Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

A novel mechanism for the loss of mRNA activity in lipid nanoparticle delivery systems

  • Meredith Packer,
  • Dipendra Gyawali,
  • Ravikiran Yerabolu,
  • Joseph Schariter,
  • Phil White

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26926-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Lipid nanoparticle delivery of mRNA vaccines has become of particular importance, however, mRNA stability is a major concern. Here, the authors report on a study of lipid impurity mRNA interactions using reverse phase ion pair HPLC to identify reactions which render the mRNA untranslatable, reducing vaccine efficiency.