申请人:Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
公开号:US20030082154A1
公开(公告)日:2003-05-01
Novel lipid compounds are provided that may be termed “pro-cationic” in that they are neutral or negatively charged until they are either brought into contact with cellular membranes or are internalized by cells. The lipids have a hydrophobic tail group and a hydrophilic head group, the head group incorporating both a positively and negatively charged region at physiological pH. The hydrophobic tail group is stably connected to the positive region of the head group which in turn is connected to the negative region by a disulfide bond that is susceptible to cleavage by membrane-bound and intracellular factors. Cleavage of the disulfide bond removes the negatively charged region from the head group resulting in a lipid that is cationic and therefor fusogenic with negatively charged cell membranes. Consequently, lipids of the invention are useful as components of liposomes that serve as vehicles for delivering pharmaceutical agents into cells with reduced toxicity.
本发明提供了一种称为“前阳离子”的新型脂质化合物,其在与细胞膜接触或被细胞内摄取之前是中性或带负电荷的。该脂质化合物具有疏水尾基和亲水头基,头基在生理pH下包含正电荷和负电荷区域。疏水尾基稳定地连接到头基的正电荷区域,而正电荷区域则通过可被膜结合和细胞内因素裂解的二硫键连接到负电荷区域。断裂二硫键会去除头基的负电荷区域,从而产生带正电荷的脂质化合物,与带负电荷的细胞膜融合。因此,本发明的脂质化合物可用作脂质体的组成部分,用于将药物传递到细胞内,同时减少毒性。