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ArticleACS nano medicine2026

Engineering Optimized EV-Mimetic Carriers for Efficient Tumor-Targeted Delivery of Functional RNA Nanoparticles.

Nathalia Leal Dovaizem, Laura P Rebolledo, Anh Ha, Roger Chammas, Luciana Nogueira de Sousa Andrade, Kirill A Afonin

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Nathalia Leal DovaizemCenter for Translational Research in Oncology (LIM/24), Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina and Comprehensive Center for Precision Oncology (C2PO), Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-000, Brazil; Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, United States.
Laura P RebolledoDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, United States.
Anh HaDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, United States.
Roger ChammasCenter for Translational Research in Oncology (LIM/24), Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina and Comprehensive Center for Precision Oncology (C2PO), Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-000, Brazil.
Luciana Nogueira de Sousa AndradeCenter for Translational Research in Oncology (LIM/24), Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina and Comprehensive Center for Precision Oncology (C2PO), Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-000, Brazil.
Kirill A AfoninDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6917-3183

Funding

SMART NANPs: new molecular platform for communication with human immune system and modulation of therapeutic responsesR35GM139587 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE · 2022 to 2025
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM139587
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The therapeutic potential of RNAi is limited by the lack of safe, scalable, and efficient delivery systems. Although extracellular vesicles (EVs) are promising carriers for RNA therapeutics, poor scalability and low cargo-loading efficiency constrain their clinical translation. Here, we introduce fully synthetic EV-mimetic (EVM) carriers for the delivery of RNAi-inducing RNA nanoparticles to tumor cells. We systematically evaluated four different EVM cargo-loading strategies using representative RNA nanoparticles and appropriate controls. For each strategy, EVM size, concentration, and cargo encapsulation efficiency were assessed. Cellular uptake and RNA delivery were examined in melanoma 3D spheroids and compared with natural tumor-derived EVs, with EVMs demonstrating superior delivery efficiency. Functional RNAi activation was evaluated in tumor monolayers and 3D spheroids, where EVMs exhibited effective gene silencing with lower toxicity than conventional lipid-based carriers. Overall, our findings establish EVMs as safe and scalable biomimetic platforms for therapeutic nucleic acid delivery and identify optimal loading strategies and RNA nanoparticle designs for achieving maximal gene-silencing.

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EV MimeticsExtracellular VesiclesNew Approach MethodologiesNucleic Acid NanoparticlesRNAi

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PMCPMC12965198

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