immunotherapies eradicated most of the tumors in our preclinical TNBC model. Overall, our nanotherapeutic strategy emerges as an innovative TF-replacement therapy in a lock-in/wipe-out fashion, leveraging the immunogenic effects of LCOR to eradicate breast cancer tumors when combined with immunotherapy.

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immunotherapymRNA therapyphenotype constrainttranscription factortriple‐negative breast cancertumor cell reprogramming

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PMID42878215
PMCPMC13670883

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