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Suppressing Sart1 to modulate macrophage polarization by siRNA-loaded liposomes: a promising therapeutic strategy for pulmonary fibrosis

Ting Pan1#, Qing Zhou2#, Kang Miao1, Lei Zhang1, Guorao Wu1, Jun Yu3, Yongjian Xu1, Weining Xiong4, Yong Li1✉, Yi Wang1✉

1. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Diseases of Health Ministry, Key Site of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Wuhan Clinical Medical Research Center for Chronic Airway Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, China.
2. The Center for Biomedical Research, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, China.
3. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Ave, Wuhan 430030, China.
4. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju Lu, Shanghai, 200011, China.
#These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Pan T, Zhou Q, Miao K, Zhang L, Wu G, Yu J, Xu Y, Xiong W, Li Y, Wang Y. Suppressing Sart1 to modulate macrophage polarization by siRNA-loaded liposomes: a promising therapeutic strategy for pulmonary fibrosis. Theranostics 2021; 11(3):1192-1206. doi:10.7150/thno.48152. https://www.thno.org/v11p1192.htm
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and diffuse form of interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology with a fatal outcome. Although various strategies for IPF have been developed over the last few decades, no significant positive impact on the prognosis of IPF has been observed. According to the current paradigm, macrophages have been recognized to play a significant role in IPF pathogenesis. Here, we report a potential nanomedicine-based gene therapy for IPF based on regulate macrophage polarization.

Method: C57BL/6 mice were obtained and used to establish a bleomycin (BLM)-induced pulmonary fibrosis animal model, and Sart1 siRNA-loaded liposomes were designed for in vivo experiment. The experimental animals were administered BLM intratracheally on day 0 and treated with Sart1 siRNA on days 14 and 17. In the in vitro experiment, we further examined the function of Sart1 in macrophages.

Results: Our data indicated that the liposomes could passively target the fibrotic area in the lung and efficiently accumulate in macrophages. The suppression of Sart1 by siRNA-loaded liposomes significantly protected mice against BLM-induced lung injury and fibrosis, which was attributed to attenuated M2 macrophage infiltration in the lung.

Conclusion: Our study provides a valuable reference for modulating macrophage polarization and a promising strategy for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis in clinical settings.

Keywords: Pulmonary fibrosis, Macrophage, siRNA, Sart1, Liposomes


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Pan, T., Zhou, Q., Miao, K., Zhang, L., Wu, G., Yu, J., Xu, Y., Xiong, W., Li, Y., Wang, Y. (2021). Suppressing Sart1 to modulate macrophage polarization by siRNA-loaded liposomes: a promising therapeutic strategy for pulmonary fibrosis. Theranostics, 11(3), 1192-1206. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.48152.

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Pan, T.; Zhou, Q.; Miao, K.; Zhang, L.; Wu, G.; Yu, J.; Xu, Y.; Xiong, W.; Li, Y.; Wang, Y. Suppressing Sart1 to modulate macrophage polarization by siRNA-loaded liposomes: a promising therapeutic strategy for pulmonary fibrosis. Theranostics 2021, 11 (3), 1192-1206. DOI: 10.7150/thno.48152.

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Pan T, Zhou Q, Miao K, Zhang L, Wu G, Yu J, Xu Y, Xiong W, Li Y, Wang Y. Suppressing Sart1 to modulate macrophage polarization by siRNA-loaded liposomes: a promising therapeutic strategy for pulmonary fibrosis. Theranostics 2021; 11(3):1192-1206. doi:10.7150/thno.48152. https://www.thno.org/v11p1192.htm

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Pan T, Zhou Q, Miao K, Zhang L, Wu G, Yu J, Xu Y, Xiong W, Li Y, Wang Y. 2021. Suppressing Sart1 to modulate macrophage polarization by siRNA-loaded liposomes: a promising therapeutic strategy for pulmonary fibrosis. Theranostics. 11(3):1192-1206.

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