IP Library Granted Patent US 12,378,550
Granted Patent B2
US 12,378,550 · App. 17/121,835 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Compositions and methods for nucleic acid transfer

Inventors: Assem G. Ziady (Newport, KY); Matthew Siefert (Cincinnati, OH); Songbai Lin (Lawrenceville, GA); Harrison Brown (Atlanta, GA)
Assignee: Children's Hospital Medical Center
C12N15/113A61K31/05A61K31/132A61K31/265A61K31/352A61K31/395A61K31/4709A61K31/519A61K31/52A61K31/565A61K31/573A61K31/704A61K31/7048A61K31/7088A61K31/713A61K38/1709A61K45/06A61K47/60A61K47/6455A61K48/0008A61K48/0066C12N15/111C12N15/85A61K35/28C12N2310/14C12N2320/31C12N2320/32
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Patent No.
US 12,378,550
App. No.
17/121,835
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are methods for the enhancement of nucleic acid delivery systems. The methods may employ treatment with a compound and/or an RNAi molecule in combination with a nucleic acid to improve nucleic acid uptake into a cell. In particular, the disclosed methods may be useful for improved gene therapy techniques.

Claims (20)

1. A method for transferring a nucleic acid comprising a gene of interest into a eukaryotic cell, comprising

a. contacting said eukaryotic cell with an active agent selected from one or more of geldanamycin, alvespimycin, androstanolone, spermine, cortisone, quercetin, acetohexamide, resveratrol, doxorubicin, ruxolitinib, roscovitine, sildenafil, entasobulin, memantine, teniposide, etoposide, 3-aminobenzamide (INO 1001), diazoxide, tedisamil, glimepiride, epirubicin, annamycin, As 2 O 3 , (R/S)-repaglinide, 4β-aminoalkyl-4′-O-demethyl-4-desoxypodophyllotoxin (TOP53), acetohexamide, elasmitrucin, ketamine, NK109, tifenazoxide, olaparib, and intoplicine, in an amount sufficient to inhibit synthesis of one or more proteins that inhibit nucleic acid delivery vehicle uptake; and

