Fusion-dependent formation of lipid nanoparticles containing macromolecular payloads

Jayesh A. Kulkarni (Corresponding author), Dominik Witzigmann, Jerry Leung, Roy van der Meel, Josh Zaifman, Maria M. Darjuan, Hiu Man Grisch-Chan, Beat Thöny, Yuen Yi C. Tam, Pieter R. Cullis (Corresponding author)

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Samenvatting

The success of Onpattro™ (patisiran) clearly demonstrates the utility of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) systems for enabling gene therapies. These systems are composed of ionizable cationic lipids, phospholipid, cholesterol, and polyethylene glycol (PEG)-lipids, and are produced through rapid-mixing of an ethanolic-lipid solution with an acidic aqueous solution followed by dialysis into neutralizing buffer. A detailed understanding of the mechanism of LNP formation is crucial to improving LNP design. Here we use cryogenic transmission electron microscopy and fluorescence techniques to further demonstrate that LNP are formed through the fusion of precursor, pH-sensitive liposomes into large electron-dense core structures as the pH is neutralized. Next, we show that the fusion process is limited by the accumulation of PEG-lipid on the emerging particle. Finally, we show that the fusion-dependent mechanism of formation also applies to LNP containing macromolecular payloads including mRNA, DNA vectors, and gold nanoparticles.
Originele taal-2Engels
Pagina's (van-tot)9023-9031
Aantal pagina's9
TijdschriftNanoscale
Volume11
Nummer van het tijdschrift18
Vroegere onlinedatum22 apr. 2019
DOI's
StatusGepubliceerd - 14 mei 2019

Financiering

This work was supported by Foundation grant (FDN 148469) from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and a British Columbia Innovation Council Ignite grant. DW acknowledges the support by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF, Early Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship, Grant No. 174975). RvdM is supported by a VENI Fellowship (# 14385) from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). HMGC is supported by the SNF Sinergia grant #180257 (to BT). The authors acknowledge N. Rimann for support with mcDNA production.

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