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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2026

siRNA Delivery via Cross-Linked Gelatin Microparticles Enables Targeted Modulation of Osteogenic-Vascular Cross-Talk: An Advanced Human 3D in Vitro Test System for Therapeutic siRNA.

Franziska Mitrach, Jonas Kubat, Stefan Simm, Alexandra H Springwald, Burak Demir, Anton Liebezeit, Michael C Hacker, Michaela Schulz-Siegmund

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Franziska MitrachPharmaceutical Technology, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4518-8054
Jonas KubatPharmaceutical Technology, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6798-9201
Stefan SimmInstitute for Bioanalysis, Department of Applied Sciences, Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Coburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9371-2709
Alexandra H SpringwaldPharmaceutical Technology, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
Burak DemirInstitute of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1125-2092
Anton LiebezeitPharmaceutical Technology, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
Michael C HackerPharmaceutical Technology, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4776-2294
Michaela Schulz-SiegmundPharmaceutical Technology, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1340-1850

Funding

the junior research grant of the medical faculty of Leipzig and the Roland-Ernst-Stiftung für Gesundheitswesen.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) have drawn particular attention for their ability to transiently and sequence-specifically silence target genes, not only for systemic but also for localized application. For bone regeneration, targeting inhibitory regulators by siRNAs offers opportunities to improve osteogenic-angiogenic coupling. Conventional experimental models often oversimplify this interaction as they fail to capture these multicellular tissue dynamics. To address this, we established a human three-dimensional co-culture model composed of osteogenic and vascular microtissues embedded in fibrin hydrogels to investigate siRNA effects on microtissue interaction. Local siRNA delivery to microtissues was achieved by oligomer-stabilized calcium phosphate nanoparticles (CaP-NP) loaded onto cross-linked gelatin microparticles (cGM). siRNA/CaP-NP-loaded cGM were assembled with human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) to microtissues. This approach was demonstrated by silencing two antagonists with distinct expression profiles: Chordin, a low-abundance BMP inhibitor, and WWP-1, a highly expressed E3 ligase. Only Chordin siRNA improved the osteogenic-vascular cross-talk, whereas WWP-1 siRNA effects were limited to osteogenic effects. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) supported these results. We demonstrate that this co-culture platform permits systematic investigation of siRNA-mediated modulation of osteogenic-endothelial interactions, offering a relevant human model for preselecting therapeutic siRNA targets to advance vascularized bone tissue regeneration.

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GelatinOsteogenesisRNA, Small InterferingCalcium PhosphatesCoculture TechniquesHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsNanoparticlescalcium phosphateCalcium PhosphatesGelatinRNA, Small Interferingbone regenerationmicrospheressiRNA releasespheroidstissue engineering

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PMID41572459
PMCPMC13058789

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