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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2025

Optimization of a Dissolvable Lipid Nanoparticle Microneedle Formulation for mRNA Delivery Using Design of Experiments.

Yayi Zhao, Qizheng Zhang, Tianli Hu, Chaiyaporn Kuwentrai, Ye Zhang, Jian-Dong Huang, Yi Kuang, Chenjie Xu

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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8 authors.

Yayi ZhaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedicine, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Qizheng ZhangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedicine, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Tianli HuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedicine, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Chaiyaporn KuwentraiSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Ye ZhangActive Soft Matter Group, Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong 523808, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7433-1820
Jian-Dong HuangSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3798-9874
Yi KuangDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3643-2684
Chenjie XuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedicine, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8278-3912

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microneedles (MNs) are an emerging strategy to realize the transdermal delivery of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) in a minimally invasive manner. Via development, the LNP's physicochemical properties, such as size and charge, and the MN's composition and fabrication procedure, must be optimized. Currently, the optimization is done through trial and error, which is heavily influenced by personal experience and preference of researchers. This study utilizes Design of Experiments (DoE) for optimizing parameters in LNP-MN fabrication to gain independence from personal experience and preference. As a proof of concept, we develop an LNP-MN device to deliver mRNA encoding green fluorescent protein (GFP). Flow cytometric analysis reveals that freshly prepared LNP-MNs achieve a transfection efficiency of 43.3% in mesenchymal stem cells, compared with 8.51% for the lipofectamine control. The LNP-MN group also provides more homogeneous transfection (99.4% GFP positive cells), while the number is only 31.0% in the lipofectamine group. mRNA-LNP-MN maintains a transfection efficiency of 22.7% after 42 days of storage at room temperature. Finally, luciferase mRNA is successfully transfected into mice by the mRNA-LNP-MN delivery system.

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Gene Transfer TechniquesLipidsNanoparticlesNeedlesRNA, MessengerAnimalsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansLiposomesMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceTransfectionGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesRNA, MessengerDesign of Experimentslipid nanoparticlemicroneedlemRNAtransdermal drug delivery

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PMID40644595
PMCPMC12713615

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