CHARMM-GUI Membrane Builder for Lipid Nanoparticles with Ionizable Cationic Lipids and PEGylated Lipids.

ABSTRACT: A lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulation is a state-of-the-art delivery system for genetic drugs such as DNA, messenger RNA, and small interfering RNA, which is successfully applied to COVID-19 vaccines and gains tremendous interest in therapeutic applications. Despite its importance, a molecular-level understanding of the LNP structures and dynamics is still lacking, which makes rational LNP design almost impossible. In this work, we present an extension of CHARMM-GUI Membrane Builder to model and simulate all-atom LNPs with various (ionizable) cationic lipids and PEGylated lipids (PEG-lipids). These new lipid types can be mixed with any existing lipid types with or without a biomolecule of interest, and the generated systems can be simulated using various molecular dynamics engines.

SUBMITTER: Park S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8545881 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature