Bone-marrow-homing lipid nanoparticles for genome editing in diseased and malignant haematopoietic stem cells

Xizhen Lian, Sumanta Chatterjee, Yehui Sun, Sean A. Dilliard, Stephen Moore, Yufen Xiao, Xiaoyan Bian, Kohki Yamada, Yun Chieh Sung, Rachel M. Levine, Kalin Mayberry, Samuel John, Xiaoye Liu, Caroline Smith, Lindsay T. Johnson, Xu Wang, Cheng Cheng Zhang, David R. Liu, Gregory A. Newby, Mitchell J. WeissJonathan S. Yen, Daniel J. Siegwart

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Abstract

Therapeutic genome editing of haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) would provide long-lasting treatments for multiple diseases. However, the in vivo delivery of genetic medicines to HSCs remains challenging, especially in diseased and malignant settings. Here we report on a series of bone-marrow-homing lipid nanoparticles that deliver mRNA to a broad group of at least 14 unique cell types in the bone marrow, including healthy and diseased HSCs, leukaemic stem cells, B cells, T cells, macrophages and leukaemia cells. CRISPR/Cas and base editing is achieved in a mouse model expressing human sickle cell disease phenotypes for potential foetal haemoglobin reactivation and conversion from sickle to non-sickle alleles. Bone-marrow-homing lipid nanoparticles were also able to achieve Cre-recombinase-mediated genetic deletion in bone-marrow-engrafted leukaemic stem cells and leukaemia cells. We show evidence that diverse cell types in the bone marrow niche can be edited using bone-marrow-homing lipid nanoparticles.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1409-1417
Number of pages9
JournalNature Nanotechnology
Volume19
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2024

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Bioengineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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