IP Library Granted Patent US 12662673
Granted Patent B2
US 12662673 · App. 18/018,986 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Lipoprotein-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery and uses thereof

Inventors: Duck Soo Lim (Suwon-si, KR); Jin-Ho Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: TIONLAB THERAPEUTICS
C12N15/1137A61K9/5123A61K31/337A61K31/7105A61K47/548A61K47/554A61K47/643A61K47/6929A61P35/00C12N2310/14
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Patent No.
US 12662673
App. No.
18/018,986
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a drug carrier having excellent bioavailability and improved drug encapsulation efficiency by preparing lipoprotein-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticles having a core-shell structure consisting of albumin-conjugated cholesterol, a fusogenic lipid, a cationic lipid, a triglyceride and a cholesteryl ester.

Claims (39)

1 . A high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticle comprising:

a core comprising a triglyceride and a cholesteryl ester; and

a shell comprising albumin-conjugated cholesterol, a fusogenic lipid and a cationic lipid;

wherein the albumin-conjugated cholesterol is a reaction product of cholesteryl chloroformate and albumin;

wherein the shell is substantially free of apolipoproteins;

wherein the HDL-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticle comprises, based on 100 parts by weight in total:

10 to 25 parts by weight of the cholesteryl ester,

0.01 to 5 parts by weight of the triglyceride,

1 to 20 parts by weight of the albumin-conjugated cholesterol,

5 to 40 parts by weight of the fusogenic lipid, and

10 to 60 parts by weight of the cationic lipid.

2 . The HDL-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticle of claim 1 , wherein the cholesteryl ester is a compound in which a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid having 10 to 24 carbon atoms is ester-bonded to cholesterol.

3 . The HDL-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticle of claim 1 , wherein the triglyceride is a compound in which three molecules of a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid having 10 to 24 carbon atoms are ester-bonded to one molecule of glycerol.

4 . The HDL-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticle of claim 1 , wherein the chloroformate group of the cholesteryl chloroformate and the amine group of the albumin are bound.

5 . The HDL-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticle of claim 4 , wherein a molar ratio of cholesteryl chloroformate and albumin in the albumin-conjugated cholesterol is 1:1 to 5:1.

6 . The HDL-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticle of claim 1 , wherein the fusogenic lipid is one or more selected from the group consisting of 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE), palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (POPC), egg phosphatidylcholine (EPC), distearoylphosphatidylcholine (DSPC), dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC), dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol (DOPG), dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol (DPPG), distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DSPE), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine, 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (POPE), 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC), 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-[phospho-L-serine] (DOPS), and 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-[phospho-L-serine].

7 . The HDL-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticle of claim 1 , wherein the cationic lipid is one or more selected from the group consisting of 3-beta[N—(N′,N′-dimethylaminoethane) carbamoyl]cholesterol (DC-cholesterol), 3-beta[N—(N′,N′,N′-trimethylaminoethane) carbamoyl]cholesterol (TC-cholesterol), 3-beta[N—(N′-monomethylaminoethane) carbamoyl]cholesterol (MC-cholesterol), 3-beta[N-(aminoethane) carbamolyl]cholesterol (AC-cholesterol), N—(N′-aminoethane) carbamoylpropanoic tocopherol (AC-tocopherol), N—(N′-methylaminoethane) carbamoylpropanoic tocopherol (MC-tocopherol), N,N-dioleoyl-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride (DODAC), N,N-distearyl-N,N-dimethylammonium bromide (DDAB), N-(1-(2,3-dioleoyloxy) propyl-N,N,N-trimethylammonium chloride (DOTAP), N,N-dimethyl-(2,3-dioleoyloxy) propylamine (DODMA), N-(1-(2,3-dioleoyl) propyl)-N,N,N-trimethylammonium chloride (DOTMA), 1,2-dioleoyl-3-dimethylammonium-propane (DODAP), 1,2-dioleylcarbamyl-3-dimethylammonium-propane (DOCDAP), 1,2-dilineoyl-3-dimethylammonium propane (DLINDAP), dioleoyloxy-N-[2-sperminecarboxamido)ethyl}-N,N-dimethyl-1-propanaminium trifluoroacetate (DOSPA), dioctadecylamidoglycyl spermine (DOGS), 1,2-dimyristyloxypropyl-3-dimethyl-hydroxyethyl ammonium bromide (DMRIE), 3-dimethylamino-2-(cholest-5-en-3-beta-oxybutan-4-oxy)-1-(cis, cis-9,12-octadecadienoxy) propane (CLinDMA), 2-[5′-(cholest-5-en-3-beta-oxy)-3′-oxapentoxy]-3-dimethyl-1-(cis, cis-9′,12′-octadecadienoxy) propane (CpLinDMA), N,N-dimethyl-3,4-dioleyloxybenzylamine (DMOBA), 1,2-N,N′-dioleylcarbamyl-3-dimethylaminopropane (DOcarbDAP), 1,2-diacyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane (TAP), 1,2-diacyl-3-dimethylammonium-propane (DAP), 1,2-di-O-octadecenyl-3-trimethylammonium propane, and 1,2-dioleyl-3-trimethylammonium propane.

8 . The HDL-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticle of claim 1 , wherein the HDL-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticle has a diameter of 20 to 200 nm.

9 . A method for preparing high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticles, the method comprising preparing an aqueous dispersion in which HDL-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticles are dispersed by mixing a cholesteryl ester, a triglyceride, albumin-conjugated cholesterol, a fusogenic lipid and a cationic lipid in an organic solvent;

wherein the shell is substantially free of apolipoproteins;

wherein the HDL-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticle comprises, based on 100 parts by weight in total:

10 to 25 parts by weight of the cholesteryl ester,

0.01 to 5 parts by weight of the triglyceride,

1 to 20 parts by weight of the albumin-conjugated cholesterol,

5 to 40 parts by weight of the fusogenic lipid, and

10 to 60 parts by weight of the cationic lipid.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising purifying and concentrating the prepared aqueous dispersion by dialysis.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the albumin-conjugated cholesterol is prepared by mixing cholesteryl chloroformate dissolved in an organic solvent with an aqueous albumin solution.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein a molar ratio of cholesteryl chloroformate and albumin in the albumin-conjugated cholesterol is 1:1 to 5:1.

13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the organic solvent is selected from among dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, a C1 to C4 lower alcohol, methylene chloride, chloroform, acetone, dimethyl sulfoxide, N-methylpyrrolidone, dioxane, ethyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone, acetonitrile and a mixture thereof.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the HDL-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticles each have a diameter of 20 to 200 nm.

15 . A composition for delivering a drug, comprising the HDL-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticle of claim 1 .

16 . The composition of claim 15 , wherein the drug comprises one or more of a nucleic acid and a water-insoluble drug.

17 . The composition of claim 16 , wherein the nucleic acid is one or more selected from the group consisting of siRNA, rRNA, RNA, DNA, cDNA, an aptamer, mRNA, tRNA and an antisense-oligodeoxynucleotide (AS-ODN), and

the nucleic acid is bound to the cationic lipid of the HDL-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticle by electrostatic interaction.

18 . The composition of claim 16 , wherein the water-insoluble drug is a poorly soluble drug, an anionic peptide, a protein, a hyaluronic acid-peptide conjugate or a hyaluronic acid-protein conjugate.

19 . A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer induced by KRAS gene mutation, comprising one or more of a nucleic acid and a water-insoluble drug targeting KRAS; and

the HDL-mimicking solid lipid nanoparticle of claim 1 .

20 . The composition of claim 19 , wherein the nucleic acid targeting KRAS is a reducible nucleic acid dimer.