Radiolabeled RNA Nanoparticles for Highly Specific Targeting and Efficient Tumor Accumulation with Favorable In Vivo Biodistribution. 2021

Hongzhi Wang, and Peixuan Guo
Center for RNA Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine, College of Pharmacy, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, James Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States.

Therapeutic efficiency and toxicity are two of the three critical factors in molecular therapy and pharmaceutical drug development. Specific tumor targeting and rapid renal excretion contribute to improving efficiency and reducing toxicity. We recently found that RNA nanoparticles display rubber-like properties, enabling them to deliver therapeutics to cancer with high efficiency. Off-target RNA nanoparticles were rapidly cleared by renal excretion, resulting in nontoxicity. However, previous biodistribution studies relied mainly on fluorescent markers, which can cause interference from fluorophore quenching and autofluorescence. Thus, the quantification of biodistribution requires further scrutiny. In this study, radionuclide [3H] markers were used for quantitative pharmacokinetic (PK) studies to elucidate the favorable PK profile of RNA nanoparticles. Approximately 5% of [3H]-RNA nanoparticles accumulated in tumors, in contrast to the 0.7% tumor accumulation reported in the literature for other kinds of nanoparticles. The amount of [3H]-RNA nanoparticles accumulated in tumors was higher than that in the liver, heart, lung, spleen, and brain throughout the entire process after IV injection. [3H]-RNA nanoparticles rapidly reached the tumor vasculature within 30 min and remained in tumors for more than 2 days. Nontargeting [3H]-RNA nanoparticles were found in the urine 30 min after IV injection without degradation and processing, and more than 55% of the IV-injected radiolabeled RNA nanoparticles were cleared from the body within 12 h, while the other 45% includes the radiative counts that cannot be recovered due to whole-body distribution and blood dilution after intravenous injection. The high specificity of tumor targeting, fast renal excretion, and low organ accumulation illustrate the high therapeutic potential of RNA nanoparticles in cancer treatment as efficient cancer-targeting carriers with low toxicity and side effects.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007275 Injections, Intravenous Injections made into a vein for therapeutic or experimental purposes. Intravenous Injections,Injection, Intravenous,Intravenous Injection
D001943 Breast Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the human BREAST. Breast Cancer,Breast Tumors,Cancer of Breast,Breast Carcinoma,Cancer of the Breast,Human Mammary Carcinoma,Malignant Neoplasm of Breast,Malignant Tumor of Breast,Mammary Cancer,Mammary Carcinoma, Human,Mammary Neoplasm, Human,Mammary Neoplasms, Human,Neoplasms, Breast,Tumors, Breast,Breast Carcinomas,Breast Malignant Neoplasm,Breast Malignant Neoplasms,Breast Malignant Tumor,Breast Malignant Tumors,Breast Neoplasm,Breast Tumor,Cancer, Breast,Cancer, Mammary,Cancers, Mammary,Carcinoma, Breast,Carcinoma, Human Mammary,Carcinomas, Breast,Carcinomas, Human Mammary,Human Mammary Carcinomas,Human Mammary Neoplasm,Human Mammary Neoplasms,Mammary Cancers,Mammary Carcinomas, Human,Neoplasm, Breast,Neoplasm, Human Mammary,Neoplasms, Human Mammary,Tumor, Breast
D004355 Drug Stability The chemical and physical integrity of a pharmaceutical product. Drug Shelf Life,Drugs Shelf Lives,Shelf Life, Drugs,Drug Stabilities,Drugs Shelf Life,Drugs Shelf Live,Life, Drugs Shelf,Shelf Life, Drug,Shelf Live, Drugs,Shelf Lives, Drugs
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000090783 Nanoparticle Drug Delivery System Engineered NANOPARTICLES with unique physiochemical properties which improve drug BIOAVAILABILITY and site specific drug delivery. NDDSs,Nano Delivery System,Nano Drug Delivery Systems,Nano-Drug Delivery System,Nanoparticle Based Drug Delivery System,Delivery System, Nano,Delivery System, Nano-Drug,Delivery Systems, Nano,Delivery Systems, Nano-Drug,Nano Delivery Systems,Nano Drug Delivery System,System, Nano Delivery,System, Nano-Drug Delivery,Systems, Nano Delivery,Systems, Nano-Drug Delivery
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012313 RNA A polynucleotide consisting essentially of chains with a repeating backbone of phosphate and ribose units to which nitrogenous bases are attached. RNA is unique among biological macromolecules in that it can encode genetic information, serve as an abundant structural component of cells, and also possesses catalytic activity. (Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed) RNA, Non-Polyadenylated,Ribonucleic Acid,Gene Products, RNA,Non-Polyadenylated RNA,Acid, Ribonucleic,Non Polyadenylated RNA,RNA Gene Products,RNA, Non Polyadenylated
D014018 Tissue Distribution Accumulation of a drug or chemical substance in various organs (including those not relevant to its pharmacologic or therapeutic action). This distribution depends on the blood flow or perfusion rate of the organ, the ability of the drug to penetrate organ membranes, tissue specificity, protein binding. The distribution is usually expressed as tissue to plasma ratios. Distribution, Tissue,Distributions, Tissue,Tissue Distributions
D014316 Tritium The radioactive isotope of hydrogen also known as hydrogen-3. It contains two NEUTRONS and one PROTON in its nucleus and decays to produce low energy BETA PARTICLES. Hydrogen-3,Hydrogen 3

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