IP Library Granted Patent US 11,446,380
Granted Patent B2
US 11,446,380 · App. 16/673,863 · Granted Sep 20, 2022

Compositions and methods for inhibition of HAO1 (hydroxyacid oxidase 1 (glycolate oxidase)) gene expression

Inventors: William Querbes (Boston, MA); Kevin Fitzgerald (Brookline, MA); Brian Bettencourt (Groton, MA); Abigail Liebow (Somerville, MA); David V. Erbe (Arlington, MA)
Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
A61K45/06A61K31/713A61K47/549C12N15/113C12N15/1137A61K31/00A61K45/00C12N2310/14C12N2310/315C12N2310/344C12N2310/346C12N2310/351C12N2310/3515C12Y101/03015
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Patent No.
US 11,446,380
App. No.
16/673,863
Granted
Sep 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double-stranded RNAi agents, targeting the HAO1 gene, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of HAO1 and methods of treating subjects having, e.g., PH1.

Claims (22)

1. A double stranded RNAi agent, or salt thereof, that inhibits expression of HAO1 in a cell,

comprising a sense strand and an antisense strand forming a double stranded region, wherein the sense strand comprises the nucleotide sequence of 5′-gsascuuuCfaUfCfCfuggaaauauaL96-3′ (SEQ ID NO:213) and the antisense strand comprises the nucleotide sequence 5′-usAfsuauUfuCfCfaggaUfgAfaagucscsa-3′ (SEQ ID NO:330),

wherein a, g, c, and u are 2′-O-methyl (2′-OMe) modified A, G, C, and U nucleotides, respectively; Af, Gf, Cf, and Uf are 2′ fluoro A, G, C, and U modified nucleotides, respectively; s is a phosphorothioate linkage; and L96 is N-[tris(GalNAc-alkyl)-amidodecanoyl)]-4-hydroxyprolinol.

2. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the double stranded RNAi agent of claim 1 .

3. An isolated cell containing the double stranded RNAi agent of claim 1 .

4. A double stranded RNAi agent, or salt thereof, that inhibits expression of HAO1 in a cell,

comprising a sense strand and an antisense strand forming a double stranded region, wherein the sense strand comprises the nucleotide sequence of 5′-gsascuuuCfaUfCfCfuggaaauaua-3′ (SEQ ID NO:213) and the antisense strand comprises the nucleotide sequence 5′-usAfsuauUfuCfCfaggaUfgAfaagucscsa-3′ (SEQ ID NO:330),

wherein a, g, c, and u are 2′-O-methyl (2′-OMe) modified A, G, C, and U nucleotides, respectively; Af, Gf, Cf, and Uf are 2′ fluoro A, G, C, and U modified nucleotides, respectively; and s is a phosphorothioate linkage,

wherein a ligand is conjugated to the 3′ end of the sense strand as shown in the following schematic

wherein X is O.

5. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the double stranded RNAi agent of claim 4 .

6. An isolated cell containing the double stranded RNAi agent of claim 4 .

7. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 2 , wherein the double stranded RNAi agent is present in an unbuffered solution.

8. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 7 , wherein the unbuffered solution is water.

9. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 6 , wherein the unbuffered solution is saline.

10. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 2 , wherein the double stranded RNAi agent is present in a buffer solution.

11. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 10 wherein the buffer solution comprises acetate, citrate, prolamine, carbonate, or phosphate or any combination thereof.

12. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 5 , wherein the double stranded RNAi agent is present in an unbuffered solution.

13. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 12 , wherein the unbuffered solution is water.

14. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 12 , wherein the unbuffered solution is saline.

15. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 5 , wherein the double stranded RNAi agent is present in a buffer solution.

16. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 15 wherein the buffer solution comprises acetate, citrate, prolamine, carbonate, or phosphate or any combination thereof.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2025
From: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.; SIRNA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 072996/0337 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2020
From: QUERBES, WILLIAM; FITZGERALD, KEVIN; BETTENCOURT, BRIAN; LIEBOW, ABIGAIL; ERBE, DAVID V.
To: ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Reel/Frame 051456/0288 →
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