IP Library Granted Patent US 9,181,549
Granted Patent B2
US 9,181,549 · App. 14/586,751 · Granted Nov 10, 2015

Conjugated antisense compounds and their use

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Patent No.
US 9,181,549
App. No.
14/586,751
Granted
Nov 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided herein are oligomeric compounds with conjugate groups. In certain embodiments, the oligomeric compounds are conjugated to N-Acetylgalactosamine.

Claims (62)

1. A compound having the formula (XXVI):

wherein:

T 2 is a group comprising a conjugate linker, a cleavable moiety, and an oligomeric compound.

2. The compound of claim 1 , wherein the conjugate linker comprises an amine, an amide, an ester, an ether, a pyrrolidine, ethylene glycol, a polyamide, or a disulfide bond.

3. The compound of claim 1 , wherein the conjugate linker has the formula:

4. The compound of claim 1 , wherein T 2 has the formula:

wherein:

CM is the cleavable moiety and T 3 comprises the oligomeric compound.

5. The compound of claim 4 , wherein T 2 has the formula:

wherein:

T 3 is the oligomeric compound.

6. The compound of claim 5 , wherein the oligomeric compound is a modified oligonucleotide.

7. The compound of claim 6 , wherein the modified oligonucleotide consists of 15 to 24 linked nucleosides wherein at least one nucleoside is a modified nucleoside.

8. The compound of claim 6 , wherein the modified oligonucleotide comprises at least one modified nucleoside selected from among: a 2′-MOE nucleoside, a 2′-OMe nucleoside, a 2′-F nucleoside, a (4′-CH 2 —O-2′) bicyclic nucleoside, a (4′-(CH 2 ) 2 -O-2′) bicyclic nucleoside, a (4′-C(CH 3 )H—O-2′) bicyclic nucleoside; and a morpholino.

9. The compound of claim 8 , wherein the modified oligonucleotide has a gapmer sugar motif comprising:

a 5′-region consisting of 2-8 linked 5′-region nucleosides, wherein each 5′-region nucleoside is a modified nucleoside;

a 3′-region consisting of 2-8 linked 3′-region nucleosides, wherein each 3′-region nucleoside is a modified nucleoside; and

a central region between the 5′-region and the 3′-region consisting of 5-10 linked central region nucleosides, each independently selected from among: a modified nucleoside and an unmodified deoxynucleoside, wherein the 5′-most central region nucleoside is an unmodified deoxynucleoside and the 3′-most central region nucleoside is an unmodified deoxynucleoside.

10. The compound of claim 9 , wherein the modified oligonucleotide has a chemical motif selected from among:

MsMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MsM

MsMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MyMsM

MsMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MyMyMsM

MsMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MyMyMyMsM

MsMyMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MsM

MsMyMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MyMsM

MsMyMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MyMyMsM

MsMyMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MyMyMyMsM

MsMyMyMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MsM

MsMyMyMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MyMsM

MsMyMyMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MyMyMsM

MsMyMyMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MyMyMyMsM

MsMyMyMyMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MsM

MsMyMyMyMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MyMsM

MsMyMyMyMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MyMyMsM; and

MsMyMyMyMy(Ds) 0-1 (DsDs) (3-5) MyMyMyMsM;

wherein each M is independently a modified nucleoside, each D is a deoxynucleoside; each s is a phosphorothioate internucleoside linkage, and each y is independently either a phosphodiester internucleoside linkage or a phosphorothioate internucleoside linkage, provided that at least one y is a phosphodiester internucleotide linkage.

11. The compound of claim 9 , wherein the 5′-region consists of 2-5 linked 5′-region nucleosides; the 3′-region consists of 2-5 linked 3′-region nucleosides; and the central region consists of 8-10 central region nucleosides.

12. The compound of claim 11 , wherein each internucleoside linkage of the modified oligonucleotide is either a phosphorothioate internucleoside linkage or a phosphodiester internucleoside linkage.

13. The compound of claim 11 , wherein the modified oligonucleotide is attached to the remainder of the compound at the 5′-end of the modified oligonucleotide.

14. The compound of claim 13 , wherein the modified oligonucleotide is single-stranded.

15. The compound of claim 14 , wherein the modified oligonucleotide is complementary to a target nucleic acid.

16. The compound of claim 15 , wherein the target nucleic acid is selected from among: mRNA, pre-mRNA, micro-RNA, and long non-coding RNA.

17. A compound having the formula:

wherein X is O or S;

wherein Bx is a heterocyclic base moiety;

and wherein T 4 is a nucleoside, a monomeric subunit, or an oligomeric compound.

18. The compound of claim 17 , wherein X is S.

19. The compound of claim 17 , wherein T 4 is an oligomeric compound, and wherein the oligomeric compound is a modified oligonucleotide.

20. The compound of claim 19 , wherein the modified oligonucleotide is a gapmer.

21. The compound of claim 20 , wherein the modified oligonucleotide activates RNase H when bound to a complementary target nucleic acid.

22. The compound of claim 21 , wherein the at least one modified nucleoside is a modified nucleoside selected from a 2′-F nucleoside, a 2′-OCH 3 nucleoside, a 2′-O(CH 2 ) 2 OCH 3 nucleoside, a 2′-OC(CH 3 )H-4′ nucleoside, and a 2′-OCH 2 -4′ nucleoside.

23. The compound of claim 22 , wherein the modified nucleoside is a 2′-O(CH 2 ) 2 OCH 3 nucleoside.

24. A compound having the formula:

wherein X is O or S;

wherein Bx is a heterocyclic base moiety;

wherein T 4 is a nucleoside, a monomeric subunit, or an oligomeric compound.

25. The compound of claim 24 , wherein X is S.

26. The compound of claim 24 , wherein T 4 is an oligomeric compound, and wherein the oligomeric compound is a modified oligonucleotide.

27. The compound of claim 26 , wherein the modified oligonucleotide is a gapmer.

28. The compound of claim 27 , wherein the modified oligonucleotide activates RNase H when bound to a complementary target nucleic acid.

29. The compound of claim 28 , wherein the at least one modified nucleoside is a modified nucleoside selected from a 2′-F nucleoside, a 2′-OCH 3 nucleoside, a 2′-O(CH 2 ) 2 OCH 3 nucleoside, a 2′-OC(CH 3 )H-4′ nucleoside, and a 2′-OCH 2 -4′ nucleoside.

30. The compound of claim 29 , wherein the modified nucleoside is a 2′-O(CH 2 ) 2 OCH 3 nucleoside.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2022
From: PRAKASH, THAZHA P.; SETH, PUNIT P.; SWAYZE, ERIC E.
To: IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 059586/0565 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 15, 2017
From: ISIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
To: IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 042821/0064 →