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ArticleNature communications2025

Premixing enables loading of long RNA in cubic phase lipid nanoparticles.

Harin Jin, Iji Seo, Jongeon Park, Yunhee Seo, Jae Chul Park, Seunghwan Bang, Joonwoo Rhee, Kwan Hyi Lee, Jahyun Koo, Youngdo Jeong and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Harin Jin *Division of Bio-Medical Science and Technology, KIST school, University of Science and Technology (UST), Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Iji Seo *Center for Advanced Biomolecular Recognition, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jongeon Park *Center for Advanced Biomolecular Recognition, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Yunhee SeoAdvanced Analysis and Data Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jae Chul ParkCenter for Advanced Biomolecular Recognition, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1157-4275
Seunghwan BangDivision of Bio-Medical Science and Technology, KIST school, University of Science and Technology (UST), Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Joonwoo RheeCenter for Advanced Biomolecular Recognition, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Kwan Hyi LeeCenter for Advanced Biomolecular Recognition, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7891-844X
Jahyun KooSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1503-0731
Youngdo JeongCenter for Advanced Biomolecular Recognition, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3514-9094
Ji-Hoon KimCenter for Advanced Biomolecular Recognition, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Republic of Korea. jihoonkim@kist.re.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9217-4483
Hojun KimDivision of Bio-Medical Science and Technology, KIST school, University of Science and Technology (UST), Seoul, Republic of Korea. cuboplex@kist.re.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7974-1044

Funding

Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) RS-2022-KH125686Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (iPET) RS-2024-00396818Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) 2E32345, 2E33561Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) 2E32345 and 2E33111Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) 2E33111National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) NRF-2022R1C1C1006015, RS-2025-02309992National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2023-00209955
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cubic phase lipid nanoparticles (cubosomes) show promise as carriers for nucleic acids due to their outstanding delivery performance and physical stability. However, both theoretical analysis and experimental results have shown that encapsulating long RNA is almost impossible while maintaining a cubic structure. Here we show successful encapsulation of long RNA (up to 4000 bases) in cubosomes by premixing RNA and lipids before self-assembly. Surprisingly, we discovered that long RNA within cubosomes folded into an isotropic phase, similar to other lipid self-assembly structures encapsulating nucleic acids. The cubosome-long RNA complex maintained excellent delivery efficiency even after 24 days at room temperature, underpinning its exceptional stability. Our premixing strategy not only demonstrates the feasibility of developing cold chain-free mRNA vaccines, but also offers insights for incorporating large cargo into other liquid crystals, such as peptides and/or polymer materials.

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LipidsNanoparticlesRNALiposomesLipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesRNA

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PMID40447600
PMCPMC12125232

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