Coacervation drives morphological diversity of mRNA encapsulating nanoparticles
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| author | Pert, Emmit K. Hurst, Paul J. Waymouth, Robert M. Rotskoff, Grant M. |
| author_facet | Pert, Emmit K. Hurst, Paul J. Waymouth, Robert M. Rotskoff, Grant M. |
| contents | The spatial arrangement of components within an mRNA encapsulating nanoparticle has consequences for its thermal stability, which is a key parameter for therapeutic utility. The mesostructure of mRNA nanoparticles formed with cationic polymers have several distinct putative structures: here, we develop a field theoretic simulation model to compute the phase diagram for amphiphilic block copolymers that balance coacervation and hydrophobicity as driving forces for assembly. We predict several distinct morphologies for the mesostructure of these nanoparticles, depending on salt conditions and hydrophobicity. We compare our predictions with cryogenic-electron microscopy images of mRNA encapsulated by charge altering releasable transporters. In addition, we provide a GPU-accelerated, open-source codebase for general purpose field theoretic simulations, which we anticipate will be a useful tool for the community. |
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| spellingShingle | Coacervation drives morphological diversity of mRNA encapsulating nanoparticles Pert, Emmit K. Hurst, Paul J. Waymouth, Robert M. Rotskoff, Grant M. Soft Condensed Matter The spatial arrangement of components within an mRNA encapsulating nanoparticle has consequences for its thermal stability, which is a key parameter for therapeutic utility. The mesostructure of mRNA nanoparticles formed with cationic polymers have several distinct putative structures: here, we develop a field theoretic simulation model to compute the phase diagram for amphiphilic block copolymers that balance coacervation and hydrophobicity as driving forces for assembly. We predict several distinct morphologies for the mesostructure of these nanoparticles, depending on salt conditions and hydrophobicity. We compare our predictions with cryogenic-electron microscopy images of mRNA encapsulated by charge altering releasable transporters. In addition, we provide a GPU-accelerated, open-source codebase for general purpose field theoretic simulations, which we anticipate will be a useful tool for the community. |
| title | Coacervation drives morphological diversity of mRNA encapsulating nanoparticles |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00406 |