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National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 39(115), 2018

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1810002115

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mRNA vaccination with charge-altering releasable transporters elicits human T cell responses and cures established tumors in mice

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Abstract

Significance The RNA delivery field is mostly focused on lipid nanoparticles (LNPs). Although promising, LNPs have several limitations with respect to pharmacokinetics, biodistribution, and toxicity. The mechanism of RNA charge-altering releasable transporters (CART) delivery and release is unique. It proceeds dynamically with a controllable change in physical properties. Differing from all mRNA delivery systems, a key attribute of CARTs is a charge-altering degradation mechanism, which transforms the initial polycationic CART into neutral byproducts, thereby enabling endosomal escape, release, and subsequent translation of the polyanionic mRNA cargo. With this study, we introduce a potentially general approach to therapeutic vaccination enabled by a dynamic drug-delivery system (mRNA-CART) and demonstrate its utility in suppressing tumor formation and in eliminating established tumors.