申请人:Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
公开号:US20010039258A1
公开(公告)日:2001-11-08
Methods for transporting a biologically active agent across a cellular membrane or a lipid bilayer. A first method includes the steps of:
(a) providing a biologically active agent which can exist in a native conformational state, a denatured conformational state, and an intermediate conformational state which is reversible to the native state and which is conformationally between the native and denatured states;
(b) exposing the biologically active agent to a complexing perturbant to reversibly transform the biologically active agent to the intermediate state and to form a transportable supramolecular complex; and
(c) exposing the membrane or bilayer to the supramolecular complex, to transport the biologically active agent across the membrane or bilayer. The perturbant has a molecular weight between about 150 and about 600 daltons, and contains at least one hydrophilic moiety and at least one hydrophobic moiety. The supramolecular complex comprises the perturbant non-covalently bound or complexed with the biologically active agent. In the present invention, the biologically active agent does not form a microsphere after interacting with the perturbant. A method for preparing an orally administrable biologically active agent comprising steps (a) and (b) above is also provided as are oral delivery compositions.
Additionally, mimetics and methods for preparing mimetics are contemplated.
跨越细胞膜或脂质双层传输生物活性物质的方法。第一种方法包括以下步骤:(a)提供一种生物活性物质,该生物活性物质可以存在于原生构象状态、变性构象状态和中间构象状态,该中间构象状态可逆转至原生状态,且在构象上介于原生态和变性态之间;(b)将生物活性物质暴露于复合扰动剂中,以可逆地将生物活性物质转变为中间状态,并形成可传输的超分子复合物;(c)将膜或双层暴露于超分子复合物中,以跨越膜或双层传输生物活性物质。扰动剂的分子量介于约150至约600道尔顿之间,并含有至少一个亲水性基团和至少一个疏水性基团。超分子复合物包括非共价地结合或复合的扰动剂和生物活性物质。在本发明中,生物活性物质与扰动剂相互作用后不会形成微球。还提供了一种制备口服生物活性物质的方法,包括上述步骤(a)和(b),以及口服给药组合物。此外,还考虑了类似物和制备类似物的方法。