IP Library Granted Patent US 10,766,852
Granted Patent B2
US 10,766,852 · App. 16/100,853 · Granted Sep 8, 2020

Ionizable cationic lipids

Inventors: Frank DeRosa (Chelmsford, MA); Braydon Charles Guild (Concord, MA); Michael Heartlein (Boxborough, MA)
Assignee: Translate Bio, Inc.
C07C211/21A61K9/1271A61K9/1272A61K9/5015A61K38/1816A61K38/47C12N15/85C12Y302/01023
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Patent No.
US 10,766,852
App. No.
16/100,853
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and related methods of their use. The compounds described herein are useful, e.g., as liposomal delivery vehicles to facilitate the delivery of encapsulated polynucleotides to target cells and subsequent transfection of said target cells, and in certain embodiments are characterized as having one or more properties that afford such compounds advantages relative to other similarly classified lipids.

Claims (22)

1. A lipid nanoparticle comprising:

mRNA; and

a cationic lipid having the following structure

2. The lipid nanoparticle of claim 1 , further comprising one or more lipids selected from the group consisting of a cationic lipid, a neutral lipid, a PEG-modified lipid, a non-cationic lipid and a helper lipid.

3. The lipid nanoparticle of claim 1 , further comprising C14-DMG-PEG2000, DOPE and cholesterol.

4. A method of treating disease in a subject, wherein the method comprises administering an effective amount of the lipid nanoparticle of claim 1 to the subject.

5. A method of transfecting one or more target cells with a polynucleotide, wherein the method comprises contacting the one or more target cells with the lipid nanoparticle of claim 1 such that the one or more target cells are transfected with the polynucleotide.

6. The lipid nanoparticle of claim 1 , wherein the mRNA encodes an enzyme or a protein.

7. The lipid nanoparticle of claim 6 , wherein the mRNA encodes the protein or enzyme selected from the group consisting of human growth hormone, erythropoietin, al-antitrypsin, acid alpha glucosidase, arylsulfatase A, carboxypeptidase N, α-galactosidase A, alpha-L-iduronidase, iduronate-2-sulfatase, iduronate sulfatase, N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase, N-acetylglucosaminidase, alpha-glucosaminide acetyltransferase, N-acetylglucosamine 6-sulfatase, N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase, beta-glucosidase, galactose-6-sulfate sulfatase, beta-galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase, glucocerebrosidase, heparan sulfamidase, heparin-N-sulfatase, lysosomal acid lipase, hyaluronidase, galactocerebrosidase, ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC), carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 1 (CPS1), argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS1), argininosuccinate lyase (ASL), arginase 1 (ARG1), cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), survival motor neuron (SMN), Factor VIII, Factor IX and low density lipoprotein receptors (LDLR).

8. The lipid nanoparticle of claim 1 , further comprising one or more helper lipids, non-cationic lipids, and PEG-modified lipid components.

9. The lipid nanoparticle of claim 1 , further comprising DOPE, cholesterol, and/or DMG-PEG2000.

10. A lipid nanoparticle comprising:

mRNA; and

a cationic lipid having the structure,

11. The lipid nanoparticle of claim 10 , further comprising one or more lipids selected from the group consisting of a cationic lipid, a neutral lipid, a PEG-modified lipid, a non-cationic lipid and a helper lipid.

12. The lipid nanoparticle of claim 10 , further comprising C14-DMG-PEG2000, DOPE and cholesterol.

13. A method of treating disease in a subject, wherein the method comprises administering an effective amount of the lipid nanoparticle of claim 10 to the subject.

14. A method of transfecting one or more target cells with a polynucleotide, wherein the method comprises contacting the one or more target cells with the lipid nanoparticle of claim 10 such that the one or more target cells are transfected with the polynucleotide.

15. The lipid nanoparticle of claim 10 , wherein the mRNA encodes an enzyme or a protein.

16. The lipid nanoparticle of claim 15 , wherein the mRNA encodes the protein or enzyme selected from the group consisting of human growth hormone, erythropoietin, al-antitrypsin, acid alpha glucosidase, arylsulfatase A, carboxypeptidase N, α-galactosidase A, alpha-L-iduronidase, iduronate-2-sulfatase, iduronate sulfatase, N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase, N-acetylglucosaminidase, alpha-glucosaminide acetyltransferase, N-acetylglucosamine 6-sulfatase, N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase, beta-glucosidase, galactose-6-sulfate sulfatase, beta-galactosidase, beta-glucuronidase, glucocerebrosidase, heparan sulfamidase, heparin-N-sulfatase, lysosomal acid lipase, hyaluronidase, galactocerebrosidase, ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC), carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 1 (CPS1), argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS1), argininosuccinate lyase (ASL), arginase 1 (ARG1), cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), survival motor neuron (SMN), Factor VIII, Factor IX and low density lipoprotein receptors (LDLR).

17. The lipid nanoparticle of claim 10 , further comprising one or more helper lipids, non-cationic lipids, and PEG-modified lipid components.

18. The lipid nanoparticle of claim 10 , further comprising DOPE, cholesterol, and/or DMG-PEG2000.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 20, 2019
From: RANA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
To: TRANSLATE BIO, INC.
Reel/Frame 049222/0201 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2019
From: SHIRE HUMAN GENETIC THERAPIES, INC.
To: RANA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 049154/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2019
From: DEROSA, FRANK; GUILD, BRAYDON CHARLES; HEARTLEIN, MICHAEL
To: SHIRE HUMAN GENETIC THERAPIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 049090/0014 →