Trimannose-coupled antimiR-21 for macrophage-targeted inhalation treatment of acute inflammatory lung damage

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Recent studies of severe acute inflammatory lung disease including COVID-19 identify macrophages to drive pulmonary hyperinflammation and long-term damage such as fibrosis. Here, we report on the development of a first-in-class, carbohydrate-coupled inhibitor of microRNA-21 (RCS-21), as a therapeutic means against pulmonary hyperinflammation and fibrosis. MicroRNA-21 is among the strongest upregulated microRNAs in human COVID-19 and in mice with acute inflammatory lung damage, and it is the strongest expressed microRNA in pulmonary macrophages. Chemical linkage of a microRNA-21 inhibitor to trimannose achieves rapid and specific delivery to macrophages upon inhalation in mice. RCS-21 reverses pathological activation of macrophages and prevents pulmonary dysfunction and fibrosis after acute lung damage in mice. In human lung tissue infected with SARS-CoV-2 ex vivo, RCS-21 effectively prevents the exaggerated inflammatory response. Our data imply trimannose-coupling for effective and selective delivery of inhaled oligonucleotides to pulmonary macrophages and report on a first mannose-coupled candidate therapeutic for COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 14(2023), 1 vom: 28. Juli, Seite 4564

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Beck, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Ramanujam, Deepak [VerfasserIn]
Vaccarello, Paula [VerfasserIn]
Widenmeyer, Florenc [VerfasserIn]
Feuerherd, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Cho-Chin [VerfasserIn]
Bomhard, Anton [VerfasserIn]
Abikeeva, Tatiana [VerfasserIn]
Schädler, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Sperhake, Jan-Peter [VerfasserIn]
Graw, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Safi, Seyer [VerfasserIn]
Hoffmann, Hans [VerfasserIn]
Staab-Weijnitz, Claudia A [VerfasserIn]
Rad, Roland [VerfasserIn]
Protzer, Ulrike [VerfasserIn]
Frischmuth, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Engelhardt, Stefan [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
MicroRNAs
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 31.07.2023

Date Revised 01.08.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-023-40185-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360072690