IP Library Granted Patent US 12,201,696
Granted Patent B2
US 12,201,696 · App. 16/753,241 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Multiplexed analysis of materials for tissue delivery

Inventors: James Dahlman (Atlanta, GA); Cory Sago (Boston, MA); Melissa Lokugamage (Atlanta, GA)
Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
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Patent No.
US 12,201,696
App. No.
16/753,241
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for identifying materials suitable for functional delivery of a bioactive agent to a target tissue. These compositions and methods have the advantage of simultaneously screening a library of materials for the ability to deliver a bioactive agent to a cell, tissue, or organ. The compositions and methods can also be used to confirm that the agent is delivered in a manner sufficient for function of the agent.

Claims (22)

1. An in vivo method for characterizing delivery vehicles for in vivo delivery of an agent comprising:

(a) formulating multiple delivery vehicles having different chemical compositions, wherein each different delivery vehicle comprises a molecule that can generate a detectable signal by performing a biological activity when delivered to the cytoplasm of cells of the subject, and a chemical composition identifier that identifies the chemical composition of the delivery vehicle;

(b) administering the multiple delivery vehicles to a non-human mammal;

(c) sorting cells from multiple tissues of the non-human mammal that generate the detectable signal from cells that do not generate the detectable signal, wherein the cells that generate the detectable signal are also sorted based on the presence or absence of a cell surface protein that is indicative of tissue type or cell type; and

(d) identifying the composition identifier in the sorted cells that generate the detectable signal and have a cell surface protein present to determine the chemical composition of the delivery vehicle in the sorted cells to correlate the chemical composition of the delivery vehicle with the tissue or cell type containing the delivery vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the delivery vehicles are optionally loaded with the agent to be delivered.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the delivery vehicles are lipid nanoparticles.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the agent is a nucleic acid.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the nucleic acid comprises RNA, DNA, or both.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the molecule that can generate a detectable signal is a nucleic acid that encodes a protein that is capable of generating a detectable signal in the cytoplasm of a cell.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detectable signal is fluorescence.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detectable signal is the down regulation of a gene typically expressed in the cells.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the chemical composition identifier is a nucleic acid barcode.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the nucleic acid barcode is sequenced to identify the chemical composition of the delivery vehicle.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-human mammal is a transgenic mouse engineered to have a stop codon in a gene that encodes a fluorescent protein, and wherein the molecule that can generate a detectable signal is a nucleic acid that encodes a nuclease or recombinase that removes the stop codon in the gene.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is a high-throughput method.

13. The method claim 1 , wherein the delivery vehicle comprises at least one lipid-amine compound, alkyl tailed PEG, and cholesterol, and wherein lipid-amine compound, molar amount of PEG, structure of PEG, and molar amount of cholesterol in the delivery vehicle is varied among the delivery vehicles.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of identifying tropism of the delivery vehicles that cause a detectable signal to be generated in the cells.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein greater than 100 different delivery vehicle formulations are assayed.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein greater than 250 different delivery vehicle formulations are assayed.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the delivery vehicle comprises a conjugate.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the molecule that can generate a detectable signal when delivered to the cytoplasm is selected from the group consisting of siRNA, mRNA, sgRNA, a nuclease, a recombinase, a small molecule, an epigenetic modifier, and a combination thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2021
From: DAHLMAN, JAMES; SAGO, CORY; LOKUGAMAGE, MELISSA
To: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055330/0257 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62690240 · Jun 26, 2018
Provisional Application 62578594 · Oct 30, 2017
Related Publication 20200330607A1 · Oct 22, 2020
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