HYPERBRANCHED CATIONIC POLYMERS USEFUL AS NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY VECTORS FOR TRANSFECTING
申请人:University College Dublin
公开号:EP3798250A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-31
Hyperbranched cationic polymers are described. The polymers employ a 4-branching monomer resulting in an increase in the number of functional terminal groups due to the extra branching units, providing excellent transfection efficiency and cytocompatibility in different cell types, including aADSC, HeLa, Neu7 and RDEB keratinocytes, and delivering different genetic therapy approaches such GFP plasmid DNA and a ribonucleoprotein CRISP-Cas 9 complex for COL7A1 exon 80 skipping. In addition, the extra branching units of the polymer of the invention increases the positive charge on the polymer, which provides for improved endosomal escape within the cell. The 4-branching unit can be a diamine component, or a tetraacrylate component, although other 4-branching monomers may be employed such as for example any component with tetra acrylamide groups (i.e. 4-arm PEG acrylamide, 4-arm PEG maleimide), any component with tetra N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) groups (i.e. 4-arm PEG-succinimidyl carbonate NHS ester), any type of tetrathiol component (i.e. Pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-mercaptopropionate), 4-arm PEG-thiol, Tetra(2- mercaptoethyl)silane), and any tetraepoxy component (i.e. TetraGlycidyl methylenedianiline, Tetraglycidyl 1,1'-methylenebis(naphthalene-2,7-diol), Pentaerythritol tetraglycidyl ether, 4-arm peg epoxide).
介绍了超支化阳离子聚合物。这种聚合物采用 4 支化单体,由于额外的支化单元,功能性末端基团的数量增加,在不同类型的细胞(包括 aA
DSC、HeLa、Neu7 和 RDEB 角质细胞)中具有优异的转染效率和细胞相容性,并可提供不同的
基因治疗方法,如用于 COL7A1 外显子 80 跳接的 GFP 质粒 DNA 和
核糖核蛋白 CRI
SP-Cas 9 复合物。此外,本发明聚合物的额外分支单元增加了聚合物的正电荷,从而改善了细胞内的内泌体逸散。4 支化单元可以是二胺组分或四
丙烯酸酯组分,当然也可以使用其他 4 支化单体,例如具有四
丙烯酰胺基团的任何组分(即 4 支 P
EG 丙烯酰胺、4 支 P
EG 马来
酰亚胺)、具有四 N-羟基琥珀
酰亚胺(NHS)基团的任何组分(即 4 支 P
EG-琥珀
酰亚胺)、具有四 N-羟基琥珀
酰亚胺(NHS)基团的任何组分(即 4 支 P
EG-琥珀
酰亚胺)、具有四 N-羟基琥珀
酰亚胺(NHS)基团的任何组分(即 4 支 P
EG-琥珀
酰亚胺)。4-臂 P
EG-琥珀
酰亚胺碳酸酯 NHS 酯)、任何类型的四
硫醇成分(即
季戊四醇四巯基(
3-巯基丙酸酯)、4-臂 P
EG-
硫醇、四(2-巯基乙基)
硅烷)以及任何四环氧成分(即四
缩水甘油醚、四
缩水甘油醚、四
缩水甘油醚、四
缩水甘油醚、四
缩水甘油醚、四
缩水甘油醚、四
缩水甘油醚、四
缩水甘油醚、四
缩水甘油醚、四
缩水甘油醚)。即四
缩水甘油基亚甲基
二苯胺、四
缩水甘油基 1,1'-亚甲基双(
萘-2,7
-二醇)、
季戊四醇四
缩水甘油醚、4-臂聚
环氧乙烷)。