Constrained Nanoparticles Deliver siRNA and sgRNA to T Cells In Vivo without Targeting Ligands.

ABSTRACT: T cells help regulate immunity, which makes them an important target for RNA therapies. While nanoparticles carrying RNA have been directed to T cells in vivo using protein- and aptamer-based targeting ligands, systemic delivery to T cells without targeting ligands remains challenging. Given that T cells endocytose lipoprotein particles and enveloped viruses, two natural systems with structures that can be similar to lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), it is hypothesized that LNPs devoid of targeting ligands can deliver RNA to T cells in vivo. To test this hypothesis, the delivery of siRNA to 9 cell types in vivo by 168 nanoparticles using a novel siGFP-based barcoding system and bioinformatics is quantified. It is found that nanomaterials containing conformationally constrained lipids form stable

SUBMITTER: Lokugamage MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6819129 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature