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Table 1 Physicochemical characteristics of blank and mRNA complexed nanoparticles (NPs) with the percentage encapsulation efficiency (%EE) of mRNA

From: Kinetics of mRNA delivery and protein translation in dendritic cells using lipid-coated PLGA nanoparticles

Nanoparticles

Size (nm)

PDI

ζ-potential (mV)

%EE

Blank LPNs

231 ± 7.0

0.09 ± 0.02

16.25 ± 3.24

–

*mRNA:LPNs_1:10

322.2 ± 26.1

0.21 ± 0.02

− 0.05 ± 6.54

91.3 ± 1.5

*mRNA:LPNs_1:20

217.5 ± 11.6

0.16 ± 0.04

19.62 ± 1.13

87.0 ± 2.0

*mRNA:LPNs_1:30

243.5 ± 45.3

0.18 ± 0.08

22.97 ± 0.68

92.8 ± 2.0

Blank CS-PLGA NPs

141.2 ± 6.2

0.12 ± 0.01

25.20 ± 3.84

–

*mRNA:CS-PLGA_1:10

176.4 ± 5.5

0.32 ± 0.00

13.30 ± 2.76

87.0 ± 0.4

*mRNA:CS-PLGA_1:20

158.6 ± 1.7

0.23 ± 0.00

20.42 ± 1.22

95.4 ± 0.6

*mRNA:CS-PLGA_1:30

151.3 ± 3.4

0.18 ± 0.02

25.55 ± 1.22

94.2 ± 0.3

  1. Samples highlighted in italics indicate the NPs with best colloidal properties. *mRNA:NPs weight ratio. N = 4, mean ± SD