b. contacting said eukaryotic cell with a nucleic acid nanoparticle; said nucleic acid nanoparticle comprising a polymer of lysine conjugated to PEG and complexed with said nucleic acid.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising contacting said eukaryotic cell with an RNAi molecule that inhibits expression of a gene encoding a protein selected from Apolipoprotein B-100 (Apo B-100), Leiomodin-1, Elongation factor 1-alpha 1, Pot. HLA-DP-alpha 1, Utrophin, Myosin light chain 3, Cytochrome b-c1 complex subunit 2, Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 S, Coagulation factor VIII, Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein M, Myosin light polypeptide 6, Adenomatous polyposis coli protein, Tyrosine-protein kinase JAK1, Myosin-6, 40S ribosomal protein S3a, Golgin subfamily A member 2, Peripherin (Neurofilament 4), Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A/B, Spectrin beta chain, erythrocytic, Dual specificity protein kinase TTK, 78 kDa glucose-regulated protein, CACCC box-binding protein, 60S ribosomal protein L11, Eukaryotic initiation factor 4A-III, Interleukin enhancer-binding factor 2, Nucleolar and coiled-body phosphoprotein 1, Nebulin, Microtubule-associated protein, DNA replication licensing factor MCM4, Centromere protein F (CENP-F), Cytoskeleton-associated protein 5, Chromodomain-helicase-DNA-binding protein 4, Solute carrier family 12 member 3, Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate 5-phosphatase 1, Periodic tryptophan protein 2 homolog, DNA mismatch repair protein Msh3, Ubiquitin-protein ligase E3A, SWI/SNF complex subunit SMARCC1, Histone H2B type 1-C/E/F/G/I, Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase EZH1, Endonuclease III-like protein 1, General transcription factor 3C polypeptide 1, Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2D (Lysine N-methyltransferase 2D), Uracil nucleotide/cysteinyl leukotriene receptor, Catenin delta-2, Heme oxygenase 2, Periplakin, Ryanodine receptor 3, Cullin-3, Small subunit processome component 20 homolog, T13D8.9 protein, RNA-binding motif protein, X chromosome, Protein CBFA2T3, Peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor-associated protein 1, Actin, gamma-enteric smooth muscle, Regulator of chromosome condensation, CHC1 protein, Elongation factor 2, Histone H3.1t, Prohibitin, isoform CRA_a, Prohibitin, Prohibitin variant, 60S ribosomal protein L24, Epididymis secretory protein Li 310, Ribosomal protein, large, P2, 60S acidic ribosomal protein P2, 40S ribosomal protein S10, 40S ribosomal protein S11, 40S ribosomal protein S13, 40S ribosomal protein S17, Ribosomal protein S23, isoform CRA_a, 40S ribosomal protein S23, 40S ribosomal protein S25, 40S ribosomal protein S4, 40S ribosomal protein S4, X isoform, 40S ribosomal protein S8, Ski oncogene (Proto-oncogene c-Ski), Sperm binding protein 1a, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ38670 fis, clone HSYRA2000190, highly similar to Voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein 1, Voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein 1 (VDAC-1), Transcriptional repressor protein YY1, A-kinase anchor protein 9, Histone H1.3, Zinc finger C2HC domain-containing protein 1A, Prelamin-A/C, Lamin-B1, Alcohol dehydrogenase, Epididymis secretory protein Li 6, ATP5H protein, ATP synthase subunit d, mitochondrial, Myosin regulatory light chain 12A, Uncharacterized protein, Gag-Pro-Pol-Env protein, High mobility group protein HMG-I/HMG-Y, Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 4 isoform 1, mitochondrial, Tyrosine-protein kinase BAZ1B, Septin-9, 40S ribosomal protein S18, MCG23000, isoform CRA_b, Required for meiotic nuclear division protein 1 homolog, Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein H3, Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1B, MICOS complex subunit MIC60, MICOS complex subunit, MICOS complex subunit MIC19, Rhomboid domain-containing protein 2, Armadillo repeat-containing X-linked protein 5, ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX39A, Leucine-rich repeat-containing protein 31, Coiled-coil domain-containing protein 170, ABC50 protein, ATP-binding cassette sub-family F member 1, Cell division cycle 5-like protein, Myosin-10, 60S ribosomal protein L14, Sperm flagellar protein 2, Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 7, Similar to ribosomal protein L23, Gamma-tubulin complex component 6, Ribosomal protein L15, 60S ribosomal protein L15, KLHL20 protein, High mobility group nucleosome-binding domain-containing protein 5, Nucleolar protein 7, 60S ribosomal protein L10a, DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ51732, highly similar to Peroxisomal NADH pyrophosphatase NUDT12 (EC 3.6.1.22), Peroxisomal NADH pyrophosphatase NUDT12, 60S ribosomal protein L28, Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins A2/B1, Serine/threonine-protein kinase SMG1, 40S ribosomal protein S9, Remodeling and spacing factor 1 (Rsf-1), Actin, cytoplasmic 1, BRCA1-A complex subunit RAP80, Galactose-3-O-sulfotransferase 3, 40S ribosomal protein S24, Bromodomain and WD repeat-containing protein 1, Junction plakoglobin, isoform CRA_a, Membrane-associated guanylate kinase, WW and PDZ domain-containing protein 1, 60S ribosomal protein L13, Phosphorylase b kinase regulatory subunit alpha, Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein Q, Alsin, Synaptotagmin-like protein 1, Ribosomal protein L34, 60S ribosomal protein L34, Cingulin, Centromere protein T, Cingulin-like protein 1, Coiled-coil domain-containing protein 42, Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein F, Mitochondrial import receptor subunit TOM40 homolog, FBL protein, ESF1 homolog, Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II subunit delta, 60S ribosomal protein L18, Protein Shroom3, Dynein heavy chain 5, axonemal, PC4 and SFRS1-interacting protein, Epididymis tissue sperm binding protein Li 14m, Trifunctional enzyme subunit alpha, mitochondrial, Bcl-2-like protein 12, Core histone macro-H2A.1, MTRF1 protein, Alstrom syndrome protein 1, UHRF1-binding protein 1-like, U5 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein 200 kDa helicase, SWI/SNF related, matrix associated, actin dependent regulator of chromatin, subfamily a, member 4, Transcription activator BRG1, Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase, EVI5-like protein, Protein ECT2, CSC1-like protein 2, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ35251 fis, clone PROST2003635, Nesprin-1, Nesprin-1, Chromodomain-helicase-DNA-binding protein 5, Midasin, Nesprin-2, Voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein 3, ATPase family AAA domain-containing protein 5, N-alpha-acetyltransferase 15, NatA auxiliary subunit, Histone H2A type 2-B, Rootletin, Histone H2A, Histone H2A.J, PDZ domain-containing protein 8, Structural maintenance of chromosomes protein 1A, SMC1A protein, Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 13B, Centriolin, Pericentrin, Testicular secretory protein Li 14, Glutamate dehydrogenase 2, Myomesin-3, Acidic ribosomal phosphoprotein P1, Nucleolar protein 56, Nucleolar protein 58, Uncharacterized protein, FLJ00279 protein, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ16045 fis, clone CTONG2000042, Probable C-mannosyltransferase DPY19L4, Coiled-coil domain-containing protein 18, FYVE, RhoGEF and PH domain-containing protein 6, ATP synthase subunit alpha, mitochondrial, Superkiller viralicidic activity 2-like 2, Phosphate carrier protein, mitochondrial, 40S ribosomal protein S6, EEF1D protein (Fragment), Sterile alpha motif domain-containing protein 9, Antigen MLAA-44, Coiled-coil and C2 domain-containing protein 1B, Elongation factor 1-gamma, Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein U, Malignant fibrous histiocytoma-amplified sequence 1, Arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase, GC-rich sequence DNA-binding factor 2, 60S ribosomal protein L4, Regulator of G-protein signaling 