Nanocarrier imaging at single-cell resolution across entire mouse bodies with deep learning

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Contributors

  • Jie Luo - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Deep Piction (Author)
  • Muge Molbay - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Ying Chen - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (Author)
  • Izabela Horvath - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Deep Piction, Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Karoline Kadletz - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Deep Piction (Author)
  • Benjamin Kick - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Shan Zhao - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Zurich, ETH Zurich (Author)
  • Rami Al-Maskari - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Deep Piction, Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Inderjeet Singh - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Mayar Ali - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Harsharan Singh Bhatia - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Deep Piction (Author)
  • David Paul Minde - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (Author)
  • Moritz Negwer - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Deep Piction (Author)
  • Luciano Hoeher - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (Author)
  • Gian Marco Calandra - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (Author)
  • Bernhard Groschup - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (Author)
  • Jinpeng Su - , Technical University of Munich, German Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Munich (Author)
  • Ceren Kimna - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Deep Piction (Author)
  • Zhouyi Rong - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (Author)
  • Nikolas Galensowske - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (Author)
  • Mihail Ivilinov Todorov - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Deep Piction (Author)
  • Denise Jeridi - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Deep Piction (Author)
  • Tzu Lun Ohn - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Stefan Roth - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Alba Simats - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Vikramjeet Singh - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (Author)
  • Igor Khalin - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Caen-Normandy University (Author)
  • Chenchen Pan - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Bernardo A. Arús - , National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Dresden, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (Author)
  • Oliver T. Bruns - , National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (Author)
  • Reinhard Zeidler - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Arthur Liesz - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (Author)
  • Ulrike Protzer - , Technical University of Munich, German Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Munich (Author)
  • Nikolaus Plesnila - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (Author)
  • Siegfried Ussar - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) (Author)
  • Farida Hellal - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (Author)
  • Johannes Paetzold - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Deep Piction, Imperial College London (Author)
  • Markus Elsner - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Deep Piction (Author)
  • Hendrik Dietz - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Ali Erturk - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Deep Piction, Koc University (Author)

Abstract

Efficient and accurate nanocarrier development for targeted drug delivery is hindered by a lack of methods to analyze its cell-level biodistribution across whole organisms. Here we present Single Cell Precision Nanocarrier Identification (SCP-Nano), an integrated experimental and deep learning pipeline to comprehensively quantify the targeting of nanocarriers throughout the whole mouse body at single-cell resolution. SCP-Nano reveals the tissue distribution patterns of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) after different injection routes at doses as low as 0.0005 mg kg−1—far below the detection limits of conventional whole body imaging techniques. We demonstrate that intramuscularly injected LNPs carrying SARS-CoV-2 spike mRNA reach heart tissue, leading to proteome changes, suggesting immune activation and blood vessel damage. SCP-Nano generalizes to various types of nanocarriers, including liposomes, polyplexes, DNA origami and adeno-associated viruses (AAVs), revealing that an AAV2 variant transduces adipocytes throughout the body. SCP-Nano enables comprehensive three-dimensional mapping of nanocarrier distribution throughout mouse bodies with high sensitivity and should accelerate the development of precise and safe nanocarrier-based therapeutics.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2009-2022
Number of pages14
JournalNature biotechnology
Volume43
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2025
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 39809933