申请人:MANOHARAN Muthiah
公开号:US20100076056A1
公开(公告)日:2010-03-25
The invention relates to iRNA agents, which preferably include a monomer in which the ribose moiety has been replaced by a moiety other than ribose that further includes a tether having one or more linking groups, in which at least one of the linking groups is a cleavable linking group. The tether in turn can be connected to a selected moiety, e.g., a ligand, e.g., a targeting or delivery moiety, or a moiety which alters a physical property. The cleavable linking group is one which is sufficiently stable outside the cell such that it allows targeting of a therapeutically beneficial amount of an iRNA agent (e.g., a single stranded or double stranded iRNA agent), coupled by way of the cleavable linking group to a targeting agent—to targets cells, but which upon entry into a target cell is cleaved to release the iRNA agent from the targeting agent.
The inclusion of such a monomer can allow for modulation of a property of the iRNA agent into which it is incorporated, e.g., by using the non-ribose moiety as a point to which a ligand or other entity, e.g., a lipophilic moiety. e.g., cholesterol, is directly, or indirectly, tethered. The invention also relates to methods of making and using such modified iRNA agents.
本发明涉及iRNA剂,其中最好包括一个单体,其中核糖基团已被替换为除核糖以外的基团,并进一步包括一个具有一个或多个连接基团的连接件,其中至少一个连接基团是可切断的连接基团。连接件反过来可以连接到所选的基团,例如,配体,例如,靶向或传递基团,或改变物理性质的基团。可切断的连接基团是足够稳定的连接基团,以便在细胞外定向治疗有益量的iRNA剂(例如,单链或双链iRNA剂),通过可切断的连接基团与靶向剂结合,以靶向细胞,但在进入靶细胞后被切断以释放iRNA剂从靶向剂中。包括这样一个单体可以允许调节iRNA剂的一个性质,将其纳入其中,例如,通过使用非核糖基团作为配体或其他实体(例如,亲脂性基团,例如,胆固醇)的连接点,直接或间接地连接。本发明还涉及制备和使用这种修改的iRNA剂的方法。