20, Harmonin, Plectin, Kinesin-like protein KIF1B (Klp), Neuropilin-2, Neuropilin, Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 13D, Lymphoid-specific helicase, Histone H2B type 1-A, Ankyrin repeat domain-containing protein 11, Histone H2B (Fragment), Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 6A, Nipped-B-like protein (Delangin) (SCC2 homolog), ATPase family AAA domain-containing protein 1, Mitochondrial dynamin-like 120 kDa protein, Striated muscle preferentially expressed protein kinase, Disks large-associated protein 1, Dedicator of cytokinesis protein 11, Myomegalin, Putative uncharacterized protein DKFZp666F1010, Putative uncharacterized protein DKFZp666M0710, Putative uncharacterized protein DKFZp686P17171, Activation-dependent, raft-recruited ADAP-like phosphoprotein, Unconventional myosin-XVIIIa, Nucleolin, isoform CRA_b, Nucleolin, isoform CRA_c, Nucleolin (Protein C23), Keratin, type I cytoskeletal 9, Cilia-and flagella-associated protein 58, Terminal uridylyltransferase 4, WD repeat and SOCS box-containing protein 1, Centromere protein J, FRAS1-related extracellular matrix protein 1, Macoilin, NARGI protein (Fragment), Calpastatin isoform a variant (Fragment), Ribosomal protein L5 variant (Fragment), Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2 variant (Fragment), Rho-associated protein kinase 2, 60S acidic ribosomal protein P0 (Fragment), Elongation factor 1-alpha (Fragment), Glial fibrillary acidic protein, Beta-actin-like protein 2, Fanconi anemia, complementation group D2, isoform CRA_b, Fanconi anemia group D2 protein, IQ and AAA domain-containing protein 1, Protein FAM92A, Teneurin-3, Coiled-coil and C2 domain-containing protein 2A, Putative uncharacterized protein C3orf49, Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1, Dynein heavy chain 2, axonemal, Ribosomal protein (Fragment), RSLID1 protein (Fragment), ATP-dependent DNA helicase PIF1, Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 73, ATP synthase subunit beta, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ39263 fis, clone OCBBF2009571, ATP-dependent RNA helicase A, Centrosomal protein of 290 kDa, CEP290 protein, Golgi-specific brefeldin A-resistance guanine nucleotide exchange factor 1, La-related protein 7 , Pumilio homolog 3, Ovochymase-1, INO80 complex subunit, RWD domain-containing protein 3, Dual 3′, 5′-cyclic-AMP and -GMP phosphodiesterase 11A, Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase ASHIL, ATP-binding cassette sub-family C member 8, Cilia-and flagella-associated protein 157, M-phase phosphoprotein 1, isoform CRA_a, 60S ribosomal protein L3, A kinase (PRKA) anchor protein 6, isoform CRA_b, Lamin B2, isoform CRA_b, Nuclear mitotic apparatus protein 1, isoform CRA_a, Coiled-coil domain-containing protein 40, TBK1 binding protein 1, isoform CRA_a, Lamina-associated polypeptide 2, isoforms beta/gamma, KIAA1212, isoform CRA_a, Histone H2B, Septin 11, isoform CRA_b, Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A3, isoform CRA_a, MORC family CW-type zinc finger protein 4, Cytoplasmic dynein 2 heavy chain 1, Unconventional myosin-VIIb, Protein unc-13 homolog C, HSPA1L, Heat shock 70 kDa protein 1-like, Laminin subunit beta-4, Leucine-rich repeat-containing protein 43, Protocadherin Fat 3, Death-associated protein kinase, ADP/ATP translocase 2, SLC25A5 protein (Fragment), ADP/ATP translocase 3, SLC25A6 protein, HNRPR protein (Fragment), Poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase, Poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 1, Protein AHNAK2, Myb-binding protein 1A, Leucine-rich repeat and IQ domain-containing protein 3, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ76880, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ76071, highly similar to Homo sapiens filamin A interacting protein 1 (FILIP1), mRNA, Structural maintenance of chromosomes protein, Coiled-coil domain-containing protein 180, Dynein heavy chain 17, axonemal, Histone H2A, a protein encoded by cDNA, FLJ95007, highly similar to Homo sapiens BRCA1 associated RING domain 1 (BARD1), mRNA, Protein fantom, Mpv17-like protein, Protein CASP, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ44920 fis, clone BRAMY3011501, highly similar to Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein U, ATPase family AAA domain-containing protein 3A, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ35376 fis, clone SKMUS2004044, highly similar to Homo sapiens ribosomal protein L3 (RPL3), transcript variant 2, mRNA, SNF2LT, Dynein heavy chain 6, axonemal, Nuclear export mediator factor NEMF, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ51361, highly similar to Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 6A, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ57651, highly similar to Ketosamine-3-kinase, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ50007, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ52940, highly similar to Mortality factor 4-like protein 2, Protein RUFY3, Leucine-rich repeat and coiled-coil domain-containing protein 1, a protein encoded by CDNA FLJ60374, G-protein coupled receptor 176, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ61500, highly similar to NNP-1 protein, Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein Sm D3, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ54081, highly similar to Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 5, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ58017, moderately similar to Treacle protein, Piwi-like protein 2, Serine/threonine-protein kinase N2, Dysferlin, Putative uncharacterized protein DKFZp469P0721, Short transient receptor potential channel 4, GTP-binding nuclear protein Ran, HNRNPL protein (Fragment), a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ52713, moderately similar to Mus musculus leucine rich repeat (in FLII) interacting protein 1 (Lrrfip1), mRNA, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ50492, highly similar to Cyclin-dependent kinase-like 3 (EC 2.7.11.22), TBC1 domain family member 1, Non-POU domain-containing octamer-binding, 60S ribosomal protein L31, a protein encoded by CDNA FLJ51382, Protein Jumonji, von Willebrand factor A domain-containing protein 5B2, VWA5B2 protein (Fragment), Centrosomal protein of 128 kDa (Cep128), Proliferation marker protein Ki-67, Ribosomal protein L19, RPL27/NME2 fusion protein (Fragment), TPR and ankyrin repeat-containing protein 1, a protein encoded by cDNA FLJ90678 fis, clone PLACE1005736, highly similar to Pleckstrin homology domain-containing family A member 1, Pleckstrin homology domain-containing family A member 1, SWI/SNF-related matrix-associated actin-dependent regulator of chromatin subfamily A member 5, Golgin subfamily B member 1, Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein D-like, and combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said active agent is selected from geldanamycin, alvespimycin, entasobulin, androstanolone, spermine, cortisone, quercetin, acetohexamide, resveratrol, doxorubicin, ruxolitinib, roscovitine, sildenafil, teniposide, and combinations thereof.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said active agent is selected from roscovitine, geldanamycin, acetohexamide, ruxolitinib, and combinations thereof.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein said one or more proteins that inhibit nucleic acid delivery vehicle uptake are selected from keratin 13, APC protein, protocadherin 17, spectrin alph (non-erythrocytic 1), and combinations thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a period of time exists between step a and step b.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said nucleic acid is single stranded.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said nucleic acid is double stranded.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein said method is carried out in vitro.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein said method is carried out ex vivo.

