SYNTHETIC MIMICS OF MAMMALIAN CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS: METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS
申请人:PETERSON BLAKE R.
公开号:US20100160657A1
公开(公告)日:2010-06-24
The present invention relates to new synthetic receptors. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods for synthesizing preferred membrane-binding elements, preferably cholesterylamine derivatives, including 3β-amino-5-cholestene (3β-cholesterylamine) and related 3β-halides through i-steroid and retro-i-steroid rearrangements. The invention further relates to use of the synthetic receptors for delivering a protein, peptide, drug, prodrug, lipid, nucleic acid, carbohydrate or small molecule into a target cell via receptor-mediated endocytosis. According to the invention, novel synthetic mimics of cell surface receptors have been designed and methods for use of the same are disclosed.