Myomerger-derived peptide enhances skeletal muscle tropism and reduces liver transduction of lipid nanoparticles for gene delivery

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Peptide from Myomerger improves muscle targeting and lowers liver delivery of lipid nanoparticles for gene therapy

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Abstract

MyomP1-LNPs significantly enhanced muscle transduction efficiency while reducing liver accumulation and local immune activation.

  • Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) can be modified to improve delivery to specific tissues, such as skeletal muscle.
  • Functionalization with MyomP1, a peptide from a muscle-specific protein, was associated with enhanced gene delivery to muscle cells.
  • MyomP1-LNPs demonstrated a notable increase in transduction efficiency in both murine and human muscle cells.
  • The modified LNPs reduced liver accumulation when delivering mRNA and DNA, indicating improved tissue specificity.
  • There was a reduction in local immune activation observed with MyomP1-LNPs compared to traditional delivery methods.

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