11. A method of treating an individual, comprising

a. administering a compound selected from geldanamycin, alvespimycin, androstanolone, spermine, cortisone, quercetin, acetohexamide, resveratrol, doxorubicin, ruxolitinib, roscovitine, sildenafil, entasobulin, memantine, teniposide, etoposide, 3-aminobenzamide (INO 1001), diazoxide, tedisamil, glimepiride, epirubicin, annamycin, As 2 O 3 , (R/S)-repaglinide, 4β-aminoalkyl-4′-O-demethyl-4-desoxypodophyllotoxin (TOP53), acetohexamide, elasmitrucin, ketamine, NK109, tifenazoxide, olaparib, intoplicine, geldanamycin, alvespimycin, entasobulin, androstanolone/dihydrotestosterone, spermine, cortisone, quercetin, acetohexamide, resveratrol, doxorubicin, ruxolitinib, roscovitine/seliciclib, sildenafil, and teniposide/vumon to said individual; and

b. administering, to said individual, a nucleic acid nanoparticle comprising a polymer of lysine conjugated to polyethylene glycol (PEG) and complexed with a nucleic acid encoding a gene, or portion of a gene that encodes an active portion of a protein, that is expressed in said individual to provide a functional protein or functional protein fragment.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein said compound is administered concurrently, before, or after administration of said nucleic acid nanoparticle.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising administering an RNAi that inhibits expression of a gene of claim 2 .

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein said method is carried out in vivo.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein said nucleic acid is DNA.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein said gene of interest encodes an active portion of a protein that can be expressed to provide a functional protein or protein fragment.

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CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Jan 23, 2024
From: CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2022
From: ZIADY, ASSEM; SIEFERT, MATTHEW
To: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 15690526 · Aug 30, 2017
Provisional Application 62381237 · Aug 30, 2016
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