[EN] MODIFIED DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA AGENTS<br/>[FR] AGENTS D'ARN DOUBLE BRIN MODIFIÉ
申请人:ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INC
公开号:WO2016028649A1
公开(公告)日:2016-02-25
One aspect of the present invention relates to double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) agent capable of inhibiting the expression of a target gene. The sense strand of the dsRNA agent comprises at least one thermally destabilizing nucleotide, and at least one said thermally destabilizing nucleotide occurring at a site opposite to the seed region (positions 2-8) of the antisense strand; and the antisense strand of the dsRNA agent comprises at least two modified nucleotides that provide the nucleotide a steric bulk that is less than or equal to the steric bulk of a 2'-OMe modification, wherein said modified nucleotides are separated by 11 nucleotides in length. Other aspects of the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these dsRNA agents suitable for therapeutic use, and methods of inhibiting the expression of a target gene by administering these dsRNA agents, e.g., for the treatment of various disease conditions.
本发明的一个方面涉及能够抑制靶基因表达的双链RNA(dsRNA)试剂。dsRNA试剂的sense链包含至少一个热不稳定核苷酸,并且至少一个该热不稳定核苷酸出现在与antisense链的seed区域(位置2-8)相对的位置上;dsRNA试剂的antisense链包含至少两个修饰核苷酸,这些核苷酸提供的立体体积小于或等于2'-OMe修饰的立体体积,其中这些修饰的核苷酸相隔11个核苷酸长度。该发明的其他方面涉及包含这些dsRNA试剂的药物组合物,适用于治疗用途,并通过给予这些dsRNA试剂的方法来抑制靶基因的表达,例如用于治疗各种疾病条件。